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British Columbia’s “Big Island”
After a month and a half of travel through western Canada I finally arrived on Vancouver Island. (It really IS a big island… the largest Pacific Island east of New Zealand!) I ended my last post with...
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Using photography to share and inspire
Through a mix of wide shots for context and close-ups to highlight details, Erika Wiggins, aka “The Active Explorer”, incorporates visual storytelling in all of her articles. Photo by Erika Wiggins. I...
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Top Eleven Favorite Places from MY Journey in Focus
As many of you know, I’ve relinquished my “full-time road warrior” status in order to be closer to my parents in my hometown of Longview Washington. Here, I am within minutes of my Dad’s house as well...
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Photography Tips for shooting in Grand Canyon National Park
Originally posted at Parksfolio.com- I just returned from a nice trip to Grand Canyon National Park to shoot the Summer storms. My wife and I spent 4 days in the park chasing rains, clouds and sunsets...
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Hunting Saguaro Blooms in Saguaro National Park
Originally posted at Parksfolio.com- This year was a big year for cactus flowers in the southwest. All around Phoenix the cholla and prickly pear were bright with colorful blooms because of the...
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Shoshone Point at Grand Canyon National Park
Originally posted at Parksfolio.com- We got the inside scoop on Shoshone Point from one of the Park Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park. He had suggested it after we had mentioned we were looking...
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Fire Over Kit Fox Hills
Originally written for ParksFolio.com It was early. Very early. It was still dark when I cracked my weary eyes and peered sleepily out of the opening in my mummy bag stretched across the cot. The...
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The Crossroads at Teakettle Junction
Originally written for ParksFolio.com… The sturdy truck rolled to a stop, dragging with it a cloud of dust and the last crunch of rock under our tires. Sliding out of the cab and stretching, I walked...
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Gold Point Ghost Town: A Photo Essay
Known originally as Lime Point, this area was first settled about 1880. The early camp was abandoned by 1882. In March 1908, a silver strike brought a new camp into existence. Called Hornsilver, it...
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The 100 Peaks Blog Turns 6 – A Wildlife Photo Collection
Moose in Big Springs, Idaho It was 6 years ago on June 24th that I posted my first hike, to Iron Mountain. Since then, I’ve been a lot of interesting places and have seen a lot of interesting things. I...
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Keeping it real: 10 images of Burning Man 2015
At Burning Man dance beats can be heard 24/7 in the dusty distance. We rode up on this gathering around 9:00am. It was a mix of dancers, artists and families hanging out near a “mutant vehicle” shaped...
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The Road Home
I can hardly believe it’s been more than six months since my last post. With all the changes going on in my life I decided to give myself a sabbatical from my writing and get settled (3 moves in one...
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2015: Best Places I took my Motorcycle
Yeah, yeah…it’s the end of another year. Seems like everyone NEEDS to do some sort of round up of their favorite photos, stories, places, gear, beer, food…whatever. I get it. It’s fun to look back and...
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Taking Pictures While Hiking Made Easier
One of the parts of hiking with kids that’s really tough is that I seem to be always hauling way more than I plan to….which makes it especially difficult if I want to be taking pictures of any kind...
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At Last… The Journey Continues!!
At the crack of dawn on July 14th John and I began our long-awaited Journey on Summer Breeze. My wonderful team of “roadies” was down to one after losing Jazzy last year but Sadie, who got her sea legs...
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Sailing into the San Juan’s
After our little dash out and back under Deception Pass Bridge we went to La Conner for one night to restock, do laundry and such before heading up the narrow Swinomish Channel, past the historic...
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Oh Canada… the Gulf Islands and Beyond
A month after departing Olympia we sailed into Canadian waters! First priority was going through customs which we did in Sydney Harbor. This is a sizable harbor with several marinas and yacht clubs....
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Princess Louisa Inlet… A Treasure Worth the Voyage!
Princess Louisa was without a doubt the high of our first summer cruising together on Summer Breeze. A little more than a month after setting out through the Puget Sound, San Juan Islands and Gulf...
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Sailing the Canadian Islands
After farewells and good wishes to the rest of our Princess Louisa flotilla, we turned toward Desolation Sound roughly 50 nautical miles to the north, pretty much requiring a stop along the way. The...
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Sailing Into Summers End
On the morning of September 12th, we pulled up anchor and headed west across Malispina Strait. At this point we were down to the last ten days of our summer voyage, and hoped to make the most of our...
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