I went to college in Madison and Milwaukee, and studied mathematics, physics, art history, and architecture. Along the way I dabbled in air-cooled Volkswagens, explored a few caves and hiked whenever possible, lugging various cameras with me.

In 1992, a long time friend and I took my old VW beetle "Sluggo" on a two week, 5000 mile excursion to New Mexico, and we were both hooked. The following year we were back out west with his girlfriend and a Jeep Wagoneer named "Bella," which we bought just for the trip. In 1994 we returned for Sluggo's last big trip: Southern Utah from Arches to Zion. In 1995 it was "O.J.": a Moab rental Jeep. You get the picture. And we were getting mighty tired of driving 1500 miles to begin a vacation.

Well, long story short, by autumn 2001, I was a resident of Cuyamungue, New Mexico. Now I live in Tesuque, a few miles north of Santa Fe. I've picked up genealogy, electronic music and writing as new hobbies. I'm a bit too old to do the crazy desert stuff now, so the badlands photos are most likely a complete set, a documentary of a wonderful dozen years or more in the "Back of Beyond."