Please enjoy some pictures from Yellowstone National Park.  I stayed at a cabin in the park; I recommend a minimum of three days to appreciate its diversity. I wrote about Yellowstone in Chapter 20 of Tattoo.        …

Mesa Verde is a National Park at the intersection of four states (Utah, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico). I was on a road trip around Southern Utah and stumbled upon it, high up on a ledge with greenery way, way down…

Musings in Utah from the next tent down… The scenery is like a fine chord. But there is more. Looking at my environment made me wonder if perhaps the Nth dimension has been here all the time, just appearing as…

MAINE. Mount Desert Island is one of my favorite summertime destinations. I have a routine there. In Acadia National Park, I camp at Blackwoods Campground, by the ocean. I camp in a tent and while not overlooking the sea, my…

Arizona.  I took a trip to see the Grand Canyon, hiking ten miles down the Bright Angel Trail to catch the rafts at eleven o’clock in the morning. On my second night, I wrote: “Scattered cactus and scrub down here.…