The Catskills are not terribly far from where I grew up, but I have no memories of ever going there as a kid. Hiking in that area is great fun. Here are some photos to prove it, including Awosting Falls, Lake Minnewaska, and obligatory small critter and flower pix. I believe the butterfly may be an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
My semi-regular blogging about dinosaurs and writing fiction will resume later this month. For now, I’ll be blogging about travel. I’m spending about ten days in several UNDISCLOSED LOCATIONS in the Caribbean with a travel buddy of mine. Actually, I had no idea a week in advance that I would
I sat down next to a fully grown Southeast Asian Tiger and petted it. Actually, I did that with four different tigers. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t something anyone would do casually. That said, if I had thought about it for much longer, I probably wouldn’t have done it.
