This was supposed to be a 5.8 mile out-and-back trail, but the evidence of bears in the area became so obvious that we turned around near this point, less than a mile from the trailhead. Instead, we watched the water life in the nearby bay.

Posted on December 30th, 2025 under Alaska. Tags: Cordova, hiking, landscape, NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50. Comments Off on Heney Ridge Trail

View from the Glenn Highway, Alaska (July 2023)

Posted on December 27th, 2025 under Alaska. Tags: landscape, NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, The Glenn Highway. Comments Off on Matanuska Glacier

Snow in Joshua Tree is not unheard of, but this much snow only happens once every few years. We were lucky to experience it as it was as beautiful as it was odd.

Posted on December 26th, 2025 under Other. Tags: california, joshua tree, landscape, NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, snow, winter. Comments Off on Six years ago today

Posted on December 18th, 2025 under Other. Tags: landscape, moon, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, North Dakota, panorama, photomerge, sunset, Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Comments Off on Theodore Roosevelt National Park panorama

From the Elk Flats and Devil’s Cauldron Overlook Trail

We didn’t make it to the Devil’s Cauldron (or Short Sand Beach as we had been there the prior evening for sunset) as the trail was pretty muddy from rain. Instead we headed back and went to the north-facing side of Elk Flats Rock viewpoint.

Posted on December 17th, 2025 under Oregon. Tags: hiking, landscape, NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR lens, Nikon Z6 III Mirrorless Camera 6iii, pacific ocean. Comments Off on Treasure Cove