Erin at Monahans Sandhills[mp4 6.4MB, 1 min 1 sec] (Alternative: view on YouTube)
This video shows Erin walking around in her element: outside taking pictures. I tried to be quiet so you could hear the silence; but the resulting audio just sounds like wind noise… oh well. I took this out during one of our evening [...]
These two videos go with our Horsin’ Around in Kentucky post. Both clips are from the Kentucky Horse Park’s “Parade of Breeds” where visitors can watch and learn about a wide variety of horse breeds from around the world.
They typically have two different shows daily—we went to both and were excited to watch and learn. [...]
Niagara Falls[mp4 8.8MB, 2min 21 sec]
Erin and I had a beautiful day to explore the Niagara Falls area. It was a hot, sunny day in late summer, so the mist felt good on our faces. It was like a natural air conditioner—as soon as you left the edge of the falls, you were hot again.
Though [...]
Watch four boats tied together as they pass through Locks 34 and 35 on the New York State Barge Canal in Lockport, New York. We filmed this as part of our visit to Lockport (read Erin’s story in Exploring the Finger Lakes Area).
Lockport Locks 34 & 35[mp4 7.1MB, 2min 44 sec]
(Note on the video quality: [...]
Our time on Mount Desert Island was wonderful; we enjoyed lots of outside time. Here are two videos of our adventures there, including a whale watch boat trip and a sea kayaking trip.
Of note in both clips is the calm sea—we were lucky to have two very nice days out on the water. It had [...]
Our first video from our time in Rhode Island is the fog horn at the Beavertail Lighthouse on Jamestown Island (officially Conanicut Island.) I am posting this more for the sound than the image, to be honest. It was a very foggy day at Beavertail, and the fog horn was so loud that it dominated [...]
This video features a short music segment by Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience.
While in Raleigh, North Carolina, one of the cool things we attended was the Artsplosure Spring Arts Festival. Terrance Simien played with his band as part of the festival, and we really enjoyed their music.
Raleigh Zydeco[mp4 3.5MB, 43 sec]
This female Yellowbelly Slider was really going fast—either to get to her nest or just after she left her nest to get back to the water. Erin shot this video when we visited Old Charles Towne (near Charleston, SC).
Yellowbelly Slider Cruisin’[mp4 2.9MB, 37 sec]
As part of our visit to Fort Pulaski National Monument, we witnessed the nine simple steps of firing the Civil War era musket by a National Park ranger dressed in Union Army garb.
P53 Enfield Musket[mp4 2.9MB, 37 sec]
Not so fast, eh? According to the ranger, a fast loader could get 3 shots off per minute [...]
We couldn’t leave the “Live Music Capital of the World” without taking a few videos and sharing them with you. So, here are a few moments from the last weekend of SXSW in Austin. (Read our Austin entry for more details.)
6th Street Mayhem[mp4 2.2MB, 28 sec]
First we have a clip of the general insanity that [...]
During our time in San Antonio we were exposed to the city’s early cultures: Indian, Spanish, and Mexican. A later culture that settled in the area was German; at one time German settlers comprised a third of all residents and this rich heritage is still infused in San Antonio. We didn’t fully experience this [...]
In San Antonio we explored the Riverwalk several days in a row, and also took the famous river boat tour around the downtown area. It’s a great way to see the city—and the tour guides give you a rundown of all the famous buildings and historical areas.
Here is what it looks like to see one [...]
This short clip features two male Rio Grande Wild Turkeys who were trying to intimidate us. Apparently they felt we were a bit too close to their women (there were two males and about twenty females in this group).
Their display of bravado included puffing up their feathers to appear bigger, loud clucking, and stalking [...]
This might not be the most exciting footage in the world, but it’s interesting because this is what the famous Whooping Cranes do all day. So, enjoy watching them walking and eating.
Watch the video:
Whooping Cranes [mp4 3.7MB, 46 seconds]
The boat trip we took to see these birds was the best way to [...]
Two video clips from our visit to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge are here for your enjoyment.
During daylight, hundreds of sandhill cranes crowd the fields in the refuge to eat, dance, and talk loudly. We stood and watched for a long time—they were very entertaining!
Watch the video:
Sandhill Crane Sounds [mp4 2.3MB, [...]
One of our treats in Albuquerque happened at the Pueblo Indian Cultural Center. Since we were there on a weekend we were able to watch an exhibition of various Native American dances.
During this award-winning repertoire, which the dancer choreographed herself, she is accompanied by her grandfather on the drum (and singing). She also made her [...]
The swollen Animas River was amazing to watch as the muddy water carried huge logs downstream. The water was bank to bank and lapping up against a couple benches and picnic tables in some low areas.
See our Farmington, New Mexico post for more on this river and the northern New Mexico area.
Watch the video: [...]
One day in Ogden, Utah, Erin was heading into town from our RV park and paused by the local pond. A day or two earlier, upon seeing the small body of water just outside town, we wondered at the double row of pylons or buoys in the water. My vote was that it was a [...]
Video clips from the Oregon Coast.
One night in San Francisco, Erin and I were walking from our BART station through downtown to a dinner meeting with our friend Tim. We stopped to listen to a street band singing and playing guitar, bass, and drums. They were really hoppin’! There was quite a crowd there, including several folks dancing. Their antics [...]
My ride into the city took longer this time, first the high-speed electric train was late, then we were further delayed while a bomb sniffing dog checked out the entire train. There was nothing in the news about it but I wondered if it was related to the plane plot that British authorities uncovered the [...]
A Western Tiger Swallowtail showed off for us.
This is the last video clip from our 2006 Europe trip. While in Villablino, Spain, we took several spectacular walks through the mountains and valleys of northwest Spain with my parents. All over the hillsides and in villages were animals: sheep, goats, cows, dogs, cats, and of course, horses!
The morning of this filming, we [...]
In Barcelona this May we came across a BMW expo on the wharf near our hostel. It was cool to see the full line-up of BMW vehicles lined up by the water.
The main reason the expo was there was to show off their Formula 1 racing cars. We got there in time to see [...]
As we walked along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea last month, we often saw remarkable things. On one such occasion, Erin spotted a crab sitting on a rock, feeding plant life off the rock and into its mouth. It was sitting at the water’s edge, on the main city pier of Alicante, Spain.
We tried [...]
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