Namibia trip, 16 March – 5 May 1995 The California Least Tern was a major player in my life for 25 years. And in addition to a long-term banding project in California that was pursued every summer, I was interested… Read moreNamibia 1995

In March 1986 I wrote this log after a fantastic whale watching experience in San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja California. Our vessel was the Pacific Queen, a dog of a fishing boat out of San Diego. There was not a… Read moreWhale encounters and Halley’s Comet

There are so many wonderful travel adventures in my past I’ve started looking at the trip-logs I’ve kept. Not many photos, but my writing brings back a flood of memories and flashes of mental images. I visited Africa 4 times… Read moreKenya 1987

Russia on the cusp – August 1990 Eric really wanted to go to Russia; that is to say it was on his list of travel priorities; that is to say he really didn’t have such a list, only my prodding… Read moreRussian trip 1990