laura, yt, erica, christie with ryan and marilee in the background Over the Columbus day weekend, I went on my first overnight rafting trip, down the Westwater Canyon. christie, erica, mikey, laura As sports go, rafting is a pretty plush one. Sure, you get a little wet, but otherwise, you’re bringing along camp chairs, pounds [...]
Yarrrr! Today we take a peek at hippos. As you might imagine, these behemoths are quite easy to spot, not only due to their large size, but also because in the park, they have several well-established locations where they like to hang out. The Wikipedia article is chock full of interesting facts. I’d recommend spending [...]
The famous secretary bird, so-named because the feathers behind its head resemble a secretary with quill pen tucked behind her ear. This guy is cool because although he can fly, he prefers to run around on the ground and catch its prey by stamping on it or smashing it with its beak like a hammer. [...]
Two male Thomson’s gazelles face off Today’s Tanzania Tuesday entry is about members of the antelope family.
Tech Tuesday is on temporary hiatus, as it’s been replaced with Tanzania Tuesday. Today’s topic is lions! In Swahili, “simba” are one of the highlights of any safari. Everyone wants to see lions. Luckily, these cats are rather easy to find while on safari, as they’re rather large (compared to say, leopards), and tend to [...]
Looking down into the crater of the Ngorongoro Conservation area around sunset.
Yes, that’s a photographer joke (but not a very common or good one seeing as how I just made it up).
grilled bacon. bleu cheese. hand picked roquette. blue mountains. colorado spring.
Taking a break from the normal platypus Friday installment to give a quick update. I’ve spent this week rather productively, turning my old, unused tv room into my new home office. Looking to warm up the room a bit, I went with a soothing chocolatey brown. Maybe I was subtly influenced by the brown Human [...]
The people photos were much better than the bird photos. If we all look like we were freezing, it’s because we were. It was damp and dingy all weekend, and I almost puked when a local claimed that the weather was nice. Colorado has spoiled me and I’m not the least bit ashamed. Giant post [...]