Interview with Big Blend Radio

Coffee Talk

I had a blast doing this interview with Lisa and Nancy at Big Blend Radio. It was like old home week even though we’d never met each other before. Check it out! https://www.blogtalkradio.com/big-blend-radio/2021/10/08/travel-writer-and-photographer-kathleen-messmer

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Dreams Do Come True on the Outer Banks

Black house

Ever since I saw the movie Nights in Rodanthe, with the fantastic house, the wild horses running on the beach, the ocean, Richard Gere…I’ve always wanted to go to the Outer Banks. I finally got the opportunity in the form of a photography workshop. When I got there, it was everything I dreamed it would be…

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Horseshoe Bend – Mother Nature’s Art

Horseshoe Bend

Since I was in the neighborhood, that neighborhood being Page, Arizona, I decided I might as well hit Horseshoe Bend because, you know, Antelope Canyon wasn’t nearly incredible enough. I kept thinking, “what’s all the fuss about?” I was about to find out. Horseshoe Bend is part of the Grand Canyon. The Colorado River runs…

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The Colors of Antelope Canyon

Curvy rock formations

I’m sure we’ve all seen images of Antelope Canyon and have ooo-ed and ahhh-ed all over ourselves. But nothing beats being there in person. Yes, the images are stunning and, frankly, awe-inspiring, but to be inside of a slot canyon is quite another thing. It is at once incredible, and in the end, we wonder…

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