The military has a training center in the California desert for troops set to be deployed overseas. Complete with real Afghans and Iraqi civilians in fake Afghan and Iraqi villages. Huh.

Spent a summer studying Arabic in beautiful Amman, Jordan. These are some shots from there, elsewhere in Jordan, the West Bank and Israel, and Dubai.

A free trip's a free trip.

Israel, the West Bank, Turkey, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Bosnia.

Cool sights on the California coast.

Yeah, again. Started in Georgia, then on to Jordan, the West Bank and Israel, and Armenia.

Big, big fan of deserts.

Yeah, again.

A trip planned around family history investigations.

My first little foray into film.

Some great outdoors.

Costumes and celebration in Brooklyn.

Outdoors in Acadia NP.