We went camping in Vermont last weekend with some good friends. We stayed at Gifford Woods State Park in Killington but drove to Stowe on Saturday to explore. I requested that we stop by the Trapp Family Lodge because I’ve been curious about this place for a few years now. It’s a bit out of […]
Balboa Park is 1,200 acres of museums, gardens, and open space overlooking downtown San Diego. The Botanical Building and its famous Lily Pond were built for the 1915-1916 World’s Fair Panama-California Exposition and it still stands as one of the largest wood lath structures in the world. While Jeff and I were visiting family in San […]
These beautiful photos from National Geographic show a natural occurrence known as Bioluminescence. Bioluminescence is the light produced by chemical reactions within an organism. These photos show light created by phytoplankton, which are tiny plant-like marine organisms. It is believed that phytoplankton produce this light for communication and predation purposes, though much is still unknown about the phenonemon. […]