Zimbabwe - The Lost Garden of Eden
This article was originally published in 1995 before Mugabe’s 1999 land grabs spiraled Zimbabwe into today’s disastrous economic collapse. It is now reported the only whites left in Zim are those who can’t afford to leave or their bones rest in a cemetery plot. However Mugabe doesn’t always play favorites. He, reportedly, is rapidly filling […]
[more...]Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley - North America’s Serengeti - Part II
Twelve wolves from the Slough Creek pack first surrounded and then, simply sat or lay in the snow confronting (“testing”) a taciturn innocently grazing huge bull bison. Two lay directly behind him. Several more positioned to either side. Three stood or sat in front of him.
The deceptively ponderous looking prey occasionally maneuvered his massive […]
Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley - North America’s Serengeti - Part I
While our expedition leaders set up spotting-scopes at a predawn stop within sight of the Tetons, I wrestled camera and tripod into position focusing on a magnificent sunrise washing across fog-shrouded and the freshly snow-draped Tetons. Suddenly, excited whispers escalated to low voices, then rose to just this side of shouting from the group […]
[more...]Wyoming Travel - I-80 Corridor
Wyoming Travel I-80 Yellowstone Corridor
Easterners traveling the southern route across Wyoming’s I-80 corridor or the more northern I-90 corridor towards Yellowstone navigate through some of the more stunning outdoor scenery found in the western United States. Slow travel’s pace so as to ingest some of the historical significance associated with many of Wyoming’s scenic […]