I expected the Mekong River jungle to be relatively silent. But it is not. In a humid, green undergrowth, I stride to the sound of dist...

The Olympic Peninsula, the last stop on a journey across the Canadian Rockies to Seattle.

Yoho, the easternmost national park in British Columbia, is a name that anyone can like, while one of its landmark sites, Takakkaw Falls,...

Bike to Lake Minnewanka, Alberta, Canada

"To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher." Pascal, Pensees, Sect.1 Another of Pascal's remarks, written only a few parag...

A Glance at the Columbia Glacier, Alberta, Canada When I glance at a picture, especially a photograph (whether on a wall or posted on a d...

After a diversion in last week's blog - Women's March on Washington D.C. 2017- I turn away from musing on the foibles and fumings of worl...

Jasper Park may be the 10th largest park in Canada, but all of the more sprawling parks are located further north in the almost inaccessi...

"My thoughts like yours are pictures within pictures, infinitely repeated in time and space." EDB Walking in any natural place, but espe...

"From the waterfall he named her, Minnehaha, Laughing Water." The Song of Hiawatha (1855), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Winter began moving...

Hiking in Manitoba, Canada in the Fall Season