I decided since I was already in the western hemisphere to go ahead and again visit my friend who was traveling central America. He didnt need to try too hard to convince me, especially when my Jetblue flight was canceled. I initially planned to fly to Jetblue to Liberia, Costa Rica, but while my sister and I were hiking with friends, she received a message from Jetblue. I had given them her numbe Read on...
A much better day weatherwise. Much less wind and some sunny intervals. Todays loop was Chatburn, Rimington, Gisburn, Bolton by Bowland, Sawley, Chatburn and a loop of Salt Hill and Clitheroe. Great to see quite a few other cyclists, we know, out too.
Our virtual journey would be leaving Vienne and continuing on the ViaRhona close to the Rhone. From Vienne we pass through terraced vineyards, incl Read on...
Or course we woke up praying hard for the successful surgery of dear friend Robin, and then checked out of the hotel and headed into the heavy traffic for Pedernales Falls State Park.
In fact we were out of signal range until we finished our walking and birding and headed back to the headquarters, just in time to hear the good news that the surgery was complete.
We picked up so many new LIFE bir Read on...
As usual we were up and out reasonably early, knowing that we had to do laundry and pack up later today. There was paucity of birds on the South Fork hiking trail we had done already twice with good results. Our Advent church choir has done an anthem in the past about Holy Week – And no bird sang. It seemed true today.
The weather was hotter than before too, although the slight breeze made it p Read on...
Saturday was an trip to Rila Monastery in the Rila Mountains. On the way was a stop a the town of Dupnitsa, then known as Stanke Dimitrov. The town had been renamed in 1949 for Stanke Dimitrov an early Bulgarian Communist leader. Turkish tobacco had been introduced to Bulgaria during the period of Ottoman rule. (Tobacco had been introduced to Turkey by the Spanish, who imported it from the Ameri Read on...
Today is about nothing, much like Seinfeld which was a show about nothing, according to George Costanza and Jerry. How did google get its name? The worlds top search engine takes its name from the mathematical expression of 100 zeros trailing after the number 1. This name is especially apt since binary code, which is used for processors, uses ones and zeros. Googles goal was to rank pages on the W Read on...
The pandemic still lingers. Land borders are closed and international travels are not Its better to travel local in these conditions!
This summer, the Quebecs region of Gaspesie was flooded with tourists and all (hotels, motels. campings), were full. This is a beautiful region, but too many people for my own taste.
I decided to visit the province of New Brunswick, doing a great loop around the p Read on...
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Sabah derhal kendisini kutladım ..Kahvemizi itikten sonra yola ıktık ..uzun aramalardan sonra Park Guell otobsnn yerini saptadık ..Otobs bizi parkın kapısına kadar gtrd..
Dağlara taşlara kadar bir kuyruk..Nerede benim sorgusuz sualsiz parka daldığım gnler? nerede şimdi Read on...
This blog covers Days 2 and 3 of our trip to the far south of Tasmania to celebrate our 15th Anniversary.
I absolutely loved waking up and taking in the early morning view of the misty Huon River from our attic bedroom window. It was like looking into an painting. It was a very special and beautiful start to our 15th Anniversary. By the time we had a quick breakfast and got going, the light had Read on...
Woken by rain on the roof and in a motorhome that is not a noise which you can ignore as it tends to be pretty loud. A few claps of thunder and a check of the weather forecast said it wouldnt last long and it didnt.
We set off in the Smart car for Zurich once it had dried up. The roads are pretty fantastic but we took the motorway most of the way as easier to find the way into a city and the moto Read on...