On Being a Yosemite Virgin

I was heading out to Yosemite National Park this weekend to celebrate Eid al-Adha with the cousins. This is my sixth National Park camping trip this year. Its been incredibly glorious experience with adventure! And this particular trip, coupled with Zion in the later part of summer, have been a bit nostalgic. There was a time whereContinue reading “On Being a Yosemite Virgin”

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But a Speck In the Oblivion

We had the sky there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them and discuss about whether they was made or only just happened.  – Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain As I child I remember the first time I saw the Milky Way, both spectacular and terrifying.Continue reading “But a Speck In the Oblivion”

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Plan Your Adventure; Where Ever You May Find It

“Anything to get me out of Palmdale,” explained the high school student to the other students seated next to him at the local Starbucks. “You know, I don’t want to live here, there’s nothing exciting. I want an adventure, not go to the Fair once a year to have fun,” responding the young girl’s friend, twirlingContinue reading “Plan Your Adventure; Where Ever You May Find It”

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Samsung NX2000: My What a Big Screen You Have!

One year on with the Samsung NX2000, its been a wonderful adventure! This particular mirrorless digital SLR is a good kit for point and shoot enthusiasts who want something that has power but not necessarily the complicated functionality of comparable market SLR’s. I see things and I try to capture them, and I try really hardContinue reading “Samsung NX2000: My What a Big Screen You Have!”

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Celebrating 50 Years of the Wilderness Act

Americans, we own 618 million acres of wildlands, stretching form the frigid inhospitable, for some, Alaskan tundra to the southern sandy balmy beaches, the western sage brush planes and what remains of the great north eastern forests. This land encompasses the painted canyons, the miles of turquoise and deep (navy) rivers, the towering sky clawingContinue reading “Celebrating 50 Years of the Wilderness Act”

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