My book of Southwestern road trips (Arizona and New Mexico: 25 Scenic Side Trips) ties together (nearly) every scenic destination in those two states...
I learned most of what I know about the basics of photography while shooting black and white film, mostly because the film itself, the paper used to...
AZ 88, otherwise known as the Apache Trail, is (was?) one of my favorite drives in my home state. Built in the early 1900's to transport the men and...
The Jefferson Memorial, to be precise. When i worked in DC, my office was a short walk from the National mall, so I got to know that part of the city...
Welp, judging by what appears to be a "Welcome to California" sign in the middle distance, this must be in the general vicinity of Death Valley, near...
This rock sticking out of a river is known as Vulcan's Anvil; a solidified plug of hard, black lava rising up from the riverbed. Of itself, the Anvil...
Driving east on US 60, headed into New Mexico from Arizona, you cross a wide open grassland known as the Plains of San Agustin, which, as it happens,...
Standing four feet tall, with a wingspan of more than six feet, Sandhill Cranes are the avian equivalent of a Boeing 747. They spend their summers up...
I’ve driven Interstate 10 more times than I can remember. Short trips to Tucson from my home in Phoenix, day trips to Los Angeles, cross country all...
The Navajo Nation is the largest Native American reservation in the U.S., in terms of both population and land area. Most of it is in Arizona, but it...