C2C #1
England's Coast to Coast path stretches from St. Bees on the Irish Sea in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay on the North Sea in North Yorkshire, a distance of about 190…
Black and Blue
Mountains above the North Santiam River, late afternoon light, Cascades, western Oregon.
Wet But Dry
The mountains of the Pacific Northwest can usually depend on snow melt and summer rains to keep things wet, but this year lack of snow and summer drought have driven…
Smoke Sight
How smokey is it in the Pacific Northwest? Very, depending on the day and the place, as windblown smoke from nearly 40 wildfires sweeps across the region. This was last…
Skyline Blue
In May friends biked the 650 miles of the Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway, from Front Royal, VA, to Cherokee, NC, and I got to go along. It's…
Florida Keys
In the Florida Keys, especially for someone coming from the frozen north, the color is blue: warm blue ocean water running to emerald blue-green, setting off white beaches and a…
Thailand in Vermont
So it's April in Vermont and there's still snow. Business as usual, except if you come from Ubon, Thailand, in which case it's cause for curiosity and celebration. Perhaps followed…
Canada’s National Gallery
If you find yourself in Ottawa, go to the National Gallery of Canada. It's downtown, in between the By Ward Market district, Â the Parliament and the Chateau Laurier, not to…
SuperTour x 2
The USSA SuperTour and the Dartmouth Winter Carnival brought high-level cross-country ski racing back to Craftsbury Outdoor Center over the weekend. Top, Johnson's Jennie Bender leads a freestyle (skate) sprint heat…
SuperTour @ Craftsbury
Top nordic skiers from around the country raced in the USSA SuperTour on Friday and Sunday at the Craftsbury, VT, Outdoor Center, which has become one of the nation's top nordic…
Winterscape, Winterskate
The blizzard missed central Vermont, but we still have lots of winter going on. Above, wet snow landed in the higher elevations, coating everything, and then a cold snap pasted…
Bend, OR
People in Bend, Oregon, are pretty insistent about Bend being sunny, as in more than 300 days a year that are either sunny or mostly sunny. I was there last week…
Wintry Notch
Hard to beat Smugglers Notch in Stowe for drama in early winter. It's not Buffalo, but it is winter. This was Friday, temperatures in the low 20s and a gusty wind.…