Adventuring: A Travelblogue with Photos

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Saturday, March 13, 2010

the home neighborhood

http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/collections/72157623612949942/ This link takes you to a seasonal tour of Tumwater Falls Park, where the Deschutes River flows down to Puget Sound. Eventually this collection will show the river and falls in other seasons. Today, early spring and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

a new photo tour --short but shiny!

Seattle-- Reflection Garden http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/sets/72157623600359424/ Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 5, 2010

Such a kid!

Yes, I am...! I have just got my new tent set up... and it just fits on a queen-size bed. Yes, it does. I also found the lightweight sleeping bag left behind by my son, and over about 15 minutes have discovered that there are more wrong ways than right ways to fix a zipper. I now know a lot more... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Who wants to come along?

The following is quoted (copy/pasted) from the online tour 'pamphlet' from Green Tortoise, describing the plan of the trip I'm signed up for the latter half of this month. Sorry the formatting is a bit odd... tried to fix it, won't stay fixed. Oh well... ____________________________________ After... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 4, 2010

A link: The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Here is another set of photos, the ones I took my last day in Colorado Springs, and the last day of the year. Charlie and I went there with a friend of his, and spent several hours getting thoroughly chilled, and discovering all the warm oases. We especially liked the Giraffe house.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 27, 2009

A new tour: Garden of the Gods in winter

This afternoon I spent some hours wandering through the beautiful geologic site called Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs. I have loaded my best shots to flickr, here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/sets/72157623082470496/ Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

WARNING : Don't Go There!

DO NOT VISIT MY UNIVERSE BLOG TODAY No kidding--some sort of malware is triggering a warning and shutting down my internet connection when I go to write or read the latest post on that blog. I have emailed admins here and also copied 10 pages of prior posts, in case the matter calls for shutting... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

new link: Great Falls National Park

http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/sets/72157622535202353/ This particular park has frequently the most excellent light and wonderful colors, vistas, angles and subjects. The Baltimore & Ohio canal runs alongside the Potomac in this area, a disused waterway that once saw major traffic from... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Yellowstone River -- above the falls

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

A new set of 31 shots of the Yellowstone Canyon

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About this Blog

Celebrating travel! If you think the world is too big, or the language barriers too high, come along with me, as I bumble my way here and there... The world really is an accessible place-- not as expensive to explore as one might imagine, nor are the language barriers as high, nor the mood of people beyond our borders unwelcoming... ***If you want good prints of any of my photos, email me and I will let you know how to get them. Please respect my copyright on these, they are my retirement account!

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