The first time I saw sea otters - Point Lobos. 1987.


The first time I saw Bald Eagles in the wild - many of them. January 2, 2008 just above Port Deposit on the Susquehanna River, right below the dam.

On our belated honeymoon, scrambling up a hill off the track to find some privacy in the busy Muir Woods to make love under the redwoods - the only time I have ever seen redwoods - the light filtering through as in a cathedral.