The logbook

Trips

Stories from the trail, the water, and everywhere in between, each with the film, the photos and the birds I logged along the way.

Hikers on a trail through an alpine meadow toward a turquoise lake beneath jagged granite peaksJuly 27–29, 2026

Wind River Range, Wyoming

Cirque of the Towers

Granite spires, an alpine lake, and a trail that drops straight into one of the most famous amphitheaters in the Rockies.

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The sun setting over a calm lake ringed by dark forested hillsJuly 17–19, 2026

Eagle-Dogtooth Provincial Park, Ontario

Canadian Canoe Trip

Days on the water, portages between lakes, and sunsets that set the whole lake on fire.

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A grizzly bear walking across seaweed-covered rocks at low tideJuly 2–10, 2026

British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver Island

A family trip up the BC coast with grizzlies on the tide flats, seabirds offshore, and twenty new birds on the life list.

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Finn grinning behind a cardboard sign reading "Mt. Elbert 14,440 ft" on the rocky summitJune 29, 2026

Sawatch Range, Colorado

Mt. Elbert

Headlamps on before sunrise, a ptarmigan halfway up, and a cardboard sign on the highest point in Colorado.

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Finn in goggles giving a thumbs up among snowy treesMarch 14–18, 2026

Grand County, Colorado

Winter Park

A spring-break ski trip with powder in the trees, chairlifts through the pines, and a Canada Jay at the condo.

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The Uxmal pyramid rising above the jungle canopyChristmas 2025

Yucatán & Quintana Roo, Mexico

Yucatán

Christmas Day at the Mayan pyramids of Uxmal, then Caribbean beaches and a resort full of new birds.

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Skógafoss pouring into a misty green gorgeJune 27 – July 1, 2025

South Coast to the North, Iceland

Iceland

Waterfalls you can walk behind, black-sand beaches, a lagoon full of icebergs, and my first Atlantic Puffin.

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