We have driven past the exit for this beautiful preserve many times over the past 4 years, and finally had the opportunity to visit. It’s beautiful. Though I didn’t capture a lot of photos of the birds, there were SO many.  Don got some great shots of them in flight and along the banks of…

We hiked all afternoon until dusk… an unbelievably hard 13 miles with more steep inclines and gulch descents than I thought I’d ever be able to make it through. I felt angry and blissed out, sore and exhausted, uplifted and fierce. All the things that go together and all the things that don’t. And the…

We started on Highway 88 with no destination in mind – in search of somewhere lovely to spend the afternoon. There were a few stops to photograph soft soiled vineyard overtaken by grass directly across the street from healthy vineyards and orchards, enjoy chocolate dipped soft serve cones at one of my favorite roadside spots,…