Ship Rock

This is a beacon for the area. As we drove thru the mountains, you could see it jutting up from miles, and miles, away. Super cool to see it up close.

The Great Migration

No wildlife event on the planet rivals East Africa’s Great Migration for sheer drama. Each year, enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra, 2 million strong, make a grand circuit across the Serengeti Plains as they travel from Tanzania into Kenya's famed Maasai Mara and back, following the new grass that sprouts with the seasonal rains. We visited the Maasai Mara and the Serengeti because I wanted to see it all. No regrets!

Sweet Hawaiian Lava

Kalapana Ocean Entry 5am December 8th.

Remnants of another time in Palominas

Order not up here, in this diner in the Old Southwest of Arizona

Joshua Trees at dusk

What is so intriguing about this section of desert between Phoenix and Las Vegas is the confluence of the Mojave and Sonoran. The most distinctive forms of vegetation, the Joshua tree and the saguaro cactus, respectively. The boundary between the two deserts blurs here along the Joshua Forest Parkway, creating a singular experience as the signature species mingle.

I saved you a spot in Belize.

Hammock time in paradise

Highland Cow popping over for a visit, Scotland

The totally awesome ceiling of St Giles Cathedral, Scotland

The erosion in Bryce Canyon

Utah sure shows off it's colours. Bryce Canyon National Park is known for its crimson-colored hoodoos, or spire-shaped rock formations. Lots of great trees around and it's never been super busy when I visited (so yay to that!)

Bokeh love

Purple power. Even just a few minutes wandering among the garden slows things down and is a great relaxer

Walkway of light

This fantastic art piece is a 745ft-long kinetic light sculpture composed of 466 neon tubes. The sculpture includes 23,600 square feet of mirror reflecting over one mile of neon. The sculpture is located in the tunnel connecting Concourses B & C of Terminal 1, after the security checkpoints.

Hawaii doing what it does best, show off!

I didn't think I was really the fancy resort kind of person (oh, paleeze, who wouldn't like this view?) This was about 30 minutes outside of Kona and pretty centrally located for excursion, if you felt like it (I always feel like it)

Waves of gypsum sand at White Sands National Monument, NM

South Lake Tahoe

Reflections on another grand day.

The view from the park

Had to stop here a couple times. With a view of Chicago like this, how could I not?