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Toward a Sea of Grass: Part 2
Ranger Station Entrance © SR Euston Our final stop is the ranger station/visitor center only a few miles north of the Mexican border town of Sosabe. Heading west through the San Luis Mountains, we dro… more →
Home on the Range
Toward a Sea of Grass: Part 2
wrote 1 week ago: Ranger Station Entrance © SR Euston Our final stop is the ranger station/visitor center only a few m … more →
Toward a Sea of Grass: Part 1
wrote 3 weeks ago: We visit Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. April’s a prime time to experience its vast bird div … more →
Springtime in Cactus Country
wrote 1 month ago: Beavertail Bloom © SR Euston Besides some phenomenal birding, the last few weeks have heralded the b … more →
Arizona's Santa Rita Mountains: Birding in Paradise
wrote 1 month ago: In the last week we’ve birded at two of the most renowned birding areas in the US—in Patagonia along … more →
2013 Tucson Festival of Books
wrote 2 months ago: Come to the Book Festival! Last weekend, Tucson hosted its Fifth Annual Festival of Books. Part book … more →
A Naturalist in the Real World
wrote 2 months ago: Madera Creek © SR Euston On Monday we visited a beautiful, remarkably biologically diverse habitat, … more →
Sonoran Desert Snow
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wrote 3 months ago: From the Patio © AME At dusk last Monday a strange thing happened. It began to snow. For about an ho … more →
Saguaro 1
wrote 3 months ago: One of the most exciting denizens of the Sonoran Desert is the Saguaro—spiny, grey green sentinels t … more →
Gentle Wildness
wrote 3 months ago: Javelinas at the Entrance © AME This week we visited one of Tucson’s premier attractions, the Arizon … more →
Rainy Day
wrote 3 months ago: Saturday it rained—hard, grey sheety rain, coming down on a southeast wind-driven diagonal. Saturday … more →
The Photographer's I: Thanksgiving in Eureka
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wrote 5 months ago: It’s about a four hour drive from our place on the southern Oregon coast to Eureka, California … more →
The Deepest of Deep Blue Lakes
wrote 8 months ago: With a depth of nearly 2,000 feet Crater Lake in the Oregon Cascades is one of the deepest lakes in … more →
The West is Burning
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wrote 8 months ago: Smoke Plume from the Sisters FirePhoto Courtesy of Tracy Keebler Last week we were at Crater Lake Na … more →
Book Review: Coast to Coast–Vintage Travel in North America
wrote 8 months ago: Coast to Coast: Vintage Travel in North America by Antony Shugaar, Catherine Donzel and Marc Walter. … more →
Port Orford Artists End Summer with a Bang
wrote 8 months ago: There’s always something arty going on in our town. Galleries, festivals, library exhibitions, music … more →
Riding the Rails: Part 2, Night Train to Portland
wrote 9 months ago: After our Amtrak eastbound, seven hours late, 26 hour total coach trip (think steerage) we decided t … more →
Riding the Rails: Part 1, Bound East for Shelby
wrote 9 months ago: “As you set out…hope the voyage is a long one.” C.P. Cavafy Union Station, Portland OR © SR Eu … more →
Into the Garden 2012
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wrote 10 months ago: Laurie’s Poppies © AME In the past few weeks we have finally been able to get to our three com … more →
2012 Fourth of July: The Best in the West
wrote 10 months ago: 4th of July Anticipation © SR Euston Friends of the Library Kazoo Band and Drill Team Member in unif … more →
