Turtle Islands

Turtle Islands

Lanikai, Oahu, Hawaii: The Mokulua Islands, the Mokes, as they are called by locals, seem to just float over the multi-colored turquoise blue ocean Pacific, sitting off the north eastern coast of Oahu . They are a favorite stopping and camping spot of human powered...
Eternal Wilderness

Eternal Wilderness

Joshua Tree National Monument, California: Quite spiritualness, prehistoric yet timeless. When there, one feels transported to a world and a time far from life’s pressures one thousands of years past. Once in this eternal wilderness, one experiences a sense of...
Realm of the Spirit

Realm of the Spirit

Rocky Point, Big Sur, California: Can you feel the wind on the grass? Don’t you feel like you want to look around the hill in the foreground and see what’s out there, too? The blue water, the white waves, the wind and the air all come together here to create a view...
Path of Devotion

Path of Devotion

Pescadero Point, Pebble Beach, California: When my parents went on their honeymoon, driving the famous “17 Mile Dive” some 45 years ago, they took pictures of themselves next to the Cypress tree I call “Dance of the Cypress,” with these rocks in the background. I had...
Silent Reflection

Silent Reflection

Maroon Bells, White River National Forest, Colorado: When it comes to the ideal of the Colorado Rockies, Maroon Bells and the symmetry of their reflection in Maroon Lake at sunrise are hard to match. Establishing my location on a dark, fall morning, and then working...