Travel TidBits: Polar Bears

Survival on the Arctic Ice A tender moment As many of you know, last November I traveled to Northern Canada to see and photograph the polar ...

Parched Earth

Water - source of life Having recently traveled in areas where water is rather scarce and also living in California where we are continuousl...

Hummingbirds

The Hummingbirds are Returning to the Santa Cruz Mountains! With 10+ feeders and the Spring bloom in full swing, dozens of hummingbirds visi...

Travel TidBits: Gorilla Galore!

Travel TidBits: Gorilla Galore!! After my first gorilla trekking, I had 2 more wonderful encounters with 2 different families of gorillas. Y...

Travel TidBits: Gorillas in Rwanda

Trekking to the Mountain Gorillas in the Vulcano National Park in Rwanda We are up early with breakfast at 6am and Martin drives us to the V...

Travel TidBits: Rwanda - Along the road

Leaving Tanzania for Rwanda, Africa Our wake-up call was at 3:15 am! We are leaving Arusha to fly to Nairobi and on to Kigali, the capital o...