Literally one step at a time I have completed the Inca Trail, arriving only today at the magnificent destination of Machu Picchu. I must have been the slowest person ever crossing over Dead Woman’s Pass as each step took at least the count of 5 before I took […]
Two young girls posing for photos in the Pisac Market. Observe the Inca Frog water fountain in the background. This is their traditional dress. Very adorable girls and knows a sucker when they see one.
These salt flats at “Salineras” near Urubamba in the Sacred Valley region of Peru have been worked on for more than 500 years. Before Incan times, a small spring has been flowing highly salted water along the side of the mountain into this narrow valley. This Quechua woman […]
After 16 long overnight hours, and three flights to get to Cuzco, Peru, I got to have the unique pleasure of having headaches due to the lack of oxygen. However, it is with great excitement to finally be in Peru and to begin my acclimation to the altitude […]
While vacationing on Mount Desert Island, Maine last summer, fog rolled in one afternoon. Out I went as an excited photographer ! I couldn’t wait to capture Bass Harbor and the lobster boats in their misty haze. I had forgotten that I had set my white balance to […]
Just a few days remain before I head on a jet plane south to Peru and the Andes Mountains. In reality, I’ve been training to hike the Inca Trail since January, 2009. Since that time I’ve participated in many hikes with the Mountain Club of Maryland that ranged […]
Birds of a Feather Flock Together National Zoo – Washington D.C.
Old Glory at Fort McHenry Baltimore, Maryland Along the Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Sitting at the edge of the Patapsco River leading into the Baltimore Harbor is a fort long-established to protect American freedom and rights from the British. The war of 1812 started between the […]
I apologize for being off the airwaves for a few days. There is nothing like taking a road trip and driving nearly 2,000 miles in 5 days. Now there is only 9 days left for Peru – Panic has set in. For today’s post, here is the sun […]
In a remote area in the northeast section of North Carolina lies many BBQ houses spread along the countryside that specializes in pulled pork that is served nowhere else in the world. A short 20 minute drive east of I-95 is Wilson where one is quickly swept back […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 