Hollandish Patterns
We are on the island of Texel (pronounced Tessel) and are preparing to return home. These photos are ones that we like because they have 'interesting' patterns -- and we…
We are on the island of Texel (pronounced Tessel) and are preparing to return home. These photos are ones that we like because they have 'interesting' patterns -- and we…
We conclude our wonderful barge trip and Mark and Cinda depart for Paris. We remaining four head by rental car east of Amsterdam to Hoge Veluwe National Park, the supposed…
Spring is tulip time in Holland. We pedaled to Keukenhof and locked up our bikes at the gate. As we walked through the colorful and fragrant gardens, we were…
Our group of six San Juan Island friends have barged and biked and walked and solved problems together for a week now. Bridges always concentrate our attention. Why? Many…
<< Previous.............................................. Next >> For a week we have been travelling, slowly, driving our rented boat along canals, under bridges and up and down in locks. We move a bit…
Our little group is converging in Amsterdam. Mark and Cinda are north by the train station, Sheila and Dave a bit south toward the Reiksmuseum and we are on the…
July 25, 1964Having our kids and their spouses choose Thanksgiving on the Big Island of Hawaii for our 50th wedding anniversary celebration was a true gift for us all. Scott,…
Day 4: Labyrinth Camp to the Visitor Center Rain it did – off and on all night. We subsequently learned a lot about the thin soils of this geological landscape.…
Day 3: Candlestick Camp to Labyrinth Camp This was a shorter day as we rode from Candlestick (a total of 16 miles) to a camp called Labyrinth, a name given…
Day 2: Airport Tower Camp to Candlestick Camp In the morning, we rode together for 16 miles and had lunch in the shade of one of our support vehicles while…
We are 10 eager travelers. Three of us from San Juan Island (Leslie, Val and Eric) and seven from Colorado Springs (Shane, Charlie, Karen, Beth, Stormy, Mary and Bill). We…
Shane Burns is celebrating his 60th birthday by any number of epic actions spanning skiing and writing astrophysics texts. He invited me to join him in some gentle but lovely…
In the 17th century, Spain sent Jesuit missionaries to the Baja peninsula. They came to spread Christianity. They did much more. They came to a place populated by hunter-gathers…
We took these photos about 10 km off Loreto between Isla Coronado and Isla del Carmen. We saw first humpback whales with one breaching, then some fin whales, and finally…
We return to Mulege - 30 years later. Halfway down Baja's 1000 mile Highway 1, one drops out of the huge Desierto de Vizcaino through the tops of thousands…
Part I- We spent an afternoon on one of our last days in southern Italy trying to learn more about intarsio after reading about the woodworking craft in one of…
This walk was the confluence of two historical paths. One path through space and time started when we climbed Mt. Vesuvius in 1969 while we were on our 'Grand –…
It's no wonder that artists, musicians, writers and travelers have been attracted to the approximately 50 km of coastline on the south side of the Sorrentine Peninsula, and to the…
For the past 5 days our group of 10 travelers and 2 guides have been staying overnight in very nice hotels and then spending our days walking on various hilly…