Adventuring: A Travelblogue with Photos

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Driving through the north of England

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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.

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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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Saturday, January 16, 2021

New Zealand's Southern Alps

https://flic.kr/s/aHsjttfwXT I share this link over on Facebook this morning, in a conversation about New Zealand... Decided it was time to share it here, as well. The flight from Wellington on the south end of the North Island to Queenstown near the southern end of the South Island, is a fairly... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 4, 2020

Skies over the Plains

On Wednesday I drove eastward from Colorado Springs to the tiny town of Peyton. I was going to meet a ceramics artist to exchange some cash for some of her lovely work. The day was windy on the ground, and from the clouds across the sky to the east and south, it was pretty windy up there, as well!... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Need some flowers?

Sally... Remember her? She's no longer with us except in spirit, but she loved flowers, and on another site, I had a collection called Sally's Garden. This is like that... https://flic.kr/s/aHsmMRCPK1 Sign in to see full entry.

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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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