One of the places that my kids enjoyed a lot on our trip to California was the elephant seal rookery. This is located near San Simeon and not far from Hearst Castle. It was fun to hang out watching them and see a lot of unique behaviors. There was a […]
Travel
Travel photos (anything outside of home area of Tampa, St Petersburg)
Ridges and Rays
Being in the mountains is something that is always different for me as someone who has lived my whole life in Florida. From a photography perspective mountains provide a lot of options for photography. They can be used for their viewpoints or they can be the subject itself. One of […]
Return to the Tetons
The goal of returning to the Tetons for one night before returning home is that we were flying out of Jackson so it just made it easier. We decided our goal for our last day was to see moose as we had not seen any to this point of the […]
Canyon to Lake
June 9th continued. After driving over the snowy Dunraven Pass we arrived in the canyon area. Since it was now close to midday it was fairly busy but we stopped at Lookout Point and Red Rock Trail and then Inspiration Point. We continued through Hayden Valley heading towards our cabin […]
Mammoth to Tower and Lamar Valley
June 7th continued. We made our way through an about 15 minute construction delay and next stopped at the terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs. We walked most of the area starting at the top. They seem much drier than at my last visit (13 years ago). In Mammoth there were […]
Yellowstone – Geyser Area
On to Yellowstone National Park. June 5th First main stop was West Thumb Geyser Basin. It’s a nice introduction to the Geyser areas. As it was the middle of the day and we would be staying at Old Faithful Inn, we bypassed that area and headed to the Black Sand […]
Grand Teton National Park
We have just returned from a family vacation to Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. We had a great time and saw a lot of great sites and interesting wildlife. We even got some nice snow in June which was a bit unexpected but was a […]
Badlands National Park Wildlife
When you think of the Badlands you usually think of all the cool formations and landscapes. However, there is quite a bit of wildlife to be found. This big bison was roaming near the entrance station and used a tree and the fence as a scratching post. We found a […]
South Dakota National Parks and Monuments
We have now done two trips to South Dakota and seen a lot of the national parks and monuments in the area. The most well known of course iS Mount Rushmore which is definitely worth a visit if you are in the area, but there is a lot of other […]
Spring Break to the Keys and Dry Tortugas National Park 3
I’m posting a couple videos on here. I just got a GoPro so am still experimenting with this. Lemon Shark at Robbie’s Marina, Islamorada, Florida Calm Waves on Beach, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida Hermit Crab, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida Moat Wall Walk, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida Sunrise […]