David Weintraub is a writer, photographer, and educator based in South Carolina and Cape Cod. His other books are Adventure Kayaking: Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, Afoot and Afield: San Francisco Bay Area, Top Trails: San Francisco Bay Area, East Bay Trails, North Bay Trails, Monterey Bay Trails (all published by Wilderness Press), and Peninsula Tales and Trails (Graphic Arts Books). David's articles and photographs have appeared in such magazines as the American Bar Association Journal, Audubon, Backpacker, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Hemispheres, Photo District News, Sierra, Smithsonian, and Sunset, and in books such as San Francisco: The City's Sights and Secrets (Chronicle Books), The World of Shorebirds (Sierra Club Books), and Cape Cod on My Mind (Falcon Publishing). David is an avid walker, birder, kayaker, and cyclist.