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Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. – Building shelves, making coffee on the beach, and picking cherries
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Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. – Building shelves, making coffee on the beach, and picking cherries
Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. – Heading north rewinds the seasons, giving us a second round of wildflowers and warblers.
Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. – Eight days of travel covering 1508 miles, compressed to a few minutes of film.
Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. – Eight days of travel. 1508 miles from the shores of St George Island to the shores of Lake Superior.
St George Island State Park, Florida, U.S. – Sometimes repair is work, but at least the ocean is nearby.
St George Island State Park, Florida, U.S. – Wrapping up our time on Florida with a few more days on St. George Island.
Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. – Another short film, this one trying to answer the deluge of questions I got after publishing my Wired feature.
Big Lagoon State Park, Florida, U.S. – The birds are already on their way, It's nearly time for us to do the same, but there's still a lot of work to do.
St George Island State Park, Florida, U.S. – An experimental little movie about paddleboarding on the backside of St. George Island
Apalachicola, Florida, U.S. – The world never stops changing, but it changes unevenly, in fits and spurts, here and there, even, it seems, on the lost coast.
St George Island State Park, Florida, U.S. – Empty beaches, stinging marine life, and plenty of paddleboarding out at the edge of the continent.
St. Andrews State Park, Florida, U.S. – Civilization has never been my strong suit, but it does have groceries, barbers, and laundry, and sometimes those are good to have.
Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida, U.S. – The osprey is a consummate fisherman, always ready, always hovering, always fishing.
Big Lagoon State Park, Florida, U.S. – Spending some time in the past at the Gulf Coast Renaissance Fair, Pirate Festival, Wild West Roundup, and Historical Festival.
Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida, U.S. – I used to have a t-shirt that read "life's too short to drive boring cars". The shirt died a greasy, oily mess, but I still support the sentiment.
Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida, U.S. – The long strange story of how the bus ended up being photographed for Wired magazine.
Rocky Bayou State Park, Florida, U.S. – Catching up with family around the fire in Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park.
Big Lagoon State Park, Florida, U.S. – Exploring the history of one of America's very first settlements.
Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida, U.S. – Fort Pickens is one of our favorite places on the Gulf Coast.
St George Island State Park, Florida, U.S. – We spent the holidays on St George Island as a cold front swept across the United States, even Florida alas, for the holidays.
Grayton State Park, Florida, U.S. – In which we make it to the sunny, white sand beaches of Florida for Elliott's eighth birthday.
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. – New Orleans is a remarkable place. I can't tell you what makes it so magical, but it's the only city we care to visit.
Galveston Island State Park, Texas, U.S. – Padre Island storms push us north to Galveston Island where we can't escape the rain, but at least has some indoor attractions.
Goose Island State Park, Texas, U.S. – A welcome warm spell on the beaches of Port Aransas.