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These are not related to the topic of the blog but instead are just links to travel photo essays by the blog author, John Hunter. Curious Cat Travel Photos


Mount Timpanogos Trail, Utah Photos

Posted on January 25, 2009  Comments (0)

Photo on the Mount Timpanogos Trail by John Hunter

In 2007, I kept failing to plan for a vacation, finally I just booked some tickets to Utah without much of a plan. And still had done little to plan as I departed. So I bought some travel books and started on the trip while I was figuring out where I should go. I did know Utah offers amazing hiking options and I found many great hikes that made for a great trip.

The first day of the trip began in Salt Lake City and then a visit to Antelope Island State Park in the Great Salt Lake. The next day I hiked the Mount Timpanogos Trail (where the photos on this page are from). The following morning I enjoyed the Timpanogos Cave National Monument. The Mount Timpanogos area is about an hour from Salt Lake City. My trip continued to the Dinosaur National Monument. Once I add more of the photos to my travel site, I will add a new post here.

Related: Curious Cat photos while hiking through National Parks – Wind Cave and Jewel Cave – Grand Teton National Park Continue reading →

National Museum of the American Indian Photos

Posted on September 11, 2008  Comments (0)

photo of the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC photo of a Mayan Calendar

Photo of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC by John Hunter. The museum is the newest addition to the collection of Smithsonian museums on the Mall. The second photo is of a Mayan calendar. Photos can be used with attribution.

Related: Botanical Garden, Washington DC – Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument – The Cloisters Museum, Manhattan

Parfrey’s Glen, Wisconsin

Posted on July 30, 2008  Comments (0)

John Hunter Durwood Glen

photo of Yellow Flower in Parfreys Glen

See more photos from my visit to Parfrey’s Glen Natural Area in Wisconsin, about an hour outside of Madison. It really was amazingly beautiful – the pictures do not do it justice. The Parfrey’s Glen trail is under a mile but well worth visiting. If you want to hike more try the Ice Age National Scenic Trail or nearby Devil’s Lake State Park. The top photo is of me (John Hunter) at nearby Durwood’s Glen. The yellow flower is from Parfrey’s Glen.

Related: Coopers Rock State Forest, West Virginia – Metropolitan Museum of Art – South Carolina travel photos – The Importance of Management Improvement – Hoh Rain Forest and Ruby Beach – North Cascades National Park

Parfrey’s Glen is Wisconsin’s first State Natural Area, is a spectacular gorge deeply incised into the sandstone conglomerate of the south flank of the Baraboo Hills. The exposed Cambrian strata provide excellent opportunities for geological interpretation. The walls of the glen – a Scottish word for a narrow, rocky ravine – are sandstone with embedded pebbles and boulders of quartzite.

Photos of Forest Glen Preserve in Illinois

Posted on June 14, 2008  Comments (0)

Photos from my hike in Forest Glen Preserve, Illinois 2 years ago.

photo of purple flower

Other photos: Kentucky Travelogue – Metropolitan Museum of Art – North Cascades National Park
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Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve in Ohio

Posted on May 4, 2008  Comments (0)

photo of Tree at the Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve
The Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve in Ohio is quite a nice short hike. Photos by John Hunter. If anyone knows what the green beetle is please add a comment.

I visited the preserve last year. Other sites from the trip include: Rocky Gap State Park, Maryland and Coopers Rock State Forest, West Virginia.

More photos: Rocky Mountain National Park – Mount Rainier National Park – Capital Crescent Trail (Washington DC) – travel photo directory


photo of a green beetle



Coopers Rock State Forest

Posted on March 29, 2008  Comments (1)

photo of Coopers Rock State Forest in West Virginia

See more photos of my visit last year to Coopers Rock State Forest in West Virginia. The day before I visited Rocky Gap State Park in Maryland. Photos by John Hunter.

Related: Nature Recreation Declining – Mason Neck State Park, Virginia – Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky

Capital Crescent Trail Photos

Posted on December 10, 2007  Comments (1)

I have posted some photos from my walk last year on the Capital Crescent Trail in Washington DC.

3 Vultures on the Potomac River photo of Blue Flower

The Capital Crescent Trail goes along the Potomac River in Washington DC (on the C&O towpath). I hiked first along the Arlington, Virginia side of the Potomac (starting at the north end of the Teddy Roosevelt Island Parking lot) then crossing over at Chain Bridge and heading back down the Capital Crescent trail and over the Key Bridge to and making a loop hike out of it.

More photos: Egypt Photo Essay – Boston (Museum of Fine Arts, Science Museum, Boston Commons…) – Glacier National Park – Great Falls National Park – Olympic National Park Photos

New York City Travel Photos

Posted on July 23, 2007  Comments (0)

Photos from my trip to New York City last year are now online. Photos include: The Cloisters (part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art – though located far uptown) art and architecture of medieval Europe, the remodeled Museum of Modern Art, Rockefeller Center, Empire State Building and Flatiron Building.

Related: New York City Photo Essays – Paris Travel Photos – Pacific Northwest photos – Curious Cat Travel Photos

photo of stained glass window - The Cloisters, NYC
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Boston Travel Photos

Posted on May 28, 2007  Comments (0)

Photo of Boston

After I presented the Deming Seminar in Boston last year a spent a few extra days in to enjoy the city. See photos from my Boston visit including: Boston Fine Arts Museum, Boston Science Museum and Boston Common.

Related: Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky – New York City Photos – Glacier National Park photos
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Mason Neck State Park Photos

Posted on December 18, 2006  Comments (0)

Belmont Bay, Mason Neck State Park, Virginia

Photos of Mason Neck State Park, Virginia
National park photos: Grand Canyon, Great Falls, Rocky Mountain, Grand Teton…
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South Carolina Photos

Posted on September 24, 2006  Comments (0)

Huntington Beach State Park

South Carolina photos from my visit last September to Huntington Beach State Park (photo above), Charleston and Cypress Gardens. More travel photos – travel photo posts.

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Appalachian Trail Photos

Posted on August 20, 2006  Comments (0)

Cool neon green bug

I just posted some photos from a couple short hikes on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania during September 2003.

More Curious Cat Travels hiking photos: Grand Canyon National Park – Olympic National Park – Bull Run, Virginia – Yellowstone National Park – many more
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Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky

Posted on July 19, 2006  Comments (1)

photo of Shaker Bedroom by John Hunter

Photos from my visit to the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. The design of the spaces (living and working) and tools was beautiful and, in fact, very much reminiscent of lean thinking ideas like 5s.

On this trip, I also visited the Abbey of Gethsemani (where Thomas Merton was a monk) and Louisville.
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New York City Photos

Posted on May 27, 2006  Comments (0)

Egyptian Art, the Met, NYC

Irises by Vincent van Gogh, the Met, NYC

These photos are from my New York City trip in 2005, see more photos of: Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met). The Met is an incredible museum with a huge amount of amazing art. Continue reading →

Shenandoah National Park Photos

Posted on March 26, 2006  Comments (0)

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photo of vista in Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, lies in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a few hours from Washington DC. Skyline Drive runs the length of the park as does the Appalachian Trail. I hiked several trails in October, 2004 and took these pictures.
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Mount Rainier National Park Photos

Posted on March 11, 2006  Comments (0)

photo of Mount Rainier

I have posted, the final destination of my trip last summer to the Pacific Northwest National Parks: Mount Rainier National Park.
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Glacier National Park photos

Posted on January 1, 2006  Comments (0)

I have posted photos from one of my most enjoyable days from last year: photos from hikes in Glacier Waterton International Peace Park


Me on the top of the Bear’s Hump trail in the park, Waterton, Canada. A great, very steep trail.
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Glacier National Park Photos

Posted on October 15, 2005  Comments (0)

Topic: Travel photos

I have posted the first batch of photos from my trip to Glacier National Park this June. See all Glacier National Park photos, I have posted so far. Previous posts show photos from North Cascades National Park, Olympic National Park and Mount Saint Helens on the same trip.
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National Parks

Posted on July 4, 2005  Comments (0)

I just returned from several weeks visiting National Parks in the Northwest USA: Olympic, Mount Saint Helens, North Cascades, Glacier and Mount Rainer. I will post photos of the parks to the Curious Cat Travels section as I have time. The photo above, is me at Olympic National Park.

A CNN.com article, from yesterday, discusses the use of National parks and comments on camping declining at the parks. I have always preferred to hike around during the day and then eat good food, sleep in a warm bed and take a warm shower. So maybe I am ahead of the trend the article argues is taking place. I found the most interesting part of the article to be:

There were 276.9 million visits to the National Park System last year… By comparison, combined attendance at Major League Baseball, National Football League and National Basketball Association games last season was about 110 million.

One of the surprising things about my recent trip was the lack of foreigners. Often, of past visits (Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountains, etc.) close to half the people I see hiking seem to be foreigners . This time I would estimate less than 10%. My guess is this is just an anomaly of the time and places I visited but it was interesting.

Google Photo Management Software – Picasa

Posted on December 20, 2004  Comments (0)

Topics: Freeware – Photos

I am a big fan of Google, the search engine, and the company. Google bought Picasa, digital photo management software, a few months ago and decided to give the software away as freeware. I just got around to downloading Picasa. My initial reaction is that this is a wonderful product. I suggest you give it a try. It can automatically inventory all the images on your computer and it does a great job of organizing the photos for you.

The only Google service I would not recommend at this time is their desktop search software. It is amazing powerful and seems like it could be a great help. But it seems to me to the possible security issues warrant holding off using it until they improve the software, which I am confident they will do.

This Blog, is run on Blogger, another Google purchase. Blogger is good but I sure hope they offer some enhancements fairly soon, especially the ability to assign topics to individual posts (like the labels they use in Gmail).

One one final Google not, if you would like an invitation to get a free Gmail account (Google’s email service), just let me know and I can send you an invitation (until I run out of invitations).

Happy Holidays,

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