Road Hazards of Unusual Size

Road Hazards of Unusual Size

The headlights illuminated the animal almost too late. Fortunately, the brakes were good and my reactions quick enough. A lucky coyote vanished into the darkness of the desert it might never have seen again. The coyote in the Desert Southwest of the U.S. wasn’t the first road hazard avoided and certainly not the last. Driving […]

A long time ago in a Wild West far far away.

A long time ago in a Wild West far far away.

The Wild West was an untamed land where with wide open spaces between, where one could travel endless and explore wild uncharted places. Of course, those days are gone. Or are they? This is a short tale of how we stumbled into the Wild West and Hollywood history without really meaning to. We needed to get […]

Whales in the Dark

Whales in the Dark

It was the middle on the night, a dark night, in the far north of Baja California Sur. We had driven the little Dodge D50 all day, passing through some of the most alien landscapes you could find without leaving Earth. Baja California was rock rich and dirt poor. What I mean to say is […]