Category Archives: Nature

Tears in my Garden

Posted on August 29, 2014 by abitravel

The summer brings change, so unlike my usual travelogues, here’s a poem I just wrote.  Feel free to comment with your reactions and realizations.   Tears in my Garden I water the plants in my yard on a perfect-weather morning … Continue reading →

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Death Valley: Where Unencumbered Geology and Yogis Are One

Posted on January 8, 2014 by abitravel

Death Valley – the hottest place on earth.  Where temperatures have reached 134°F and where one summer it didn’t get below 100° for 154 days.  It sounds ominous, doesn’t it?   You expect to see vast stretches of white sand; crusty old … Continue reading →

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A Quintessential Garden: Jardin, Colombia

Posted on March 12, 2013 by abitravel

What I love about Colombia – or, the Colombia that I saw last month – is its authenticity.  During my three-week trip I found relatively few places that had been gussied up for tourists, or that were overrun by them.  … Continue reading →

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Vacationland is Traditionland – Part 1

Posted on September 4, 2012 by abitravel

I apologize for my blogging silence the past couple of weeks.  After spending nine days in Maine, I was on the road again in Utah and southern New England.  I’m home now, after attending a writing workshop where I was … Continue reading →

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Migratory Thoughts – a Summertime Perspective

Posted on August 11, 2012 by abitravel

Hey, did you notice the change??  I’m no longer standing above a volcanic lake in Nicaragua.  Now I’m in front of a glacial lake in Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta (Canada).  Well, actually, at this very moment I’m sitting … Continue reading →

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Discovering the Unexpected in the Crown of the Continent – Sliding Rocks, Falling Buffalo and Damn Good Beer

Posted on July 30, 2012 by abitravel

Our plan was simple:  to hike, camp, ride horses and enjoy nature in two of America’s most spectacular national parks, Glacier and Waterton Lakes (Canada).  Who knew, though, that we’d also learn about ancient animal massacres?  Or, that we’d view … Continue reading →

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Once-Glacier, Still-Water(ton) National Parks: The Bear Essentials

Posted on July 25, 2012 by abitravel

Glacier National Park – you’d think it’d be all about glaciers, wouldn’t you?  I certainly did, and hoped to see some during our recent 10-day visit.  It wouldn’t be the first time I’d experience a ‘persistent body of ice, at … Continue reading →

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Tourism or Terrorism: Only the Elephant Knows

Posted on July 2, 2012 by abitravel

A few days ago, in search of pictures of myself doing yoga in unusual places, I looked at photos from my 2008 trip to India and Nepal.   As I flipped through them, I was struck at how foreign they seemed.  … Continue reading →

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My Show of a Lifetime: An Astronomical Marvel, Nearly 50 Years Past

Posted on June 8, 2012 by abitravel

On Tuesday, I missed witnessing one of the rarest of astronomical phenomena:  the transit of Venus, in which our brightest planet passes in front of the sun.  It’s not even a once-in-a-lifetime event, as it doesn’t happen every century.  But, … Continue reading →

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Rail Trail Blues Along the Greenbrier River in West Virginia

Posted on June 1, 2012 by abitravel

Whenever I ride my bicycle on a rail trail, I am reminded of what used to be and of how much has changed.  That’s because of the nature of rail trails, railroad line right-of-ways that have been converted to walking … Continue reading →

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