Category: Cross-Country Travel
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Summer on Lake Michigan
I’m still culling and editing images from this past summer. This image was taken at the Indiana Dunes National Park which is a “newer” national park” in Indiana on the shores of Lake Michigan. This is a Leica B&W image of the steps leading up and away from the beach area.
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Sunrise on Brooks Lake
This is a very early morning image of Brooks Lake and the surrounding butte from the Brooks Lake Campground where we spend the night. Very peaceful, very relaxing, and a beautiful sunrise. This was photographed with the Fujifulm 100s and the amazing 20-35mm Lens.
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Size DOES Matter!
During our 2024 summer travels I packed the following cameras: Fuji X-H1 with both the 50-140, and a 100-400mm lens for wildlife. Fuji GFX100s with the 20-35F4, 50mm 3.5, and the 100-200 zoom. I had sold the the 30mm 3.5, the 45mm 2.8 (an amazing lens!), and I sold, for the SECOND time my GFX…
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Moving forward on our Journey – the prep begins for our Trip.
by: JM We are preparing for our upcoming trip which will take us into Montana, Wyoming, Canada and the Yukon; then up into southern Alaska, and back down through British Columbia into Washington State as well as Olympic and Mt. Rainier National Parks. From there we’ll travel down the Washington State coast as I’m a…
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Unpacking the Overpacking
by: JM So I returned from my short, four day road trip to the Maine coast. As you will see in the below image I waaaay overpacked. But, in my defense I will say that I was testing several different load-outs, and bags and their configuration for our upcoming long-term summer trip back to Alaska,…
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Alaska, here we come. Days 14-15 
DAY 14: Today we stopped at Daku Cultural Centre visitor information center Dakwakada/ Haines Junction / Kluane National Park and Reserve. This was the most thorough and interesting and engaging visitor center that I have ever experienced. Experience is the perfect word because I have been in and seen many visitor centers that are collections…
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Alaska, here we come. Days 10-13
DAY /NiGHT 10: Spent the day relaxing at the Hyatt Regency in Prince George DAY 11 Left the Hyatt Regency in Prince George after a hot breakfast around 10 AM. Headed to the local Walmart for some basics: ice, water, and some snack items that we could keep in our cooler: cheese, yogurt, grapes, and…
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Alaska here we come day 1-3 “Ramblings from the road”
DAY 1:I don’t think it’s sunk in where we are going yet. The trip has been planned for over a year, Itineraries have been done for weeks. Yet, it still does not seem real, but we are retracing some of our original trip to Alaska back in “77 while exploring some new areas. We drove…