Adventuring: A Travelblogue with Photos

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Monday, July 12, 2021

Flaming Gorge, Wyoming

On one of the road trips between Colorado and Washington State, we drove through this colorful patch of geology, prairie, riverside, and trees. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWbUdSd Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

The Great Cloud

Today's photo offering is a memory of a certain cloud. I was driving Charlie to college, the last day of a 2-3 day trip from Olympia, WA to Colorado Springs. As we traveled along I-70 from Utah, and coming out of the canyon east of Glenwood Springs, we spotted a bright cloud over the mountains to... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Clouds over the Springs

https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C This evening's sky show over Colorado Springs Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

The first time I didn't see Mount Rainier

I was 17, and my parents and sister Julie and I had been on a road trip around the US for several weeks. We'd gone down the Appalachians to the Great Smokeys, and on to New Orleans, then west to San Antonio, Texas where we finally escaped the hideous humidity that had made the South a misery. We had... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 14, 2021

Springtime in the Springs

Goldiec was wondering about the hail-guards in my garden, so I took a couple of photos, then added a few more of the on-coming storm clouds, the first thunderstorms of the season! https://flic.kr/p/2kYxQDY Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Travel by camera

https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C We had both a full moon on Monday night, and clear skies! The moon is predictable, but clear skies lately over Colorado Springs have not been available. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 12, 2021

Across the Western states

More flowers, anyone? Most of these are those I've spotted and spent a little time with in my driving trips through the American west. There are a few simply irresistable cone flowers--echinaceas, I think--from my summer deck garden, too. I wonder if I can find more of them this year.... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Driving through the north of England

https://flic.kr/s/aHsk76q3VR 2015 https://flic.kr/s/aHskTGK7LX 2017 Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Architectural studies

One of the subjects that fascinates me most in my travels, is the architecture. It is art, it is history, it is beauty and sometimes not so much! https://flic.kr/s/aHskjd3k9p Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Candlewood Canyon State Park, CO

Back in October of 2016, Charlie and I met up with Michael Sheridan at this park for an afternoon of photos and LARPing. That's Live Action Role Play, or what as children call it, Make Believe. Michael larps with a group that role-plays Middle-earth Rangers, derived from Lord of the Rings. Charlie... Sign in to see full entry.

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