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Memories of Midway Lake – Alaska
Memories of Midway Lake – Alaska

07/12/05: Back in Tok, Again Yesterday I wound up back in Tok, thus completing a very large triangular trip through Alaska’s interior. From here I planned to head towards the…

Memories of Grand Teton National Park
Memories of Grand Teton National Park

My first time visiting Jackson, Wyoming was in November 2001. I was participating in the only nature photography seminar I’ve ever been to. It was a week-long event, and I…

Memories of Grande Prairie Alberta
Memories of Grande Prairie Alberta

My first visit to Crystal Lake in Alberta’s Grande Prairie was in June-2005 while on my way to Alaska. I was using The MILEPOST travel guide to inform me of…

2023-05-24 Tiny Marsh, Ontario
2023-05-24 Tiny Marsh, Ontario

I spent Wednesday at Tiny Marsh. It was my ‘last hurrah’ in the region, and Thursday morning I began my exodus. I met several enthusiastic birders during my tour. A…

2023-05-20 Two Days At Legendary Wye Marsh
2023-05-20 Two Days At Legendary Wye Marsh

Friday after breakfast, I drove twenty minutes east from Tiny Township to Midland Ontario. There, on the southern edge of town, lies a wetland called Wye Marsh. A 3000 acre…

2022-07-03 Return to Grande Prairie
2022-07-03 Return to Grande Prairie

When I arrived in Grande Prairie, I drove straight to Crystal Lake and spent a few hours there (read about my earlier visit Here!). There weren’t many new actors on…

2022-06-23 Muncho Lake Through Toad River
2022-06-23 Muncho Lake Through Toad River

Wednesday night I roadside camped a mile from the Northern Rockies Lodge at Muncho Lake. The rain followed me all the way from Teslin and continued all night. The abundant…

2022-05-31 Crystal Lake in Grande Prairie
2022-05-31 Crystal Lake in Grande Prairie

After I camped at Lake Winagami Tuesday night, I drove for a little over two hours to reach Grande Prairie. Family restaurants that serve breakfast are not so easy to…

2022-05-10 Birds and Megafauna In Jackson Hole
2022-05-10 Birds and Megafauna In Jackson Hole

I had a great week exploring Grand Teton National Park with my friend Joe Ford. Joe has a special fondness for what I call “megafauna”, and I fell into his…

2022-05-08&09 Teton Bear Hunting
2022-05-08&09 Teton Bear Hunting

Saturday, my friend Joe Ford and I scouted the region north of camp around Moran, Moose, and Coulter Bay. These locations are part of Grand Teton National Park. Always on…

2022-05-04&05 First Days In Jackson Hole
2022-05-04&05 First Days In Jackson Hole

I drove away from Payette Idaho yesterday late in the morning after tending to the RV’s holding tanks and having breakfast with my good friend, Art. Contrary to my usual…

2015-06-03 Malheur NWR
2015-06-03 Malheur NWR

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is located roughly 30 miles south of the town of Burns Oregon. I arrived in the afternoon after my mud-slinging drive down the BLM Access Road,…

2015-05-16 Jackson Wyoming
2015-05-16 Jackson Wyoming

My website suffered a catastrophic crash with complete loss of data on July 25, 2015. Much of the blog content going forward was necessarily re-created from memory. This could be…