Category: Travel
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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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Best of Maine
by: JM So I’ve decided to post what my favorite Maine image are/were. These seven images are my favorites from this short trip — with the exception of Acadia. Acadia was my primary goal. I was planning on spending two or three days photographing there. However when I arrived at the park and went to…
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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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Beautiful Maine!
Hello, I have been here in Maine for several days now. I’ve been working out kinks in the way I manage my images with my new M2 laptop, Lightroom, and external drives. A couple of years ago when we traveled up to Alaska I only took my iPad. After I returned I said, and still…
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Heading to the Maine Coast
by: JM: Next week I plan on driving up to Maine for a week of rest, relaxation, and photography! I do plan on hitting some of my favorite lighthouses (that goes without question), and Acadia National Park. I haven’t been in Acadia in what must be ten years even though I have a home up…
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Delta Junction
“This was one of the places people told me to go, it was oneof the big trips that you should see: Alaska.” Delta Junction, Alaska The Alaska Highway was a dirt and gravel road when we drove it for the first time back in 1977. It was long, dusty, and dangerous road as it took…
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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: days 4-6
DAY 4: Left Sierra Inn, Minot, ND at 10:00 AM They had the typical continental breakfast; oatmeal and fruit were somewhat healthy choices. Ok, I had the fresh waffles ; the smell wafted through the whole first floor on the way there. I am only human. Onward North Right before entering Canada, and that is…
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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…