Restless and unable to sleep, I threw off seven camel hair blankets and pushed out of my carpet-covered canvas tent into the night. But instead of engulfing darkness at this early hour of two or three in the morning, a full moon anchored overhead, illuminating each grain of sand. I laughed. The desert was a […]

This past September, I was fortunate to have guided a group of twelve OBP clients on a wildlife watching expedition in Yellowstone National Park. We lucked out with weather and with wildlife sightings, and it was wonderful to focus on just one national park and ecosystem over six days, too. What I love most about […]

We were tired and hungry and without accommodations when the three of us arrived in Tavira, a small coastal town in Portugal’s Algarve region. We had crossed the eight-mile-wide Strait of Gibraltar from Morocco to southern Spain and journeyed over to continue our trip to Portugal; the winter sun had set and many were sitting […]