Earthly Musings - My Travel and Geology Blog

I recently traveled on a GrandLuxe Rail journey giving lectures from Albuquerque to Grand Canyon. One of my fellow passengers, Ruth Mitchell...

It's been a few years since I visited southeast Alaska and I had almost forgotten just how green it is! This was a trip on the Lindblad/...

The Grand Canyon has been in the national spotlight recently regarding its enigmatic age. In February, three workers published a paper in Sc...

Today we are flying back to London for the night. The trip is over! I'll be in Flagstaff (with luck) on Friday night. Keep looking here ...

Colorful Uganda! What a welcome we received. This woman was part of a colorful dance troop that greeted us at the airport. Each African coun...

Next on the trip was a stop in one of my favorite countries, Tanzania. The people are very friendly and I love learning words in the Swahili...

This is truly one of the remarkable places on Earth! (I guess that's why it is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World). By the wa...

My trip continued into Madagascar, truly one of the most unique places on earth. I learned in previous visits that most people here practice...

We transitioned to southern Africa on March 18 visiting Namibia and South Africa. Namibia in places looks a lot like the Mojave Desert (on...