Please consider the images to be copyrighted and ask permission before copying or using. Thank you. DEClapp Here in New England the coast varies from a southerly sandy beach to a rocky northern beach. The state of Rhode Island is quite rocky along its coast and north of Boston it is pretty much all exposedContinue reading “A Dolphin’s tale”
Category Archives: North America Texas
Whales off Cape Cod
It was mid-June and the ocean water had warmed to about 64 degrees in the inner bays, but it was still in the mid-40s when we arrived off Monomoy (Chatham, Massachusetts) near Crab Ledge and there was a real chill in the air. It may have gotten into the high 70s and low 80s onContinue reading “Whales off Cape Cod”
Big Bend Texas; a few birds
Texas is large and diverse. It isn’t all grassland and cattle. Much of it is dry and sparse; cattle aren’t happy in those places. In other spots it is rolling hills with evergreens and running water. The eastern side of this large state is either pine woods or coastal, with warm salt water. In stillContinue reading “Big Bend Texas; a few birds”
Texas; Big Bend National Park and more
Texas is large, very large. East to west it would reach from Washington DC past St. Louis, Missouri. North to south it reaches from Boise, Idaho to Phoenix, Arizona. It has room to house the smallest fifteen states with space left over for a couple more Delawares and a few Rhode Islands as well. TheContinue reading “Texas; Big Bend National Park and more”
California
Many of you know that I have had the very good fortune to be a travel guide for nature trips. It is a job that I should pay to do. I get to travel, visit, and learn about things and places that most of us can only dream of. Thirty trips to Africa and probablyContinue reading “California”