Hiking the Inca Trail Day 4: Machu Picchu
Day four of hiking the Inca Trail carries the expectations of the previous three, so it is a good thing the hike is short to reach Machu Picchu at long last!
The Illusive Summit
Sometimes topography and local weather can make a landscape feature just as difficult to see as a rare animal – like cloud shrouded volcanic peaks on small islands!
The Inca Trail: Day 3 with Alpaca Expeditions
Day 3 on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is easy… if you don’t mind two hours descending stone steps and irate llamas guarding ruins!
Moosehead Lake in Wintery IR
There is something magical about seeing Maine’s largest lake captured under ice and snow in an IR photo!
Dreaming of Green
This week’s featured photo is a balm for winter blues… not, not the beach, but somewhere else that with an overflowing abundance of plant life!
The Inca Trail: Day 2 with Alpaca Expeditions
Eleven hours of hiking with an elevation gain of 5,125 feet and loss of 3,423 feet across only 10 miles of horizontal travel, welcome to day two of hiking the Inca Trail!
Lucky Chance in Mexico
Some travel photos require big shoots, multiple angles, and lots of tweaking to get that one shot with few people and great light. And sometimes you end up at the right time and place…
The Inca Trail: Day 1 with Alpaca Expeditions
Setting out to hike the Inca Trail was the achievement of a lifelong goal for me. Who knew that choosing a company and securing a trail pass was the easy part?
The perfect hiking photo
Photos capture memories. But every so often they can bridge a place or the people in them to capture an essence far beyond a moment in time.
The Traveling Writer
Writing and traveling, be the trip vacation or work, can be an enjoyable part of the experience or a hassle, depending on equipment and mindset.