Entries by Cody

Welsh Mountain Ponies – Black Mountains, Wales

Hay-on-Wye is on the northeast border of the Brecon Beacons national park here in Wales.  Though slightly confusingly, the Brecon Beacon mountains are further west, with the Black mountains being the range here in the east.   Welsh mountain ponies roam the wild grassy hillsides and mountains and can be quite friendly as they try to […]

Stockholm – Gamla Stan

Gamla Stan (old town), Stockholm.  Cobble stone streets, narrow winding alleyways, brightly colored buildings, tourists, and street cafes; the old town of Stockholm fits the ideal of a classic European city and is a wonderful place to wander around, day or night.

Kungsleden

Typical weather during my 10 days on the Kungsleden trail.  View from near Tjaektja hut, looking north up the Alisvaggi towards Alesjaure. The landscape is totally amazing and beautiful, despite the weather.  Barren rugged mountains with rivers and waterfalls everywhere.  Most of the northern section of the trail is above the tree line. (working on […]

The Road So Far

Arrived in Stockholm on the 15th of September and then flew north to Kiruna the and onward to Abisko the next day.  Spent 10 days of mostly rain and snow hiking the northern section of the Kungsleden trail – too late in season to complete whole trail, have to wait until next time.  Next headed […]

End of Year Update…

The last week has been busy, busy, busy trying to get everything organized.  Been working on a long overdue website update, should be online tomorrow (fingers crossed).  And for the bigger plans, I’m heading back to Europe until Jan next year. Monday I fly to Stockholm then travel the next day up to Abisko (up […]

Smoky Sky over Lake Crescent

Lake Crescent, Washington. I had been up long before sunrise, photographing out on the coast.  As the sky lightened into another typical gray morning I noticed a faint bit of coloring which I thought a bit odd.  I didn’t make much note of it the time but as soon as I came across this sight, […]