In his almost forgotten book, The Young Wireless Operator with the Oyster Fleet(1922), Lewis Theiss describes past preparations for sailing out of...
Category - Travel Blogs
A Walk along the Fern Creek Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park
We awakened early to drive up to Estes Park from our home in Denver. Our daughter Michelle had flown in from Los Angeles for a...
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Returning to Japan in Central Florida
We left our daughter’s home in Land O’Lakes, Florida early one February morning to travel eighty-six miles north to a...
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How to Get the Best Deal on Land Rovers For Road Trips
Are you interested in buying a Land Rover or something similar to travel cross country? If you know anything about Land Rovers...
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Off to Chebeague Island, Maine
On our shuttle flight from Newark to Portland, I couldn’t help but notice strange formations of violet-tinged clouds above a...
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You are on your way to 1, Place Royale, sometime between 10am and 5pm (Tuesday through Sunday). From Wallonie, drive north on the N411. But if you...
Less than a half hour drive south of Brussels, tourists and Belgians alike arrive in the university town of Louvain-la-Neuve. In this pedestrian...
For many, Africa is a jungle where the sounds of the drums send the message and the roar of the lion adds to the eerie danger. The adventure lures...
We recently planned a trip to Baltimore, Maryland for an annual anime convention for our daughter and some of her friends. Our car only seats 5...
Along the Kaibab Trail After finding a campsite in the dark Kaibab forest of early June on the North Rim, I knew that I just had to see this vast...
Most Accessible Coastal Mountain to Juneau The trail starts just above the northeast edge of town within walking distance from downtown and the...
Green River Exiting Canyon Just south of the three-corner area where Utah, Wyoming and Colorado meet, lies Dinosaur National Monument. Here the...
Going snorkelling when on holiday is always good fun but to get the best out of it (and to stay safe) we need to look a little more deeply; you’ll...
Prague is the capital city and also the largest city in Czech Republic which is also the political and cultural hub of Europe. The city has warm...
Hwy 4 Sierra-Nevada drive rich in history, scenery Just northeast of California’s Gold Country, the roadways heading toward Lake Tahoe reveal...
Seguin Island, Maine I know a spot along the coast of Maine, east of Boothbay Harbor, called Ocean Point, once visited by the novelist Thomas...
While you are wandering Italy, you might occasionally be in need of making a phone call back to your home country. Public telephones are often...
Highly Glaciated Mount Rainier I was excited about leaving the bowels of a university library doing research on John Muir. I was in dire need of...
Across the Way from Specimen Mountain When I was a rookie Ranger Naturalist back in 1959, I remember leading my first group of people on a...
Enjoying Juneau Harbor’s blinking lights, I ambled down to the dock where my fishing boat cruise woukl begin the next morning to Sum Dum Bay...