Ok, so I’ve been a bit behind on updating the site with photos and harrowing travel stories from SE Asia. The truth is, there haven’t been any harrowing stories (thankfully) except for one minor motorbike accident in Dalat, Vietnam, and a small mountain bike crash Jeannine suffered on the dirt roads of Koh Phangnan, Thailand. Oh, my digital Canon SLR died a couple weeks ago. So, nearly half the photos were shot with a Canon G9 point and shoot. Not ideal, but better than many of the options out there.

Until I arrive home, here is my parting shot from Saigon. We ended up spending about three weeks in Vietnam, traveling via trains, planes and automobiles, south to north, before wandering west into Laos. A couple days bike touring combined with more bus rides brought us to northern Thailand about a week later.  A bit overwhelmed by the pressing heat and humidity, Jeannine convinced me the beaches of southern Thailand were worth a visit. I obliged and will admit it was a great choice.

With a day to kill in Saigon before hopping aboard the plane for San Francisco via Seoul, South Korea, I watched the city scream by. While enjoying the madness of hundreds of motorbikes race between stoplights, I snapped this image of a tuk-tuk driver sleeping during the late-afternoon rush hour, a sole monk (one of the few I ever saw in the city) slipping by amidst the chaos.

Thoughts diverge on the streets of Saigon, Vietnam

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My wife and I left Seattle on Saturday. 14 hours later we were in Salt Lake City. Day one, skiing at Alta. Day two, skate skiing at Solitude. Day three, a backcountry ski tour up Big Cottonwood Canyon. This morning, drove to Steamboat Springs, CO. For the next four days I’ll be dividing my time between cheering on my wife at the Telemark National Championships ski race here in Steamboat Springs and snapping photos. Subscribe now and be the first to witness some road trip photographs when I return home and organize everything.

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It’s December 1st…are you ready for the holidays?

I’m changing the way I do things…for a very short time. Browse through ANY of my landscape and adventure photographs and if you find one you want a print of (canvas included), email me what you are willing to pay for it, along with the size you are interested in. I can’t guarantee I’ll accept all offers, but if it’s reasonable I’ll consider it and will have the print ready before the holidays. (Shipping costs are separate.)

NOTE: not all images are available in all sizes. Contact me if you have any questions about a certain size. Framing is available for Seattle-area folks at an additional cost. I will consider shipping photos without glass out of the Seattle area.

We’re all running out of time though, so start browsing and let me know what you want! More photos are being added daily so keep checking back. Inexpensive shipping rates will stop after Dec 10th.

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Why I am doing this? Am I that desperate? Not at all. It’s simple: I love photography, I love capturing that ‘moment’ and feel everyone should be able to enjoy the same thing.

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After much deliberation and the cancellation of my eastern Europe bike tour (which I just realized I would be in the middle of at this very moment,) I can finally look forward to packing up the B.O.B for a short bike tour in just over a week.   Beginning on or around the 11th I’ll have my brother drop me off at Whistler, BC, where I’ll hop on the bike and begin the adventure north.

Within minutes I’ll find myself climbing into the beautiful coastal range as I pedal my way NE towards Williams Lake, about 250 miles distant. From there it’s time to head west on Bella Coola Highway 20, which apparently is the gateway to a vast wilderness. Mostly paved and hopefully only lightly traveled by RVs and logging trucks, it’s Heckman Pass that I anticipate being the high point of the journey (no pun intended here) as it drops 5,000 ft to the sea. With grades as steep as 18% it should be pretty interesting how a fully-loading skinny-tire bike handles the dirt roads (unlike my Chile bike tour, which consisted of endless "ripio" too but I was riding a mountain bike.)

If time permits I hope to venture off the main road to allow time for exploring some of the remote areas south of HWY 20, including Ts’yl-os Provincial Park , which is home to Chilko Lake, the largest, natural, high elevation lake in Canada as well as prime grizzly bear habitat. Hmmm…not sure if bear spray will do much here!

Once I reach Bella Coola, about 600 miles from Whistler, I’ll hop aboard the Discovery Coast Passage ferry heading south through Inside Passage to the tip of Vancouver Island. With enough time I should be able to bike down the island to Nanaimo, (passing, unfortunately, Alert Bay, a place I recommend everyone visit via sea kayak to experience the thrill of being face-to-face with the orcas) a short ferry ride back to the mainland, Vancouver and life as we all know it.

Besides the simple joy of exploring a new area and dealing with the unexpected mishaps that are part of wandering in more remote areas, my goal is to photograph this natural landscape to the best of my abilities. So check back in a couple weeks and I should have, what I hope, will be some pretty cool photos and stories of the area.

Below is a very simple map of the general route I’ll be on, although as I read more and more about the area there are what appear to be some pretty spectacular dirt roads I can take instead of section on HWY 97.

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