Steve H. Taylor

I was delighted to be assigned on the Crystal Cruise Symphony to be the Special Interest Lecturer on a voyage from Costa Rica to San Diego.  My four talks were Adventures in Birding, The Jaguar - the True King of the Jungle, Monkey Business and The Good, the Bad and th...

Two new countries for me and now have been to all seven ccountries in Centeral America.  Sarah had three new counties as she had never been to Mexico.  In San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua we hike up the hill to get this view and visit a beautiful small chapel with a thirty...

We finally got to visit our friend Gary Lee in Costa Rica and stay at his beaurtiful "second home."  It is fill with his amazing artwork. His friends, Ernest and Margie, were kind enough to show us San Jose.  We also visited the La Paz Waterfall Garden and Wildlife Ref...

Traveling the world is one of our greatest pleasures, but traveling in the United States is also very special, especially seeing our beautiful National Parks and Monuments.  Last year we visited the Grand Canyon and Jashua Tree and this year Theodore Roosevelt NP, Yell...

During a trip to Northern Europe with Satch and Becky Krantz, we visited two great zoos.  The first was the  Jersey Zoo, created by Gerald Durrell, conservationist and author of many great wildlife and autobiographical books.  I first read A Zoo in My Lu...

 In February of 2019, Sarah and I traveled to Southern California to play golf, hike, bird watch, whale watch, visit the T5 (Taylors of Long Beach) and attend my 50th College Reunion.  Go Anteaters!

In July of 2018, I was diagnosed with HPV throat cancer (caused by a virus).  Slowed me down for the rest of 2018 while I had treatment at the wonderful Cleveland Clinic.  In total, I had six chemos and 35 radiation treatments.  By Novenber 1, I was feeling pretty good...

In May of 2018, we traveled to Arizona to celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary, including a couple of days at the Grand Canyon. We enjoyed some hiking, birding, golf and some great dinners and wine.  On our anniversary, Sarah wore the same dress she wore on our honey...

Forty years ago, I (Steve) remember a man from South America viewing the Guinea pig exhibit in the LA Children's Zoo and stating, "Hum Cavy."  Traveling to Ecuador and Peru, Sarah and I saw it first hand.  Guinea pig, the same creature that is one of my Grandchildren's...

WOW!  It is so difficult to describe Machu Picchu.  Photographs do not do it justice. After five days in the Sacred Valley and in Cusco, we visited Machu Picchu on February 5.  It is huge in scale.  It is complicated, but simple in many ways.  It is a part of the rain...