Yearly Archives: 2011

I was snowshoeing along a 15 mile trail in Montana’s pristine wilderness when all of sudden… …my imagination returned to reality. Okay, so I didn’t come across bears emerging from hibernation. Nor was I even snowshoeing. I was watching bears playing, lazing, and fighting up close at the Grizzly Encounter, a sanctuary located halfway between Bozeman and […]

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This timber church was built to resemble a Viking ship, a distinctive style which became popular throughout the country. Set on a sloping hillside, this UNESCO church dating from 1150, overlooks a scenic fjord where small ships cruise past in the summer months. When we visited, the caretaker unlocked the massive door and led us inside the dark interior […]

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When I was in Yellowstone last month, I didn’t have the opportunity to visit Lamar Valley where wolves have been reintroduced. Nor did I have the good fortune to see them elsewhere in the wild (except a trio of pups through a scope in the Tetons).  But I did get to observe them at a wolf sanctuary on […]

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Maybe it’s my Minnesota upbringing, but I like snow. And winter. David on the other hand prefers warmer climes and had no interest joining me in Yellowstone in early February. But it was precisely the season I wished to visit. Photographing Yellowstone’s Old Faithful in winter was a dream — when the chilly air transformed into […]

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I must admit that the prospect of photographing Antelope Canyon was not something I was particularly looking forward to.  I wanted to see it and explore it … enjoy it from a geological perspective.  But to photograph it?  It’s a bit like photographing the Magic Kingdom at Disney World — it’s been done —  millions of times […]

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