Inspirational Learning
 Where God put the West: Monument Valley
By Jim Chamberlain When the famous American actor John Wayne first saw the buttes, mesas, and spires of Monument Valley, he is quoted as saying “Monument Valley is the place where God put the West.â...
Jungle Hiking
By Vicki Uthe This was a day we were REALLY looking forward to. A day to just get into the surrounding jungle and see what’s there. We were fortunate to have been in Panama during the “dry seasonâ...
Learn Who, Where, and How with the onX Apps
By Sara Goodnick Outdoor explorers, photographers, off-roaders, hikers, birders, and hunters—onX makes three apps that will tell you exactly what you need to know, from downloadable offline maps, tr...
A Great Birding Lens
By Vicki Uthe I recently purchased a new lens for my Lumix GX-8 micro 4/3 camera body. It’s an Olympus 100-400 mm zoom which translates to a 200-800 mm given the crop sensor on my camera. It. Is. Am...
Chasing Stars in the High Desert
By Jim Chamberlain The night was so dark I could not see the buttons on my camera without my red lens flashlight. The sky seemed black above the granite boulders. As my eyes adjusted to the darkne...
Finding a Way – Texas Hill Country and Wildflowers Workshop 2021
By John Ellis You want to know just one of the great things about AHPS instructors? When Mother Nature hands them lemons, they make lemonade. The recent April ‘Texas Hill Country and Wildflower Work...
Chiricahua National Monument
By Jeff Insel My wife and I decided on a short 3-night getaway this week and selected Cochise county as we’d never been there and knew it would be a bit cooler weather. We wanted to explore the Chir...
A Visit to Ft Bowie National Historic Site
By Jeff Insel For over 20 years Fort Bowie and Apache Pass were central to US Army operations against the Chiricahua Apaches for control of the region. The bitter struggle, ending only with Geronimoâ€...
Shoot at the Zoo
By Jeff Insel This was another fun Arizona Highways PhotoScapes workshop, the first one I got to work in over a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I was pretty excited to get back into the groove of l...
Salt River Wild Horse Spring 2021 Update
By Sara Goodnick Finding the Wild Horses in the Warmer Months The popular Salt River Wild Horses had a very difficult time last summer due to the extreme heat and a couple of nearby large wildfires. H...