New images of Haines and Juneau, Alaska – Summer 2011
While traveling to and from Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska this summer, I spent just a few days in Haines and Juneau. The four and a half hour ferry trip up the Lynn Canal to Haines on the Alaska Marine Highway System M/V Matanuska was spectacular due to the unusually warm and [...]
Seeing the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie in a different light
I knew I wasn’t in Missouri anymore when I looked down at the feet of the two other men I was in line with me at the Pizza Hut in Council Grove, Kansas. Sure, all three of us had boots on. I had on what I thought until that moment were pretty manly backpacking boots. [...]
Bridge to nowhere – Clements Stone Arch Bridge
During my fire chasing of springtime burning of the tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of Kansas, I came across a true bridge to nowhere. Near the ghost-town-like town of Clements lies the Clements Stone Arch Bridge, the largest and among the oldest limestone bridges in the state. It is a truly impressive structure with [...]
Off again to the valley of the eagles
The final rays of the sun at sunset baths mountain tops in light as an Alaska Marine Highway System ferry travels down the Chilkoot Inlet of the Lynn Canal in this photo taken just outside Haines, Alaska. To license image, click image. To see our collection of fine art prints, click here. By the time [...]
Denali National Park has it all — incredible vistas, diverse wildlife, and challenging backcountry
This past summer I spent time in Alaska at Denali National Park and Preserve. Over the next several weeks I’ll be writing in greater detail about some of the photos in the slide show above. Here is some basic background about the park. Denali National Park and Preserve is one of the premiere parks in [...]
Doing homework in West Virginia
Carol and I made a scouting trip to the New River Gorge National River and the Gauley River National Recreation Area for an upcoming trip in September when I will be photographing whitewater kayakers and rafters during the annual water release from the Summersville Dam on the Gauley. My mission was to get a feel [...]


