The humvee goes in a ditch

The gunner slides into my lap as we tip into the ditch


SSG Willoughby tries to get us un-stuck

Into the Wild--Eastern Afghanistan

Our very cold staging point, where we spent the night in humvees. It was 15 below zero.


Parked by the walls of the village soldiers searched the next morning

A very remote operation

Setting up a mortar position at our "camp site" for the night


An American soldier keeps an eye on Afghan police guarding a meeting of tribal elders


Just over a bridge that's been hit repeatedly by roadside bombs


The operation west of Zormat

Iceland photos (Click on any to enlarge)

The Blue Lagoon




Along highway 1 in South Iceland



The ever-changing sky and a storm blowing in through the glaciers of South Iceland


The Super Jeep drive through the glaciers of South Iceland


The road is washed out by the melting glaciers



The melting Thorsmork glacier


Our guide Yon, Super Jeep driver and hiking guide

T Rose and Yon along the hike


Reaching the summit

Snowmobiling in near white-out conditions along the Golden Circle


The Gullfoss waterfall along the Golden Circle





The geysirs along the Golden Circle


Icelandic horseback riding
The Little Coffee Shop along highway 1, with the best pancakes in Iceland. It was held up the day before we visited.

This photo was taken after 11 in the morning. We had about three hours of daylight each day

Biking at Black Butte Ranch, Oregon

Hiking in central Oregon

The hike around Clear Lake (above) along the McKenzie River and the Metolius River (below).

Oh, and the geese

Click to enlarge. Canadian Geese migrating south

I'm leaving the coast and heading to the Cascade Mountains

Even the locals admit I've been lucky with the weather. Only one big storm since I began the drive a week ago. Some days it has been rainy, but it never lasted for long, and the fog always burned off for beautiful, sunny afternoons. I know I'm lucky. But I couldn't have imagined my last evening in Port Orford would include a rainbow! I was looking through photos and glanced out my window....



The rainbow was then followed by a beautiful, pink sunset.