How many of you have stayed at a hotel, AirBnB, rental condo, or hostel that has a free book library? By free book, I mean leaving a book of yours, and taking a different one. Other names for these are library, free lending library, and take one, leave one. I have seen them in other places as well, on cute little Cul de sacs in my neighborhood, the YMCA, and Friends of the Library. Trading books h Read on...
Another fine, sunny and calm day. Wow! We know it can blow like mad here as weve been in Tekapo a couple of times before in strong winds, so its not always faultless.
As always, we stopped at the bottom of Lake Pukaki to admire the view up the lake to the Alps beyond. They clear apart from a few clouds sitting on the back of the Alps on the West Coast side. The view was yet again, absolutely stun Read on...
Camping is a wish of every nature lover. For this Pawna lake Camping is one of the best camping in pawna. Stay in Tent next to the lake. Enjoy the view of water which are spread in front of eyesight. Share your memories with your friends and family in open sky in the presence of lightning star & moon. Forget all tension and dance near lake Pawna river. Enjoy the water mirroring in open sky and big Read on...
First attraction there, is Hopewell Cape, a place where you can witness these tides, and the beautiful effect of erosion. Some of the structures are called flower pots because of a few trees on top of very high slim rock pillars. This is a must in in the region and is really impressive. You need to check the tides schedule before to make sure to be able to walk on the beach. But do stay as well as Read on...
Saturday dawned and I waited in my hotel for Philip, the dive master. Finally he rushed in and told me there was no place to park, grabbed my dive bag and led me to the back of the hotel. He was parked illegally and explained that I should stand at the curb the next morningit would be easier.
We arrived at the dive shop early, so I got a cup of tea, then tried on wet suits because, although the w Read on...
Surprise, surprise, we woke up and we were not sore. Today we decided to hang around Helen, GA and check out Tallulah Falls.
I did find out about a place called Brasstown Bald. It is the highest point in Georgia and it is about 19 miles from Helen. You can drive up there but the information center is closed. We had not made plans to go here today but I thought Id pass the information along. Websi Read on...
The road from Tok in Alaska to Dawson City in the Yukon is called the Top of the World Highway with good reason. The road, mostly gravel, climbs up and along a ridge for 66 miles to reach the gold panning hamlet of Chicken, population 17 in summer and just 3 in winter. One of the three is Martha, the postmistress, who actually lives even further into the wild, up her own 20 mile track. Until the l Read on...
This will be the last travel entry for a while as we are stopping at our daughters house for a couple of weeks. During that time, I will post a final entry summing up this trip. Thanks for reading.
Last night we were in Cave City, KY, just outside of Mammoth Cave National Park. We were up early and on the road at 8 AM and 67 degrees. We were headed for Asheville, NC and decided we would take the Read on...
Le rveil sonne six heures ce matin. On va visiter Arches National Park, et depuis cette anne, il faut rserver lavance. je nous ai donc inscrit, il y a maintenant quatre mois, pour une entre dans le parc partir de huit heures.
Lentre du parc est seulement distante de huit kilomtres de notre htel, et on est parfaitement lheure. Le temps est nuageux ce matin, mais la temprature est dj de trente Read on...
La nuit t bonne dans notre nouvel hbergement. On se rveille vers huit heures et on se prpare. La journe promet dtre belle, en effet, le soleil brille sans aucun nuage, et il fait dj degrs.
On ne sattarde pas, car il faut une heure trente pour rejoindre la valle depuis Oakhurst. La route est trs belle, mais elle serpente normment et la vitesse est donc rduite. On arrive dans la valle aprs avoir Read on...