Catch of the Day: Wandering Elk Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 8/26/23 We were in Yellowstone National Park hoping, like everyone else, to see some large native wildlife. The elk [...]

Female Sedge Darner Dragonfly (Aeshna juncea) lays her eggs. Miller Lake, Medicine Bow National Forest, Laramie, WY August 1, 2023 This particular species of dragonfly is quite widespread, found [...]

July 2023 Moffat, CO On warm summer days growing up in the Northeast, the start of evening was announced each night by the nasal “buzz” call of the common [...]

May 2023 This day actually lasted more than a week. It was our first trip fully committed to full-time RV life. Moss Landing is [...]

Near Salida, Colorado July 6, 2023 Today we moved to the national forest below 14,275’ Mt. Antero to boondock for a few days. As I wandered near the site, [...]

A Short Primer on Lewis’s Woodpecker July 2023 My first sighting of a Lewis’s woodpecker was in a campground near Winnemucca, Nevada. That was [...]

I wrote about preparing to be on the road in a March 2022 post. (See: https://carlabrennan.com/back-on-the-road-again-well-sort-of-3-11-22/) That turned into a false start or, perhaps, [...]

Carrizo Plain National Monument Santa Margarita, California April 2023 The thing that makes the super bloom a remarkable experience is the sheer mass and [...]

Moss Landing, California May 21, 2023 We are back on the road and our shakedown cruise is in the Moss Landing campground. From here it is an easy walk [...]

Carrizo Plain National Monument Santa Margarita, California April 24-27, 2023 The main draw of a super bloom is the solid blanket of fragrant flowers [...]