Stories, photographs, travel notes, and safari reflections from Doug & Marcy

ST. LUCIA ESTURARY

Greetings from what my GPS tells me is North Uthungulu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which is situated on the Eastern Coast of South Africa near the Indian Ocean. We arose early for a flight from Cape Town to King Shaka International Airport, which is 35 Kilometers north of Durban. From there, we stopped to grab some […]

Number 9

We are in London, thanks to an invitation by one of the granddaughters to be here for her high school band performance in the New Year’s Day parade. I was reminded of the “Number 9” song from the Beatles White Album when we were told to take the Number 9 to get to Harrod’s Department […]

THE NOT SO NOBLE ELK

Our Facebook feeds were lit up a couple of weeks ago with reports from fellow photographers about their elk sightings.   In our area, the best places to see elk are Oconaluftee and Cataloochee,  both of which are on the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.   Marcy and I had never been […]

The Runt

We met this little gray wolf pup right along the road in Denali National Park.  Our guide had seen him a couple days earlier and just like today, he was alone.  We learned that the wolf pack teaches the pups about territories and hunting and most likely the little fellow could not keep up with […]

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