I love hikes in the PNW. The air is always so fresh and the forests have so much water. Everywhere you hike in winter you have all these little streams and when you can actually catch the sun during …
Moss can be found all over the world, from tropical rainforests to arctic tundras. It is especially well adapted to moist, shady environments, and is commonly found growing on the forest floor, on …
I had intently followed this plane and how it was manufactured in documentaries and I was amazed by how big it was and the fact that it could actually fly. To date, this is my favorite plane of all …
Picture Collage of Ollie. This is him at his most handsome and him when he melts my heart. In one of the pictures here he seems to be tracking a squirrel up a tree. Taken when we were visiting California

So the day finally came when I had to fly the 737-9 Max from SFO to Seattle. There was obviously the irrational fear associated with flying a plane model that was single-handedly responsible for …
The map outlines a road trip that we just concluded through 4 Western States. We started our trip in Washingon, then visited Oregon, Idaho and finally Montana
Idaho was really the state where we …
The northern Sawtooth Range formed from the Eocene Sawtooth batholith, while south of Alturas Lake the mountains formed from the Cretaceous granodiorite of the Idaho Batholith. The Sawtooth Range has …
The lake is named for the brilliant sockeye salmon that once returned from the Pacific Ocean in such massive quantities that the lake shimmered red during the spawning season. Currently, only a small …