Adventuring: A Travelblogue with Photos

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Saturday, July 12, 2008

In the deep places of the earth...

About 2 hours from Washington, DC there are at least two cavern systems to visit. We went to Luray Caverns this time. (The other is Skyline Caverns, and also fascinating and beautiful.) The tour guides are local lads and lasses, and it is a bit alarming from an elocution point-of-view to consider... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 11, 2008

Cliffside rock garden along Skyline Drive

This looks like a sedum or saxifrage of some sort--a succulent that thrives in rock gardens. I spotted it from across the road and zoomed in for this picture. Sign in to see full entry.

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This is why they call them the Blue Ridge Mountains

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Mystery Island

Descending into the San Francisco area, we flew over this island, and it was an irrestistable camera target... I have no idea what all these colors are about! Anyone know? Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Fireworks on a plane

There is a tiny little hole at the base of the window of a jet, which I assume has something to do with pressure changes within the double-pane. When up at the high, cold cruising altitudes, sometimes frost forms between the windows, especially near the hole....and when the setting sunlight stikes... Sign in to see full entry.

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Aerial shots of the Northwest & California

Out of Seattle an hour early: seat available on a flight before mine, and a window seat, and an extra legroom seat! What luck! Even if the window is above an engine and shoulder of a wing. Overcast most of the way, but some peaks poking above the cloud sea: Rainier, Shasta particularly. Interesting... Sign in to see full entry.

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Vale, the 9-year old, and I went out for coffee...

The kid likes coffee. He had a white chocolate mocha. No, I am not daft, I ordered decaf for him. I finally understand why there is decaf. For 9-year-old coffee hounds. He says now, he always gets decaf, but didn't tell me that 'cause he figured I would figure it out... I have always liked to go out... Sign in to see full entry.

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Muggy in Maryland

Compared to the Pac NW, the east coast summer is a tropical experience: it is hot and muggy with the occasional rain shower which all contributes to a lush green woodland with oaks and maples, beeches, hickories, chestnuts, sassafras... and all draped in wild grape and Virginia creeper... The air is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 26, 2008

I need some opinions, some critique here...

I am trying to come up with a sheet of biographical material which some stores and galleries require along with submissions of work. I've been struggling a bit with it, not sure what anyone is really going to want to know. I would appreciate opinions on this: have I covered the ground sufficiently?... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Central Park Tulips

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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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