Category Archives: Destination Spotlight

Photo essay of a particular place.

  The Great Wall of China. Just uttering those words conjures up images of that long fortified wall snaking up and over forested hills—stretching an incredible 5,000 km across the northern reaches of China’s vast country.  I had wanted to see it, walk on it, experience it, for a very long time. And now I was […]

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Maybe it’s my Minnesota upbringing, but I like snow. And winter. David on the other hand prefers warmer climes and had no interest joining me in Yellowstone in early February. But it was precisely the season I wished to visit. Photographing Yellowstone’s Old Faithful in winter was a dream — when the chilly air transformed into […]

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Last year’s Tour in Portugal took us to so many beautiful places.  In anticipation of our upcoming tour of the Douro Wine Country and Rural North of Portugal scheduled for October 2 – 12, 2011, I thought I would post some photos from our 2010 tour. This woman was so sweet and friendly to the tourists.  I […]

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Slowly but steadily, great gusts of wind and shifting dunes are changing the landscape and swallowing the once thriving diamond mining town of Kolmanskop.  It is one of my favorite places to wander in Namibia. You never know what you’ll see inside! Sand fills and shapes each structure differently, creating distinct personalities among the homes […]

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Last month I was in NYC for a few days, and took the opportunity to visit both the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. From Manhattan, that required a subway, bus and then a ferry… Ellis Island in the background Although my visit was very short (as I had a plane to catch home that […]

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