[caption id="attachment_71514" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Mt. Cook from Lake Pukaki[/caption] We've been home from our month in New Zealand for two weeks. The late fall buff landscape that greeted us on our return has finally been replaced by a coat of white, and I can now take...
I’ve known a long time that Milford Sound was itself a reason to visit New Zealand. We were going to be close, but I didn’t see that there was enough time to work that in to our busy schedule – certainly we were not going...
Our planned departure out of Christchurch to Lake Tekapo got delayed until the beginning of Christchurch rush hour, so it was a bit late when we reached our lodging. Late enough that our host-owner Steve Hunter, at the rustic but very comfortable Lake Tekapo Cottages, had...
Trains, planes, boats. And cars, and even a few kilometers on foot, though not as many as I had imagined. The car parts, the airline parts, worked pretty much as expected: Air New Zealand was fine, the flight attendants more than helpful; driving on the left...
Once again Sus doubted my navigation skills: we headed north from Bellevue, Washington to meet Daughter #1, Kimm and her husband Michael in Cannon Beach, Oregon for the weekend. It made no sense to my somewhat navigationally impaired wife. [caption id="attachment_70024" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Ferries[/caption] But here's the...
[caption id="attachment_69430" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Freedom Tower[/caption] See Forever...
They say it’s the journey, not the destination, but in this very particular case, that old trope was eclipsed by the eclipse. According to NASA’s website, throughout virtually every civilization for a millennia, solar eclipses were interpreted as portents of doom and gloom. Through the ages, recorded responses ran the...
On Wednesday, August 9, 4 - 6 p.m., Telluride’s Between the Covers Bookstore welcomes author/photographer Michael Crouser for a book launch and signing of his latest work, Mountain Ranch. Please scroll down to listen to a podcast featuring Michael Crouser. In his new book of photography, Mountain Ranch, Michael...
Yesterday our dog died. Yes, she was old. And no, it isn't surprising. But the hole her passing has left in Susan's heart and in mine doesn't take into consideration that she was probably past her expiration date. Regular readers of TIO may remember how often...
The party’s over. Time to call it wrap. Mountainfilm just announced the winning docs and causes. (Details here.) But the truth is everyone in the “tribe” won: over Memorial weekend, we all became a bit more enlightened, drew closer, and learned more about what activism really means....
