Weekend in the Alaska Range

Just have a couple of minutes to post a couple snaps from this weekend. I spent the past two days on a ski trip with 13 wonderful friends to a cabin in the northern foothills of the Alaska Range. Skied in yesterday afternoon in snowfall, and woke this morning to a classic Alaska alpenglow sunrise on the nearby Hayes Range. Not bad, not bad at all.

One Year Ago Today

I just had dinner at the home of some friends. After dinner they showed us some photos from their recent trip to Peru. The images of the Andes, the high pampas, and the tightly packed cities made me miss South America something fierce. When I got home I went into a few of my own images from that end of the world and I wondered where I was exactly one year ago today. I scrolled through the images of my time in Bolivia until I found a few that were taken on February 22, 2008. The image above is one of them. Turns out I was photographing the high desert of southwest Bolivia near the Chilean/Argentine borders. It is a land rich in colors. Red rocky desert, pockets of green pampas grass, red, green, blue and white lakes, pink flamingos and an enormous deep blue sky.

I can't wait to get back to the southern hemisphere.

Bolivia Tour!

In cooperation with my brother's nonprofit organization (Shine-A-Light) Wild Imagination will be offering a unique tour of Bolivia this fall. This is a trip that will step well beyond normal tourism as we explore modern Aymara and Quechua culture, adventure to a remote community lodge in the Amazon and trek down ancient Inca trade routes. The trip will explore the major areas of the country, the Andes around La Paz, the Yungas region of the mid-elevations and the Amazon. Check out the web site HERE to find out more about the trip and why you should join us.