On This Day in 2007 we visited the birthplace of George Washington Carver, and were visited by this checkerboard-eyed butterfly during our walk there.
A few shots from our boat tour in Aialik Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park, OTD in 2018.
One of the highlights of our visit to Halifax was the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, housed in the same dock building that served as the port of entry for immigrants. I was surprised at many of the similarities between the histories of immigration in Canada and the United States.
OTD in 2018, I hiked to Exit Glacier, my first experience with a glacier. It’s iconic for the signs showing the previous extent of the glacier in various years, clearly demonstrating how quickly the ice has receded.
I’ve been to every national park unit in the US, and this remains my most favorite park sign anywhere. It’s located on the back side of the entrance sign for the Exit Glacier area of Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska.
One of my favorite scenic drives is Alaska Route 1 down the Turnagain Arm. Here’s a shot from my first visit there, back in 2018.
I was finally able to mark Stonehenge off my list #OnThisDay seven years ago when I passed thru suburban Utah.
Remember when Japan bombed Nebraska during WWII? You Don’t?
Well, On This Day in 2021, we visited the site where it happened.
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My buddy Mikah’s short film “Canyon Chorus” is playing at the Flagstaff Film Festival in September, and he’ll be there to speak live, too. You can also watch it on his website.
On This Day in 2021, I visited the shack and farm of Aldo Leopold—one of America’s greatest figures, whose ideas helped change the way we view the natural environment and preserving America’s natural heritage.
This place officially socks (OTD in 2008)
Dells of Eau Claire Park - #OTD 2021
This is the first Smokey Bear mask, which now resides in the quaint public library of Mercer, Wisconsin - #OnThisDay in 2021
Enjoy the North #OnThisDay in 2021
I wrote a bit about The Two Futures of Social Media: as social media fractures, two distinct futures are unfolding—two entirely different ways to participate socially online, a fundamental divide between viral entertainment and personal community.
The Birthplace of Professional Hockey (Houghton, MI)
#OnThisDay in 2021
Awww Shute, it’s closed. #OnThisDay in 2021
Here’s a different perspective of Arch Rock on Mackinac Island. #OnThisDay in 2021
Arch Rock—the main attraction in Mackinac National Park, America’s second (forgotten) National Park after Yellowstone. #OnThisDay in 2021
It doesn’t look like much, but this marker—located in a headwater swamp in Arkansas, of all places—preserves the initial point from which all surveys of property acquired from the Louisiana Purchase originated.
We visited it OTD in 2008 on a whim; I really need to write more about that experience.
