2016 Wrap Up

Well another year has come to pass.  Although this blog has been pretty quiet lately, that doesn't mean I haven't been out enjoying the world through photography.  In fact, I have been taking more photographs on more excursions than ever. I hope to post a few backdated galleries soon. Aside from having a busy year...

Missouri River in January 2

The weather this month has been unseasonably warm.  Certain days have felt like spring.  The sunsets have been incredible, like this one on the shores of the Missouri River mid July.  All of a sudden the dreaded season of winter in North Dakota doesn't seem so bad.  At times, it even feels like a hospitable...

Missouri River in January

For this first post of 2015 I would like to share a picture taken from the shore of the Missouri River right outside of Bismarck, North Dakota. While temperatures this day dropped below zero, with enough warm clothing I was able to stay toasty (except for my hands which I had to de-glove a few...

Photo of the Week #5

One of too many lakes to remember along the Icefields Parkway, Canadian Rockies

Photo of the Week #4

The Wind Canyon overlook in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota.

Missouri River Scenes

Every other year of so I take a canoe journey on the Missouri River.  I usually paddle from Washburn to Bismarck, a distance that takes about two and a half days at a nice leisurely pace.  For much of this stretch, the river feels wild and remote.  You don't see anyone else.  Cottonwood groves line...