Video Links
These are posted on our YouTube channel with the links below. Strictly amateur videos of some of the hikes, snorkel and paddleboard adventures we have had. The ones out West really give you a sense of scale and wonder.
Western Trip to Utah and Colorado, 2021 New for 2021!
Shafer Trail / Potash Road (Canyonlands, Moab, Utah)
This was an amazing down-the-canyon drive even the video can’t fully capture. A trip from the Dead Horse Point State Park and Canyonlands National Park to the Colorado River outside Moab, Utah. The GoPro Hero9 is so good at image stabilization that it looks like a smooth ride – and it was anything but. No guard rails, either, so you had to hope you didn’t run into someone coming the other way!
Long Canyon Road (Canyonlands, Moab, Utah)
Another “bucket list” off-road drive not to be missed in Canyonlands outside Moab, Utah. Who wouldn’t want to experience “Pucker Pass” and this massive chunk of rock you drive under … very slowly. Watch for Jackie to jump out for a closer look (that I missed on editing). We love our new Jeep.
Bryce Canyon Hike (Utah)
An otherworldly landscape that we experienced on a beautiful, crisp fall day. The day was perfect and the scenery was breathtaking – literally, since we were huffing and puffing our way along the 3 mile hike that dropped down about 600 feet at the 8,000 ft. elevation — and then back up again along some challenging switchbacks. You don’t want to miss the Wall Street section of the Queen’s Garden/Navajo Loop trail. The next day we left the area in a snowstorm that dropped about 6 inches of snow, so our day turned out to be the best chance for hiking.
Cruise Videos and Excursions
How We Did Harmony of the Seas
This is a funny video of how my family enjoyed just some of what Harmony of the Seas has to offer – we cruised twice on the Harmony in 2019 and had a blast. Not everything made it to video, but what did was a lot of fun.
Roatan, Honduras Snorkel
Without a doubt, the best reef I have snorkeled. Such a colorful collection of coral, fans and sponges on the ridge. This was an excursion of our Western Caribbean cruise aboard Harmony of the Seas.
Cozumel Reef Snorkel
Snorkeling Cozumel just off shore is an easy float, as the current takes you across reefs that go from 10 to 30 feet deep. I added some fish identification to this one, to the best of of my research. This was an excursion of our Western Caribbean cruise aboard Harmony of the Seas.
St. Maarten Swim and Snorkel
This really wasn’t reef snorkeling, but we did see some cool ballyhoo and the clear waters of the sandy French side beaches were awesome. This was an excursion of our Western Caribbean cruise aboard Harmony of the Seas.
Backyard Wildlife
Fawn’s First Days This was a pretty stunning surprise that happened right in front of our backyard trail camera. Fawns in the backyard is an annual occurrence for us, but not on film like this!
What Happens at Night? See how our backyard comes alive!
More of What Happens at Night See more of our backyard antics at night!
Georgia Mountains
If you want to see what it’s like from the driver’s seat going down the road from Black Rock Mountain, watch the new video “Leaving Black Rock Mountain” – but hold on tight, it is a wild ride.
Amicalola Falls State Park, Georgia
Amicalola Falls State Park (GA) Zipline, Part One
Amicalola Falls State Park (GA) Zipline, Part Two
Videos of our various adventures:
Clear Creek Campground, Lewis Smith Lake, Alabama
Smith Lake Bike and Paddle
Custer State Park, South Dakota
Driving Needles Highway
Bison and Elk in Custer State Park
Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Hiking Notch and Saddle Pass Trails, Badlands National Park
Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming
Hiking to Heron Pond and Swan Lake
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Hiking Mt. Washburn Trail, halfway, from Dunraven Pass trailhead
Hiking Pelican Valley Trail, partway, Yellowstone National Park (with grizzly)
Glacier National Park, Montana
Hiking back from St. Mary Falls, Glacier National Park
Highlights of hiking Hidden Lake Overlook Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana
Highline Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana (the ledge at Logan Pass)
St. Andrews State Park, Florida
More Snorkeling in St. Andrews State Park, Panama City Beach, Florida 2017
Snorkeling in St. Andrews State Park, Panama City Beach, Florida 2017
Paddleboarding at St. Andrews State Park, Panama City Beach, Florida 2017
Zion National Park, Utah
Hiking the Angel’s Landing Trail, Zion National Park
Hiking the Narrows, Zion National Park
Arches National Park, Utah
Double Arch Rainy Day Hike, Arches National Park
Delicate Arch Slickrock Rainy Hike Return, Arches National Park
Park Avenue Hike, Sunny Day, Arches National Park
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Bright Angel Trail, up from the Mile and a Half Rest House, Grand Canyon South Rim
Unicoi State Park, Georgia
Zipline Adventure at Unicoi State Park (short clip)
Georgia Mountains, Neels Gap to Blood Mountain
View west from Blood Mountain
Shelter at Blood Mountain summit, AT
Looking southeast from Blood Mountain
Smoky Vogel St Pk
Summit of Blood Mountain
Perfect racoon tree
Trail on the bald
Vogel St Pk Campground
Bear Hair Trail
Looking east from Blood Mountain
Hiker’s boot tree, Neels Gap
Along the AT
Fall color at the summit
Ooooh, Noooo not Blood Mountain
Fall colors
Holly
Smoky Vogel St Pk
Rest stop at overlook
Neels Gap
Lake at Vogel St Pk
Along the AT
Bittersweet
Blood Mountain AT
Neels Gap
Fall colors
Vogel Overlook
Cairns along the way
View southeast from Blood Mountain
Along the AT
Key West and the Florida Keys
Lionfish Derby
Sunset at Curry Hammock SP
Pelicans feeding, Bahia Honda SP
Key West
Key West
Lazy Gecko, Key West
Key West Duval Street
Key West
Flying Monkey Bar, Key West
Little blue heron
Key West
Sunset at Curry Hammock SP
Conch Shack
Yellow-crowned night-heron
Beachside camping at Curry Hammock SP
Parrotfish
Key West
Blue Macaw
Elkhorn coral
Bay bean
Silver buttonwood
Bahia Honda “beach”
End of the Road
Snorkel boat
Bahia Honda SP
Key West
Beach spiderlily
Conch fritters
Ibis
Poinsiana
Key West
French angelfish
Southernmost Point in US, Key West
Key West
Key West, Bike Week
Tetraodon puffer fish
Sunset at Key West
French angelfish
Conch Shack, Key West
Lionfish Derby
Sanderling
John Pennekamp Coral Reef SP
Key West
Reef fish
Duval Street, Key West
Starfish on sandbar
Blue Heaven
Storm on the way
Key West
Seven-mile bridge
Mallory Square, Key West
Snorkel Boat
Bike Week at Key West
Key West
Sea grape
Parrotfish
Yes, Key West has chickens
Key West
Senior Frog, Key West
Along lower Duval Street
No wonder we had iguanas in camp!
Seven-mile bridge
Wild poinsettia
Reef fish
Old Bahia Honda bridge
Strangler fig
Hemingway House
Blue Tang
Smallest bar in Key West
Sunset, Bahia Honda SP
Parrotfish
Getting ready for sunset at Mallory Square, Key West
Blue tang
Parrotfish
Relaxing on the sandbar, Curry Hammock
Sunset
Bahia Honda SP
Sharkey’s Pub
Celebrating our grandaughter’s adoption day
Giant land crab
Key West
Reef fish
At the Blue Macaw
Key West lighthouse
Sunset at Key West
Sunset celebration, Key West
Osprey
Avocets at dusk
Key West
Christ of the Abyss, John Pennekamp Coral Reef SP
Duval Street, Key West
My peep filleting lionfish
Old Bahia Honda bridge
Blue Heaven
Sandbar off Curry Hammock
Old Custom House, Key West
Iguana at Curry Hammock SP
Reef coral
Old Customs House, Key West
Curry Hammock SP
Ready for the snorkel
Shotgun houses, Key West
Dory!
Key West
New York and some of our old neighborhoods in New Jersey
Transportation Oculus
Rockefeller Plaza
One World Trade Center
Radio City Music Hall
Ellis Island
High Bridge house
Natural History Museum
Radio City Music Hall
Empire State Building
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
View from Top of the Rock
Times Square, uptown
Park System HQ
Natural History Museum
New York Public Library
At the Met
View from Top of the Rock
Rockefeller Plaza
The Roxy Lounge
Racio City Lobby
Hunterdon County Arboretum
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
O’Hara’s Pub
Times Square
Times Square
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal
Times Square
Oculus
Rockefeller Plaza
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Downtown
At the Met
Costume Shop, Radio City
Rockefeller Plaza
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York City skyline
Chrysler Building
Trinity Church
Downtown
Grand Central Terminal
Washington, DC and my old neighborhoods in Delaware and New Jersey
Union Station
Library of Congress
US Capitol
Union Station
Willard Hotel
National Gallery of Art
Library of Congress
National Zoo
The White House
FBI HQ
Museum of Natural History
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
Museum of Natural History
US Capitol
Jefferson Memorial
Union Station
Arbor Park home
WWII Memorial
National Portrait Gallery
Executive Office Building
WWII Memorial
US Supreme Court
US Capitol
Union Station
Union Station
National Zoo
National Gallery of Art
Museum of Natural History
Air & Space Museum
Willard Hotel
Ok, my elementary school was old even back then.
National Gallery of Art
US Supreme Court
Air & Space Museum
Willard Hotel
Air & Space Museum
US Capitol
National Portrait Gallery
National Building Museum
Korean War Memorial
National Building Museum
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
US Botanic Garden
Willard Hotel
Capitol City Brewing
WWII Memorial
Korean War Memorial
Library of Congress
US Capitol
Smithsonian Castle
US Botanic Garden
US Capitol
So why doesn’t this building have brick?
Port City Brewing
Central Post Office
Jefferson Memorial
Spy Museum
National Zoo
Air & Space Museum
Bardo Brewing
House where Lincoln died
Fragment of Berlin Wall
US Supreme Court
Museum of Natural History
Museum of Natural History
The house in 2016. We met the current owners and shared some “whatever happened to ..?” moments.
Public Option Brewing
Jefferson Memorial
US Capitol
River Plaza home
River Plaza
National Building Museum
US Botanic Garden
Air & Space Museum
Union Station
Willard Hotel
Union Station
WWII Memorial
National Zoo
Hibiscus
US Botanic Garden
Museum of Natural History
American Indian Museum
Library of Congress
Old Post Office
Library of Congress
FDR Memorial
Capitol City Brewing
Bardo Brewing
African-American Museum
Willard Hotel
Jefferson Memorial
US Supreme Court
Port City Brewing
Arbor Park home
Hunterdon County Park System HQ
National Zoo
Newark, DL home
Metro station
National Zoo
US Capitol
US Botanic Garden
Union Station
Ford’s theater
National Gallery of Art
Willard Hotel
Topsail Hill State Park, Santa Rosa Beach, FL (2016)
Happy Birthday, Jackie!
Fragrant water-lily
Pitcher plants
Flip flop boardwalk
Dewey Destin’s
Glass lizard
Pitcher plant
Tram to the beach
Orange milkweed
Pitcher plants
Meadow beauty
Marine life warning
Green anole
St. Andrews State Park, Panama City Beach, FL (2016)
Ready for the beach
Hey, I think I like the beach life…Relax!
Green heron
Great blue heron
Good Friends
Tut, tut looks like rain!
Soft shell turtle
Anhinga
Nice (?) waterfront site
Best Grouper Sandwich!
Hike Inn to Appalachian Trail, Amicalola Falls, GA (May 2016)
False Solomon’s seal
Galax
Trillium
Hike Inn
Blackberry
Pink ladyslipper orchid
Eastern hemlock
Rattlesnake plantain
Len Foote Hike Inn Lodge
Clubmoss
Four-leaved milkweed
Four-leaved milkweed
Blueberry
Pink ladyslipper orchid
View from Amicalola Falls
Cinnamon fern
Ground cedar
Mountain laurel
Rhododendron forest
Amicalola Falls
Mayapple
Mayapple
View from Hike Inn
Solomon’s seal
Bahamas Cruise to Nassau (April 2016)
Cloudland Canyon State Park, Georgia (April 2016)
Rock outcrop at the rim
Sweet shrub
Trillium
Flame azalea
The view North toward Chattanooga.
Above Cherokee Falls
Wild Indigo
Dwarf crested iris
Catawba rhododendron
Saxifrage (foam flower)
Benji loves camping
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Mountain laurel almost blooming
Trees just starting to leaf out
Quiet campsite
Green vine snake along the trail.
Along the rim
Cherokee Falls
Hemlock Falls
Along the creek
Spring around the Neighborhood 2016
(I can’t help but shoot pictures this time of year!)
Caribbean Cruise (December 2015)
Final Happy Hour at Sea!
Welcome Aboard!
Retirement feels good
Grand Turk
St. Thomas & St. John
Amazingly clear water at Trunk Bay, St. John
San Juan, Puerto Rico