A collection of photographs taken in Saguaro National Park, Arizona, near Tucson.

A collection of photographs from Santa Cruz Islands, Channel Islands National Park, California.

A collection of photographs from Olympic National Park, mostly the coastal section, with a few from Hurricane Ridge.

A collection of photographs taken throughout France, including Paris, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre Museum, the Loire Valley, Mont St. Michel, the French Alps, Monte Carlo, Nimes, Pont du Gard, Carcassonne, Orange, and Versailles.

A collection of photographs of Death Valley National Park taken in the spring of 2003 and the spring of 2005. The spring of 2005 had spectacular wildflower blooms.

A collection of photographs taken on the north rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

A collection of photographs from the southern part of Italy, including Sicily, the Ligurian Islands, Rome, Naples, the Isle of Capri and the Amalfi coast.

A collection of photographs taken in Joshua Tree National Park. A few were taken just outside the park. Included are photos from the great wildflower year of 2005.

It was late August or early September, 2002. My father and my sister were planning to go to Scotland in early October. I was not yet married and staying with my parents. My sister came over and asked me if I wanted to go to Scotland. My reply was that I would love to, but I didn't have any money. She said that she was not going to be able to go and would pay the $75 to transfer the ticket to me. I then expressed the concern that I would have no money to spend while I was there. Of course I would stay with my father, and my parents told me they would give me some money to spend while I was there. So it was an essentially free trip to Scotland. Like so many places that I went to long ago, I unfortunately do not remember all of the specific sights. But I did trek most of the West Highland Trail, went to Stirling Castle, Edinburgh Castle, and the Isle of Skye. While I don't consider these to be my best photographs from a technical perspective, the interplay of varying light upon the Scottish landscape still makes for what I consider beautiful photographs. On many days you can stand in a single spot and never take the same picture twice, the clouds and light change so much. What I remember most was stopping at the Scotch liquor store on the way up to Edinburgh Castle and buying as many mini bottles as I could so that I could sample the maximum number of Scotch Whiskeys. I have arranged the photographs first with the ones in portrait, and then all of the landscape images are rotated so that you don't have to keep turning the book to look at the pictures.

A collection of photographs of Romania including the painted monasteries, Brasov, Bran Castle, the Fagaras Mountains and the fortified churches.

A collection of photographs taken on a trip to East Anacapa Island - Channel Islands National Park during the Seagull breeding season with the Coreopsis in bloom. There were also a great deal of the Brown Pelicans that nest on West Anacapa Island

A collection of photographs taken in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.

A collection of photographs taken in Glacier National Park, Montana. Included are Lake McDonald, Avalanche Lake, Going to the Sun Highway, St. Mary's, Many Glacier and Two Medicine areas.

A collection of photographs of Zion National Park, Utah, including Zion Narrows.

A political guide of reasons not to like Republicans. For anyone unsure of how to vote, or what the pros and cons of the political party's are, this is a must read. It gives a good insight into what the Republicans stand for.