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Exploring Langley
We love driving back roads and exploring small towns, so yesterday we explored the southern end of Whitbey Island. Our only rule was that we avoid the main north-south highway that is very busy this...
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Berry Fun Red Bus
I just posted about Three Arches in Glacier National Park, saying that we took the Red Bus Tour. Isn’t this one beautiful bus? The buses were built between 1936 and 1939 by the White Motor Company of...
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Capture the Color
I couldn’t resist entering the Capture the Colour 2013 sponsored by Travel Supermarket because I love color and I love travel. Hop on board and travel with me to see the colors yellow, red, green,...
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Tenakee Springs Surprise
Before we boarded the skiff taking us from the ship to the Tenakee Springs dock, we were told that the yellow building to the right of the dock was the bakery and they had internet service. The Captain...
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A Road Not Taken
I am drawn to paths and lanes, and absolutely can’t resist going down a dirt road in Michigan. When our family was young and we camped in the Upper Peninsula, way up north of Houghton and Hancock, we...
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Wheels
We flew to Texas recently and whenever I fly I think about how hard and uncomfortable flying is. It is a chore I do because I want to get from here to there quickly – even though it doesn’t feel quick...
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Thimbleberry Jam
During the middle of August we spent a week on the Keweenaw Peninsula. This is a body of land that juts into Lake Superior from the west end of Michigan’s upper peninsula. It has long been a special...
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Buenos Aries Pups
Aren’t they cute, aren’t they sweet? Nooooo, they are partners in evil plots. Friend, Lynn, and I are in Argentina for a tour-about. We had just come out of a church and stopped to look around for a...
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Buenos Aries Walking
I have really enjoyed my time in Buenos Aries. Because of a drastic change in plans (originally Lynn and I were going to help with penguin research near Trelew, Argentina) we have had extra days in...
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Another Walk in Buenos Aries
Yes, we had yet another change in plans. We thought we had changed the new hotel room for tonight instead of tomorrow so we could go to Iguazu Falls for an extra night. When we arrived this morning at...
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Politics of Buenos Aries
I am not going to attempt a long essay on Argentinian politics. I wouldn’t even attempt to do so on US politics. But we did have the opportunity to experience some of the political excitement first...
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Doors of Buenos Aries
A friend and I had signed up to help with a research project on penguin feeding in the Patagonia region of Argentina last fall but it fell through because the activity level was too rigorous for me. We...
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Travel Photography: Son Kul
Filed under: Kyrgyzstan Tagged: Kyrgyzstan, photography, Son Kul, Summer Pasture, travel
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Buenos Aries: San Ignacio Church
As we were walking around Buenos Aries, we stepped inside this church for some quiet reflection.Filed under: Architecture, Argentina Tagged: Architecture, Buenos Aries, church, photography, travel
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Finding Up North
Have you ever noticed how “up north” is relevant to perspective? Many years ago some friends moved from Peoria, Illinois to our dot on the map in lower Michigan. Their friends in Peoria teased them...
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Point Betsie Lighthouse
Just north of Frankfort and west of Traverse City in Michigan, on the shore of Lake Michigan, is the Point Betsie Lighthouse. I’ve been there several times over the years because friends have a...
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Leland’s Historic Fishtown
We thought a Friday in the middle of September, before peak color season in upper Michigan, would be a good time to take a quiet, relaxing tour of the Leelanau Peninsula. We were wrong – many other...
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Chaos in Cuba
Ben Huberman’s The Daily Post photo challenge this week is “chaos.” We just returned from a tour of the central portion of Cuba, traveling by private taxi with a tour guide. We drove through small...
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Cuba: Traveling on the Edge
Last Spring I called my daughter who loves to travel and said, I wanted to go to Cuba – she agreed. It was decided. JB wasn’t too excited until I got online and told him there are tour companies that...
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Cuba: Tiny Grains of Rice
We were riding through the countryside, the agricultural heartland of Cuba, on our way to Trinidad. Then we moved to the other side of the road and drove past this – half the road covered with...
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