The Black Hills of South Dakota are an interesting formation, it reminds me of a prehistoric landscape, half expecting to see brontosauri wandering around. I took this one from Harney Peak.

During the Vancouver 2010 Olympics the weather could not have been more beautiful (unless you were up on Cypress Mountain). This panorama was taken from English Bay with my back to Granville Island and. One of the great things about living in Vancouver is that even on an exhausting day, I can look up at the mountain skyline and receive exhilaration at the view. I know that wherever I live in the future, I’ll probably end up missing mountains in my life daily.

For the full 6545 x 1249 version check it out on Flickr.

The Crowfoot Glacier is about 20 miles northwest of Lake Louise in Banff National Park on the Icefields parkway. The glacier used to resemble a crow’s foot but the bottom toe/claw has dropped off due to glacial melt from increased average temperatures in the region. The glacier looks like a painting when you see it in person, this photo was my attempt at capturing the amazingness.

nature is amazing. that’s all I can think after seeing this photo. the Grand Tetons were one of my favorite stops along the roadtrip. simply because they look like a painting. the whole time I’m there, I felt like I was in a museum because it was so beautiful. if I remember correctly, this one was taken from, “Grand View Point”. The big distinctive one in the middle is Mount Moran and the jagged one on the far left is the Grand Teton.

When I think of the Appalachian mountains, I usually think of North Carolina, Virginia or Tennessee. However, this weekend Jane and I headed down to Fort Mountain State Park in North Georgia for two nights of glorious camping. Saturday, we spent the day with Tom Blue Wolf from Earth Keepers at a sweat lodge ceremony.

Sunday, Jane and I hiked to the overlook trail. The picture above is from the west overlook.

Along the trail are the mysterious remains of a stone wall that was built thousands of years ago by an unknown source. The plaques on the wall tell different stories, one about the Creek peoples attacking the moon-eyed men that built the wall. The moon-eyed men couldn’t see during certain phases of the moon and were easily destroyed during one of these phases. Also, the wall could have been built by the Welsh Prince Madoc who discovered America in 1170. Tom Blue Wolf says that the wall is part of an ancient observatory built by the Creek peoples, stretching all the way to Arkansas. But unlike our observatories where we look at the stars, men would lay along the wall and allow the stars to see us. Like the starlight that travels to Earth from dead stars millenia ago, after our death, after being in the observatory, our light travels onward for eternity.

Regardless of the reason for the wall, the view from the park is beautiful.

Because March Madness is setting in, I wanted to post up this panorama from last year’s NCAA regional @ Charlotte Bobcats arena. Unfortunately, I had to watch UNC-CH but it was still a good game. Louisville almost had ‘em but Tyler Hansbrough proved to me that he was the heart and soul of that team when he stepped up to pull away from the Cardinals. Afterwards? The light rail cars were packed out!

2008 was quite a year for basketball in Charlotte. After the CIAA, ACC and NCAA tourney they city was buzzing! Too bad the ACC won’t hold its tournament here ever again. The Bobcats Arena is a great place for a college basketball game.