Built by the British in 1764 following the French and Indian War. a focal point in the War of 1812. Restored in National Historic Site of Canada. IMG_1496p1
Today was the day to drive the opposite way along the Parkway and see what lay south of Niagara Falls. The drive in the direction of Lake Erie takes one along the Niagara River before it goes over the falls. A landmark of sorts is the wreck Read on...
I have to tell you how excited we are to be in Alberobello, what a great feel Alberobello has about it, a quaint little town up in the hills off the east coast of Italy! I have wanted to visit here for ages because of the Trullis, these white washed, coned shaped rock roof homes are just so extraordinary! We left Lecce at 11.15am for a Rome bound train with only about 4 stops to Rome, but Bari was Read on...
We are staying in Boulia tonight at the caravan park, and once again the town and the park in particular, is full. The park that the recent volume of vans has been twice what they would normally expect – we assume everyone just wants a break away because they missed travelling last year.
We had planned on two nights here, hoping for a powered site but as it is so busy we have an unpowered one. Read on...
Inspector Montalbano is my favourite Italian TV series and was based on novels written by Andrea Camilleri. Many of the scenes were filmed in Ragusa. Vigata was the fictional Italian town where the TV series was based.
The novels were translated into more than thirty languages and the TV fiction was followed in 65 countries all over the world.
From 1999, the Montalbano series were filmed in the Read on...
I woke up really sore today, but it was so worth it to climb down into Wye cave. Luckily, I was able to take it easy this morning. Tina worked much of the day today. We left the site a little late so Tina could use dual monitors. The drive from Maquoketa Caves State Park, IA to Wisconsin Dells, WI was about 3 hours. I enjoyed the morning and cooked some hot dogs for lunch. Then played around outsi Read on...
The sanding of the hardwood floors was the last step of readying my master suite. Heres my carpenter, Leonidas, surviving the process! Thanks to Cynthia for loaning me her ShopVac!
Im free!! Free of the constant banging of the worker with whom I shared a cement block wall for five years! My new master suite and it is a true. Is it possible that the finished project is even more beautiful and func Read on...
Today it was supposed to rain and it didnt – a beautiful day of mixed sun and cloud. Tomorrow it is supposed to pour, and someone told me it is the same forecast for the whole country.
The Level 4 walk (easier) is much more to my taste and ability, probably a bit harder than the most strenuous of the Devon walks last year. Today we took an easier route in the same general area as the harder wal Read on...
My time in BC to an end. I just finished loading up the bike which means just about everything else is stowed and ready to roll in the morning. Thats one nice advantage of a pull through site, I can drop the ramp and load the bike without pulling onto the road like most spots although I may have mentioned my site in Cranbrook was deep enough to unload on the grass behind the trailer.
I got up sh Read on...
Winter sunlight filtered through the tall poplars of Carburn Park. The sheen on the far edges of the swiftly flowing Bow River revealed ducks and geese floating, dipping and walking on thin ice. Easily punching through the crusty snow with our boots, our group lined up on the shore to watch the antics of the birds basking in warm winds.
Traipsing through the woods on paths, we came to a tree sel Read on...
After 4 hours of sleep, the alarm clock rings at 12:30. That is only 30 minutes after midnight. I think
this is the earliest Ive gotten up for a trip. The luggage is loaded and Bethany drives us to the church. A
little earlier I would have seen the police. They were checking for suspicious activity in the parking lot
around 1 a.m. We gather in a circle for prayer. I think back to my first missi Read on...