Our adventure continues thru the Upper Peninsula to Tahquamenon Falls State Park. Since there was no phone or internet at our next planned camping stop, we made a quick decision to stop over to view the fall and continue since tomorrow is payroll. It was a very short walk from the parking lot to view Tahquamenon Upper Falls. There were multiple viewing platforms that continued to be more impressiv Read on...
Today we had booked for a ride on the IOW Steam Train. As a special treat I had booked for 1st Class which proved to be brilliant as we got to ourselves.
Arrived nicely in time for our 11.40 triip from Havenstreet and the train went to Smallbrook, back again through Havenstreet then on to Wootton and back. This involves the engine moving from back to front at each end as the train is a pull me on Read on...
In 1998 I took my first walking holiday. The United Kingdom is a good locale for walking holidays, because villages dot the landscape and the paths are protected from encroachments. We drove from Barnstaple, where we stayed overnight, to the beginning of our country walk. At that time I favoured video (digital tape) over still photography (35mm film). Some of the photos in these posts are captured Read on...
I just got back from a weekend of Gorilla Trekking on the border of Uganda, Rwanda, and the Congo. It was a solid 10+ hour drive from Entebbe, without any flat tires, so I opted to take a bush plane instead. The plane left at 7:30am on Friday and it was just a short 1.25 hour flight. The landscape is very different here and much cooler. We were about 2000 meters above sea level in the mountains wh Read on...
At last we got to worship at the New Life Tabernacle again – only to find that it is their very last time to be at this place – or any one central place. They are decentralizing in order to do more intensive outreach to needy areas,, starting in the rougher city of San Nicolas, and do continue establishing small groups called life houses. It was good to see some familiar faces and to worship s Read on...
The eastern part of South Dakota is very similar to Iowa and has green, rolling hills. As we drove west, the landscape changed. It was flat and arid. Later, it became mountainous and forested.
It feels fantastic to be on vacation! On Friday afternoon, Andrew, the kids, and I set out from Des Moines to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We did a brief overnight there and then headed to Rapid City, making Read on...
We were due to be picked up at 7.00am for our big day trip today. I set an alarm for 5.15am so that we could be in the dining room at 6.00am when it opened for breakfast. As is always the case when one has an early alarm set, I was awake at 4.45am! After laying in bed for a few minutes debating with myself the pros and cons of trying to get another half an hour of sleep I decided to bite the bulle Read on...
We set off from Oslo around 1pm, with Norway offering us showers right up to the end. We went straight through the border around 2.30pm and as we did, we clocked up our first 5,000 kms of our European Kombi venture. We drove along a poor road through to Karstad, with at least an attractive backdrop of lakes and forests of fir trees most of the way. The road then improved, along with the weather, w Read on...
I heard of Bolita from other travelers who had been there. As I was considering going to Corcovado National Park, they suggested Bolita as an alternative, a hostel inside a primary rainforest, accessed from Puerto Jimenez.
What attracted me to Bolita (apart from traveler reviews) was this was an individual effort at conservation and its remoteness.
To get to Bolita (and to return from it), you h Read on...
It took me half a days ride to get home again. The Mid Atlantic Backcountry Discovery Route is 1,058 miles long. It was designed perfectly for access by residents of the Washington Metro Area. From Arlington to the Start at Damascus VA is some 355 mi and 5 1/2 hours. From the Finish in Lawrenceville PA back to Arlington VA is about 268 mi and 4 1/2 hours. If one were to just drive via interstate f Read on...