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Acadia National Park Carriage Roads: Intersections 4 and 5
We took advantage of the weather this morning and traversed a few more miles (about 3) on the carriage roads. The continued lack of snow and the sunny and relatively warm temps (38 degrees) made for...
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Acadia National Park Carriage Roads: Intersections 1, 2, and 3
There are 45 miles of Carriage Roads in Acadia National Park. Our little family trio set a goal (over lunch a few days before the new year) to traverse (walk, stroll, be carried, etc.) all 45 miles...
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Clapp's Tree Farm
Mr. Clapp is a retired high school math teacher turned Christmas tree farmer. Of course, he wasn't just any high school math teacher. He was my high school math teacher. I was lucky to have a few really...
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Landed
The Bar Harbor Airport looks a little something like this upon arrival...
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palo verde and prickly pear
I love the color of the palo verde tree trunk. This tree is in Judy and Carter's backyard. The prickly pear is from a yard just a couple of houses away (the same yard where I saw the quail...
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Q is for Quail
I spotted this little guy zipping around a neighbor's yard this morning.
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Ajo panoramas
I had a bit more luck with the pano app this morning. There are still a couple of hitches, but at least the pics are all horizontal. ;)Jeremy and I went for a run together this morning -- a rare treat...
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Mexico
Judy and Carter extended their hosting to include a fun trip into Los Algodones in Baja California, Mexico. (We've visited Mexico with them before -- Nogales in 2006.) The scenery on the drive south...
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desert stargazing
The visible universe is especially thrilling on a (mostly) dark night in the desert. Jupiter The moon The moon over the saguaro cacti (see them in the bottom right corner...
