Kulikalon Lake (2980m) to Alovaddin Lake (2180m). High point for day 3780 m- elevation gain 800m, loss 1240m as we drive back down to Iskanderkul (famous) and ultimately Kahramon (not even slightly famous, I cant find it on google maps or any search function).
Got to start early in order to meet our pickup at 1200. Im awake at 5 anyway. Lie in my trusty S2S Trek 3 bag and soak in the whole surrea Read on...
Mom and I were leveling up our morning routine by taking our breakfast to the outside patio. We would now eat while listening to the waves and breathing in the Atlantic air. The harsh New York winter was melting away from our memories with every absorbed ray of sunshine. Our St. Augustine itinerary for the day was Castillo de San Marcos, historic downtown, and finally a ride out to the mythic Foun Read on...
What an adventure we had today. First stop was at Woolies again to pick up some more lunch ingredients and then we headed over to Coffin Bay NP for the day. We drove straight through the town of Coffin Bay and into the national park which may have been a mistake as there are no toilets near the entrance to the park and the toilets at Almonta Beach were not accessible due to renovation works!
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June ninteenth is now a federal holiday but it also marks 1 year since I first left Arizona to explore another state in an airbnb long term while working remotely. Essentially how it all began.
It all started because for the previous year I had been researching places outside of Arizona to move to but couldnt find anywhere that was substantially better than Tempe/Arizona year round so that I woul Read on...
Two years ago I made a motorcycle trip to the western U.P. to catch the peak of the color change the first week of October. I had pretty bad luck with the weather. I rode for four days there and the warmest day was 47 degrees. I had two nights with overnight 1 snows. But the worst part was that the sun never shined for those days, making the color not so spectacular. Well, this time Im going one w Read on...
Last night after posting the blog, I returned to the Cathedral with Tim to check out the annual - lucky timing for us - light show, this year featuring the Museum of Chartres, and the front and side of the Cathedral. It was about 11pm, freezing cold, but I would not have missed it for anything. Its difficult to tell from still photos, but it changed themes and scenes about 4 times. Our favourite w Read on...
Stiftung Rosengart - Rosengart Collection. works by Modigliani, Czanne, Matisse, Renoir, Dufy, and Soutine, this gallery is sure to delight. An emphasized display of works by Picasso and Paul Klee. Pilatusstrasse 10. DSC_0568
Wednesday morning was free before out afternoon bus transfer to Basel and the Viking Rhine cruise boat. Susan and I made the most of it and, once again, Susan was the guide. Read on...
We woke up around 6am again, and since we already knew there was no coffee available nearby, we headed towards Yellowstone. About 14 miles down the road, we found the expected gas station (Sinclair) and pulled in to get a couple of hot coffees. Manoli got a large coffee and I got a large Cappuccino.. for 1 buck! We continued on to Yellowstone, about 40 miles from our KOA, and entered Gardiner, Wyo Read on...
Cruising and ‘cruisin. With 8 days on board unpacking is a given. As such the suitcase is stowed under the bed and will not be seen for a week which just makes things so much easier and so much more civilised. Even clothing that may be a bit past its used by date look and smell better if its hanging in a wardrobe. Although the discovery of a washing machine at our last Airbnb did marvels for us Read on...
What a lovely time in Richmond! Two whole days off in an amazing farm house (Galloways House at Tunstall Road Farm). So what to do with ourselves? We had no idea until Mandy and Skyla pointed it out to us, that what we really needed to do was head back into Richmond and walk with them around every single ladies clothing shop - how could we have missed that? Just over 15,000 steps on our first day Read on...