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Nowadays, I seem to get to these posts about a month later. We were in Phoenix in March, one of those spouse-tags-along-to-conference trips. We also went up to … Continue reading »

Given that we were in Key West at the beginning of February, I’d like to blame something sexy like “writer’s block” rather than the more pedestrian “laziness” for the long … Continue reading »

As our guide pulled the bus through the Jurassic Park-lite gate and electric fencing, she said that The Wilds nature conservancy is equal in land area to all the zoos … Continue reading »

Grace had one last vacation day left for the academic year ending in June, and we took advantage of a post-call Friday and the vacation day on Monday to go … Continue reading »

Earlier this month, we spent a few days at Turks and Caicos, specifically at The Sands, a

We were in Chicago this past weekend. Interesting town: I certainly felt more like I was in a big city than Cleveland, with the density of skyscapers and tall … Continue reading »

A couple thousand shutter releases later:

Get fast lenses. The 200mm with teleconverter will be better than a cheap 300mm if the 300mm is a couple stops slower. You … Continue reading »

The previous entry is Denali part two.
June 11, June 12
In Anchorage, we said good-bye to Tour 21. We’d later bump into people from the tour at the airport — … Continue reading »

The previous entry is Denali part one.
June 10
One of the stories Judith told us on the long bus ride down from Prudhoe Bay was about the time she flew on … Continue reading »

The previous post was the Dalton Highway and the Yukon.
June 9
We ate breakfast — a buffet — at the hotel in Fairbanks. After the somewhat limited dining choices over … Continue reading »