​ The jungle covered mountains were surrounded by the early morning mist as the island of Moorea came into view.The wind was blowing across the deck of the squared rigged barkentine, the Star Flyer. I felt I had stepped back in time to the era of sailing ships The ship anchored in a beautiful blue water bay. H.M.S. Bounty may have anchored near the...

Western Colorado offers some of the most spectacular scenery in this state that overflows with mountain landscapes.  While most visitors travel to Denver and Rocky Mountain National Park in the northeast part of the state, I wanted to see the fall colors that cover Colorado from Grand Junction to Durango.  My travels would also stop in As...

New Orleans is a city that has donuts without holes. It has horse drawn carriages that take you past a beautiful white church and into one of America's oldest neighborhoods where you can hear music nearly all the time. Jazz was invented here.​ It has sternwheelers that ply the river to antebellum plantations where you walk under a canopy of Oak tre...

The Olympic Peninsula of Washington State contains some of the most wild and beautiful places anywhere in the United States.​ The weather can change in minutes from beautiful sunshine to pouring rain. In a matter of hours, you can travel thru a Victorian town to alpine meadows dotted with wildflowers with views of snow-covered peaks to shimmering w...

The whoosh of air alerted me to the Killer Whale surfacing just off our starboard side. It's black dorsal fin cut through the water like a knife.  The huge bull from L pod was travelling quickly thru the indigo blue waters of the San Juan Islands.  This group of 172 various islands lie at the northwest corner of Washington State near Vanc...

The bats are skinnier, the ball is softer, the players are older, and the rules are archaic.There are no gloves. There are no balls or strikes. Ringing the bell is required to score a run.A ball caught after a bounce is an out.The pitcher throws underhand.The Batter is called a Striker.The Umpire stands to the side of the plate in a Top Hat.These a...