CROSSING TIME ZONES
Seattle’s newest draw for art lovers, the Chihuly Garden and Glass is a gorgeous showcase for the work of internationally renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly, born and raised just down the road in Tacoma. The museum section comprises thoughtfully and dramatically arranged exhibits of Chihuly’s varied creations, while the outdoor garden displays additional Chihuly works [...]
“All forward! Dig in!” shouts Alicia, as wild waves crash over the sides of our blue raft. I plunge my paddle deep into the water and try to match my strokes to those of Jake, the paddler in front of me. It’s a challenge, especially when the raft bucks, rising above a whitecapped crest so that [...]
Now that April is here, the trees and flowers of western Washington are in full bloom, but nowhere is spring so colorful as in the tulip fields of the Skagit Valley, a little over an hour north of Seattle. Millions of blooming tulips – more than 150 varieties – cover more than a thousand acres [...]
I’m not much of a museum person in general, but when I visited Edinburgh I really enjoyed stopping in at the National Museum of Scotland and seeing some of the Lewis Chessmen on display. I’d read about these intricately carved chess figures, found in 1831 on the Island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, and [...]
Baja California is a land of striking contrasts: deep blue seas and arid brown deserts, a seeming barrenness that, upon closer look, reveals an abundance of life. During my recent visit to the Loreto area I was continuously reminded of other places – the landscapes and plant life recalled the two years I spent in [...]
Mongolia is one of my favorite photographic destinations, a place of vast skies, intriguing landscapes, colorful traditional costumes, and interesting faces. I had the good fortune to visit Mongolia twice as a tour manager for National Geographic Expeditions, and on one of those trips we stayed at Toilogt Camp, a ger (yurt) camp on the [...]
Picture this: relaxing on your own private terrace overlooking the Sea of Cortez, with volcanic islands and desert hills on the horizon. This was a pleasure I enjoyed last week as a guest of the Villa del Palmar resort at the Islands of Loreto in Baja California Sur. I flew to Loreto on one of [...]
The Hector’s dolphin is the world’s smallest dolphin species; adults grow to only about four feet and up to 110 pounds in size. It’s also one of the rarest marine mammals in the world, with only about 7,400 individuals left in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund. This endangered species is found only [...]
We’re in the middle of nowhere, miles from medical help, when the crisis happens. A heart attack and a fall with a blow to the head – or perhaps the fall comes first, leading to cardiac arrest – and suddenly one of the members of the tour group I am leading is collapsed among the [...]
On one of the trips I led to Cuba in 2012, some members of my group were walking near the main plaza of Trinidad when we saw a bridal party making its way across the square. A UNESCO World Heritage Site on Cuba’s south-central coast, Trinidad is a city of cobblestone streets, colorful houses, and [...]
