Show & Tell: The Big Orange Dot
Nothing screams tourist like walking around all day with a big orange dot on your chest.
[Note to Self: Remove big orange proof of admission dots immediately upon exiting the museum.]
Location: The Dalles, OR
Show & Tell: Sunrise at the Golden Gate Bridge
I left my heart in San Francisco.
Location: Golden Gate Bridge – San Francisco, CA
Show & Tell: Lifestyles of the Poor and Ordinary
Proud owners of a grassland home
with a million dollar view.
Location: Olympic National Park, WA
Show & Tell: Spray Paint Storefront
Sometimes tourism feels worse than graffiti.
Location: Highway 191 near Moab, UT
Show & Tell: A Thing Called Love
After mating, a female grasshopper uses her ovipositor to lay an egg pod containing several dozen tightly packed eggs.
Location: Brookgreen Gardens – Murrells Inlet, SC
Show & Tell: Be Proud of Who You Are
Be yourself. Be beautiful.
Location: Seattle Pride Parade 2009 – Seattle, WA
Show & Tell: Where the Wild Things Are
I was too afraid to sleep in my tent in the Hoh Rainforest because I heard growling coming from the woods while tending my campfire. So I slept in my car with a mouse that got in when I was unpacking. It was a long night.
Location: Hoh Rainforest at Olympic National Park, WA
Show & Tell: Home on the Range
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam
where the buffalo are not branded
wearing ear tags
and posing for tourists on a paved road.
Location: Custer State Park, SD
Show & Tell: The Winding Road of Road Schooled
The winding road in the header photo of Road Schooled was taken at Joshua Tree National Park.
Location: Joshua Tree National Park – Twentynine Palms, CA
Show & Tell: Dropping Out of the Box
When I was in grad school I felt like I was in an inescapable box. Dropping out and hitting the road to somewhere set me free.
Location: Brookgreen Gardens – Murrells Inlet, SC


