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February 26 - Travel Photos
February 26, 2024 - Going through some photos recently, I realized that I had not posted any images from our 2022 European trip.
On this...
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January 21 - Coldstream, BC
January 21, 2024 - One week ago, we left Livingston, Montana, driving west on I-90.
We turned northward just west of Bozeman.
While drivi...
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January 11 - Gardiner, Montana
January 11, 2024 - We woke up this morning to discover that it had snowed overnight, but only about 4 cm of light fluffy variety.
The ther...
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January 10 - Sheridan, Wyoming
January 10, 2024 - We've had very good driving conditions for most of these last two days.
Tuesday morning in Fairmont, Minnesota, we awok...
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January 8 - Fairmont, Minnesota
January 08, 2024 - This was the scene last Wednesday at Gallagher's home on the North Shore, Blind River.
A light dusting of snow in the e...
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August 27 - Milwaukee Art Museum
August 26, 2023 - On a visit to the Milwaukee area this summer, we decided to visit the Milwaukee Art Museum.
This art gallery is situa...
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April 6 - 22 From 22
April 06, 2023 - What follows are 22 of my favourite photos from 2022. Though these may not always be among my best photos, I have chosen...
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March 21 - Wineries in the Okanagan
March 21, 2023 - There are around 185 wineries in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.
When we are not skiing, usually on weekends,...
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March 5 - Landscape Photography While Travelling
March 05, 2023 - Making landscape images is fraught with many challenges even in familiar areas. The photographer is always at the mercy...
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February 19 - Photographing Travel Companions
February 19, 2023 - While on vacation, we all like to take photos of our friends and family.
Too often these are static images, just record...
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October 23 - Week in Review
October 23, 2022 - This is a synopsis of the last week that we spent in Switzerland while on our recent holiday.
Fehraltorf is a village s...
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Day 34 - Adieu
October 14, 2022 - This morning we departed from Tasch for the long drive to Zurich.
We drove back to Sierre and then west along the Rhone...
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Day - 33 - The Matterhorn
October 12, 2022 - This morning we took the train from Tasch into Zermatt, about a 20-minute ride.
Once in Zermatt, we bought our tickets...
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Day 32 - The Rhone Valley
October 10, 2022 - Thanks to our host, Nicholas, we were in no rush to vacate our Airbnb in St. Saphorin.
So I decided to once more walk u...
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Day 31 - Finding Our Airbnb
October 08, 2022 - Not only having a rainy arrival, but also our GPS's failure, made finding our Airbnb, Chez Alix, a challenge.
In this m...
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Day 30 - Gruyere in Gruyeres
October 08, 2022 - We left our location in the small village of Habkerk this morning.
Here are a few last snippets from there.
We then dr...
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Day 29 - Eiger Express
October 06, 2022 - This morning we left our hotel in Habkern and drove down to Interlaken.
Even the local inhabitants bade us farewell and...
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Day 28 - Foggy Days Continue
October 01, 2022 - We left our Wirzweli airbnb this morning, a morning with thick fog, as the following photo shows.
After driving down th...
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Day 27 - Rain, Rain, Fog
September 28, 2022 - This was last night's dinner at our apartment.
This morning we had incessant rain, so we were confined to our apartment...
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Day 26 - Country to City
September 28, 2022 - This is Wirzweli, the high alpine village where we are currently staying.
This is the "road" we drive on as we leave th...
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Day 25 - Cows in Schwyz
September 28, 2022 - We left Kirchberg on a drizzly morning, our destination our next airbnb.
The fields are still a vibrant green, as in th...
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Day 24 - Meeting Hannah and Chris
September 27, 2022 - This morning we met up with Hannah and Chris at their airport hotel.
In the north of Switzerland, in Thurgau canton, we...
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Days 22 and 23 - Bye, Jane
September 24, 2022 - We were prepared to be picked up from our hotel in Erding by the local car agent. But as we were eating breakfast, we re...
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Days 20 and 21 - Through to Munich
September 22, 2022 - This is the restaurant in our bed and breakfast in Santa Maria, with Jane and Veda at breakfast.
They are so fortunate...
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Days 18 and 19 - In South Tyrol
September 21, 2022 - This post will cover our last day at Ortisei and our drive to the top of Passo Stelvio.
The internet connection the las...
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Day 17 - Alpe di Siusi
September 18, 2022 - This morning the weather had improved dramatically, so we chose to go up Seiser Alm.
In Italian, that is Alpe di Siusi.
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Day 16 - Rain in the Valley, Snow Higher
September 17, 2022 - It turned colder last night, with rain that continued into the morning. When that happens, there will be snow at higher...
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Day - 15 - Three Passes
September 16, 2022 - We left Cortina this morning, heading west.
The first of the mountain passes we drove was Passo Falzarego.
These spe...
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Day 14 - Around Cortina
September 15, 2022 - Today we went on a leisurely drive north from Cortina, in the direction of Dobbiaco (Toblach in German).
We were lookin...
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Day 13 - Hello From Cortina
September 14, 2022 - Greetings from Cortina d'Ampezzo.
The early morning was not promising, with a low cloud hanging over the valley.
So we...
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Day 12 - Into Northern Italy
September 13, 2022 - This morning we left Kransjka Gora, Slovenia.
This was the area just before we entered Italy.
Into Italy, we were unab...
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Day 11 - Into the Mountains and Over the Pass
September 12, 2022 - This was where we spent last night, in Grobisce. Our apartment was in the door at the left. This building is a new const...
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Day 10 - Going South in Slovenia
September 11, 2022 - Today we left the Lake Bled region, but not before I got one photo of Bled Castle.
We took the autobahn south toward...
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Day 9 - Unexpected Sunshine
September 10, 2022 - So again the weather predictions were wrong. But that was good.
We woke up this morning to a sunny day, with white puff...
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Day 8 - Rain, Rain, and More Rain
September 09, 2022 - Another day of rain, so at least we got our money's worth from the umbrellas.
We left our airbnb but it was still raini...
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Day 7 - Lakes Bled and Bohinj
September 08, 2022 - We were up very early this morning. I think most would classify 5:00 a.m. as early.
I was hoping for nice sunrise.
Thi...
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Day 6 - Into Slovenia
September 07, 2022 - Here is an additional photo of the amazing construction of the Austrian autobahn that I noted yesterday.
Today we did d...
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Day 4 - Dachstein
September 05, 2022 - This morning we had a lot of fog where we are staying at our airb&b above the valley of Bischofshofen.
The views from h...
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Day 3 - Hallstatt
September 04, 2022 - Jane and Veda pose after our morning breakfast in the hills above Bischofshofen.
We set out to visit Hallstatt, reputed...
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Dat 2 - Into Austria
September 03, 2022 - This morning, after doing some organizing of our luggage, we left our guest house in Stierberg, Germany.
It was a great...
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August 8 - Parry Sound, Sudbury, Manitoulin
August 08, 2022 - Last week we had a nice visit and tour with Hannah, Chris, Peter, and Anthony. We had planned to meet in Parry Sound to...
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April 25 - Kenora, Ontario
April 25, 2022 - Yesterday, in Moosomin, after the storm had passed and the sun had come out, we went into town to an Italian restaurant...
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April 24 - Moosomin
April 24, 2022 - "Where the heck is Moosomin?" you ask.
"Why are you staying in Moosomin?"
More on that later.
Friday was a warm morni...
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April 21 - Homeward Bound
April 21, 2022 - We left springtime in the Okanagan on Monday. We took the highway north to Sicamous where we connected with the Trans-Ca...
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January 15 - Drive to Salmon Arm
January 15, 2022 - This is our fifth day in Coldstream. We spent some time getting organized in the house and shopping, mostly for grocerie...
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January 11 - Coldstream, BC
January 12, 2022 - This was the final day of our drive west.
The temperature as we left Strathmore this morning was a measly -2°C.
How ma...
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January 10 - We Have Arrived
January 10, 2022 - After five days on the road, we arrived in Vernon today around 6:00 p.m.
Nine hours en route today and then quickly unp...
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January 9 - Strathmore, Alberta
January 09, 2022 - What a difference a day makes.
Even though it was -24C this morning, it was so much more bearable, with no wind.
This...
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January 8 - Regina, Saskatchewan
January 08, 2022 - This morning was somewhat milder - only -12C, in Headingley, but still very windy.
Today's driving was some of the most...
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January 7 - Headingley, Manitoba
January 07, 2022 - This morning's temperature in Thunder Bay registered -28C - not pleasant.
This is our loaded not-so-clean vehicle as we...
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June 8 - Colour as a Subject, Revisited
June 08, 2021 - This is a followup to a previous blog on looking for colour.
Colour on its own does not always make for an interesting...
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February 16 - Point of View
February 16, 2021 - How many of your photos have been taken from your eye level? The more pertinent question might be, "Are there very many...
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December 22 - Photographing Christmas
December 22, 2020 - 'Tis the Christmas season, the time of year when we see a myriad of lights glowing in most towns and cities, like on the...
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December 8 - Finding Whimsical Photographs
December 08, 2020 - When I venture out on a photography outing, I usually have a location in mind. But I try not to be looking for a specifi...
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November 28 - Name Change
November 28, 2020 - I recently received a news item from Sean O'Hagan about an Austrian village deciding to change its name.
This is the vi...
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June 24 - Dreaming of Travelling
June 24, 2020 - With this world-wide lockdown because of Covid-19, we are anxious about when we will be able to hop on a plane and again...
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May 23 - Photo of the Day
May 23, 2020 - What I like about this time of the year are the variety of hues of green in the forest.
To get a perspective on the for...
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May 15 - Photo of the Day
May 15, 2020 - The lupines are showing signs of life, though the flowers are still a couple weeks away.
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March 24 - Thunder Bay
March 24, 2020 - Yesterday was a long drive, from Moose Jaw to Kenora, almost 900 km along the Trans-Canada Highway.
The day was overcas...
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March 22 - Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
March 22, 2020 - We left Coldstream along with Mo and Dennis yesterday morning.
It turned out to be a great day for driving - sunny, war...
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March 20 - Extraordinary Times
March 20, 2020 - Hello from Coldstream, British Columbia.
If you are wondering where Coldstream is, it sits immediately on the southern...
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January 8 - Spokane, Washington
January 08, 2020 - We left Pewaukee on Saturday and rendezvoused with Maureen and Dennis near Madison. That day we drove as far as Worthing...
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January 3 - Pewaukee, Wisconsin
January 03, 2020 - Happy New Year. Hard to believe that it is already 2020.
We are on our journey to British Columbia. We left home on Tue...
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December 17 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico
December 17, 2019 - We are currently here at Hotel Xcaret in Playa del Carmen on a Bartz family vacation.
This is a photo of all of us on t...
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November 10 - Portugal, Day 24
November 10, 2019 - The food experience here in Portugal does not receive high grades from us. On the other hand, our dinner on Friday night...
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November 9 - Portugal, Day 23
November 09, 2019 - This morning the day did not seem very promising. After breakfast, we returned to our room with low expectations for the...
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November 8 - Portugal, Day 22
November 08, 2019 - This is my impressionistic rendering of a Porto street scene.
Today we returned our rental car and moved to another hot...
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November 7 - Portugal, Day 21
November 07, 2019 - Today, our first day in Porto, was a slow day. I took only one roll of film (or the equivalent of).
The day varied with...
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November 6 - Portugal, Day 20
November 06, 2019 - Today was foggy with a constant light rain. Combine that with the fact that we also disliked our hotel room in Peso da R...
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November 5 - Portugal, Day 19
November 05, 2019 - Today we left the village of Tabuaco, where we had spent two nights in this guesthouse, Casa do Brasao,which was a 17th...
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November 4 - Portugal, Day 18
November 04, 2019 - It rained last night and into this morning, but had let up just before we left Tabuaco. On the way down the valley road...
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November 3 - Portugal, Day 17
November 03, 2019 - Today we were heading to the Douro River area. We first headed west along the motorway, retracing our route from two day...
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November 2 - Portugal, Day 16
November 02, 2019 - This is the view from the balcony of our hotel room in Vagos. It's much better than you might think.
It may be nostalgi...
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November 1 - Portugal, Day 15
November 02, 2019 - Before we left Viseu this morning, we went for a stroll in the old centre of the city. It was quite dark and not very at...
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October 31 - Portugal, Days 13 and 14
October 31, 2019 - This blog covers two days because yesterday's internet connection was very slow, probably because we were in such a remo...
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October 29 - Portugal, Day 12
October 30, 2019 - This morning was sunny but with fog swirling around us at lower elevations.
Following breakfast, we decided to visit th...
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October 28 - Portugal, Day 11
October 28, 2019 - This morning we left Casa Vinhao, where we've been for the last five nights. This photo shows the sitting area of the ho...
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October 27 - Portugal, Day 10
October 27, 2019 - This was a quiet day, by choice. When Veda checked the time on her FitBit she could not figure out why it was an hour be...
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October 26 - Portugal, Day 9
October 26, 2019 - Another sunny warm day, so we decided to visit Peniche, on a headland jutting out into the Atlantic.
En route, I stoppe...
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October 25 - Portugal, Day 8
October 25, 2019 - Today dawned bright and sunny. It was cool in the morning, but warmed up considerably later in the day.
Our first stop...
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October 24 - Portugal, Day 7
October 24, 2019 - We arrived at our current lodgings late yesterday afternoon - late because our GPS sent us off route. At an intersection...
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October 23 - Portugal, Days 5 and 6
October 23, 2019 - Yesterday was the day to check out of our Lisbon hotel and set out on the road. We picked up our rental car mid-day and...
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October 21 - Portugal, Day 4
October 22, 2019 - Today's agenda included a visit to Sintra. We boarded a train for the forty minute ride north west from Lisbon. But for...
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October 20 - Portugal, Day 3
October 20, 2019 - Today we decided to take a couple "hop on- hop off" bus tours. But we did not realize until we went to book these tours...
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October 19 - Portugal, Day 2
October 19, 2019 - Our hotel, Hotel Mundial, offered an excellent breakfast buffet, with numerous choices. A great start to the day.
Since...
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October 18 - Arrival in Portugal
October 18, 2019 - We drove to Toronto yesterday, and then Hannah drove us to the airport to catch our flight to Portugal.
The flight on A...
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October 5 - Visiting Killarney
October 05, 2019 - Earlier this week, we spent two nights at Killarney Mountain Lodge with the Wilkinsons and Sunstrums.
We arrived on Mon...
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August 17 - Goderich Celtic Roots Festival
August 17, 2019 - Last weekend we travelled to Goderich to attend the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival. This was our third time attending th...
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July 25 - Quick Trip to Wisconsin
July 25, 2019 - We just returned from a short trip to Pewaukee, Wisconsin, to visit my cousin Susan and her husband John. Hot muggy days...
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July 8 - Seeing the Possibilities
July 08, 2019 - Here I am in the heat of mid-summer, not particularly inspiring times for photography. The other day as I was sitting on...
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May 1 - We Are Home
May 01, 2019 - We arrived home last Thursday. Since then it has been as series of chores: unpacking the vehicle, putting away and stori...
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April 16 - Packing Up, But First...
April 16, 2019 - Before our departure for home, we wanted to tour in the Okanagan. Seeing that the balsamroot were blooming around Vernon...
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March 11 - The Okanagan
March 11, 2019 - Most of the last two months here in the North Okanagan have been colder than normal. I have concentrated more on skiing...
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January 22 - Vernon
January 22, 2019 - We left our lodgings in Canmore on Saturday morning, but not before stopping next door to the inn at a new French pastry...
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January 18 - Back in Canada
January 18, 2019 - We delayed our departure from Helena for about an hour because it had snowed during the night. We thought that this woul...
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January 17 - From Helena, Montana
January 17, 2019 - We left Gillette, Wyoming, on a sunny mild morning. Gillette does not meet my standards of an inviting place. Besides ha...
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January 16 - Day 5 on the Road
January 16, 2019 - Yes, this is the fifth day since we left home, but in reality we've had three full days of driving. After spending two n...
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January 14 - On the Road Again
January 14, 2019 - I've unashamedly borrowed this title from Willie Nelson. No apologies though.
We left home on Saturday and drove two ho...
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January 6 - Kloten Airport
January 06, 2019 - This is our last night in Switzerland. We can't afford to stay any longer! Early this morning Veronica came with me to r...
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January 5 - Snowy Day
January 05, 2019 - Today has been the snowiest day of our trip. It has snowed steadily all day long. So instead of going out with the car,...
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January 4 - Around Fehraltorf
January 05, 2019 - Veronica was going on a hike with her group of ladies today, so Veda decided to tag along. Guess what? I did not accompa...
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January 3 - Habkern to Fehraltorf
January 04, 2019 - We left our mountain village of Habkern early this morning. Driving via Interlaken, Lucerne, Zug, and Rapperswil, we arr...
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January 2 - Habkern and Interlaken
January 03, 2019 - When we woke up this morning, it was snowing. This was the first snowfall we had on this trip. Habkern was quite beautif...
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January 1 - On the Schilthorn
January 02, 2019 - For today we had a forecast of fine weather, which proved to be accurate. Great, because yesterday we had purchased tick...
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December 31 - New Year's Eve in Switzerland
December 31, 2018 - This morning we drove down the mountain road to Interlaken to get information for our ride up to the Schilthorn. We boug...
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December 30 - Day in Habkern
December 30, 2018 - Today was another cloudy overcast day in Switzerland. We decided to take the post bus down to Interlaken to pick up some...
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December 29 - Arrival in Habkern
December 29, 2018 - We left this hotel in Rothenburg on a foggy morning for the short drive to Lucerne.
Lucerne's most famous tourist attra...
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December 28 - Back in Switzerland
December 28, 2018 - Thursday morning we left Hotel Schmiedboden. Annie will miss her new friends, Sjoukje and Onno, who worked at the hotel.
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December 26 - A Sunny Day in Tirol
December 26, 2018 - This morning was our first sunny day of this trip. As was also colder, we had a heavy frost in shaded areas.
These cu...
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December 24 - Christmas Eve in Austria
December 25, 2018 - Christmas Eve started as a rainy day. As we were eating breakfast, the rain turned into soft wet flakes of snow.
We dec...
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December 25 - Christmas in Tirol
December 25, 2018 - Christmas here was a quiet affair since we had celebrated ten days ago in Toronto. After a leisurely breakfast, we notic...
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December 23 - Oberndorf in Tirol
December 23, 2018 - We left Innsbruck this morning under cloudy conditions. At times we could see some clearing on the mountain slopes. Most...
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December 22 - Innsbruck Christmas Markets
December 23, 2018 - Today we took the tram into old Innsbruck and enjoyed the day at the Christmas market along Maria-Theresien Strasse.
He...
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December 21 - Driving to Innsbruck
December 21, 2018 - We left today for Innsbruck. Though it was a dreary overcast day, the trip was good. We passed through Liechtenstein and...
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December 20 - Zurich Downtown
December 20, 2018 - Today was overcast, but reasonably warm. So we walked to the Fehraltorf train station and took the train to the Bahnhof...
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December 18 - To the Airport
December 18, 2018 - Yesterday I went downtown to the Eaton Centre to do some Christmas photography. The highlight is the large lighted Chris...
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July 2 - Editing Images
July 02, 2018 - I've begun the task of editing and optimizing images from my recent trip west. Sitting at the computer is not always muc...
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June 17 - Back Home
June 17, 2018 - When we left the Soo this morning it was raining. Sometimes the rain let up, so we were able to make some images along t...
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June 16 - Sault Ste. Marie
June 16, 2018 - Cloudy and overcast and cool this morning. So we left our digs (probably the worst room we've stayed in, courtesy of War...
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June 15 - Nipigon
June 15, 2018 - We had thunder and rain during the night. This morning was cloudy, so our first stop was for coffee (or for Ward it was...
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June 9 - Rainy Day in Palouse
June 09, 2018 - We had thunder showers last night. When we awoke in the morning, there was a heavy cloud cover. Shortly after breakfast...
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June 8 - Discovering Palouse
June 08, 2018 - I'm sitting here in my hotel room late in the evening editing my images from today. This is made all the easier with my...
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June 7 - In Palouse Country
June 07, 2018 - Today was our first full day photographing in the Palouse region of Washington. We were up early (ridiculously early at...
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June 5 - Goodbye Yellowstone
June 05, 2018 - We left Yellowstone late this afternoon. We had two long, but productive days photographing in the park. Getting up at d...
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June 4 - Billings to Yellowstone
June 04, 2018 - This post is covering our Sunday travel. I apologize for missing yesterday's posting. I won't bore you with my excuses,...
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June 1 - Wall, South Dakota
June 01, 2018 - We drove south this morning through Minnesota. The day was bright and sunny, but we did stop for the occasional photo op...
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May 31 - Day 2 of Westward Journey
May 31, 2018 - This morning in Marquette, Michigan, was cloudy with threats of rain. These conditions were the norm through the Upper P...
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May 30 - First Day on the Road
May 30, 2018 - This is a photo of the photoers as we are leaving my house this morning, with the SUV packed for the road.
Ward flew in...
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April 25 - Re-editing Photos
April 25, 2018 - This is a quiet period for photography outdoors. So I decided to purchase software (Silverfast) so that I could reconnec...
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April 16 - Back Home
April 16, 2018 - We finished our skiing at the end of March. After house cleaning and packing the car, we began our drive home on April 3...
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January 18 - The Road to Vernon
January 18, 2018 - We left Sudbury on January 5, on our annual drive to Vernon, British Columbia. We arrived last Sunday, the 14th.
We sto...
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November 27 - Christmas Market
November 27, 2017 - For quite a while we have been talking of how great it would be to visit some of the fantastic Christmas markets in Swit...
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April 11 - Homeward Journey
April 11, 2017 - After three months in the Okanagan, we left for home on April 3. This photo shows us departing after breakfast at Helmut...
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January 2017 - Sudbury to Vernon
January 22, 2017 - It was time for our drive to the Okanagan Valley, to ski at Silver Star.
We left home on January 5, but drove only to B...
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September 11 - Osoyoos, British Columbia
September 11, 2016 - This is the view yesterday morning of the Okanagan Landing area of Vernon.
We (Veda and I, with our friends Lauren and...
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September 9 - Vernon to Salmon Arm
September 09, 2016 - This photo illustrates the terrain in the North Okanagan when we go up above the valley into the arid ranch lands.
Kala...
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September 7 - North Okanagan
September 07, 2016 - The weather here in the North Okanagan has been abnormally cloudy and rainy since we arrived a week ago. But we have bee...
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September 3 - Vernon and Armstrong
September 03, 2016 - Yesterday was a rain day. But that was good as it let us rest up and get organized here at the Berry house.
I arose ver...
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September 1 - Arrived in Vernon
September 01, 2016 - Today we travelled the Crowsnest Route westward, then turned north on Hwy 33 to Kelowna, and then north on Hwy 97. We ar...
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August 29 - Grand Falls, Montana
August 29, 2016 - Another sunny hot day on the prairies. We turned off the I-94 at Forsyth and drove in a north-westerly direction in Mont...
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August 28 - Glendive, Montana
August 28, 2016 - It's a long road across North Dakota. Today was a sunny and hot drive - as high as 34C in mid-afternoon. Neither is it a...
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August 27 - Grand Forks, North Dakota
August 27, 2016 - Today we crossed northern Wisconsin, along Lake Superior, and Minnesota, all along Highway 2. We had intermittent sun an...
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August 26 - On the Road Again
August 26, 2016 - The heading of this blog is (I admit) stolen from Willie Nelson. But here I am tonight in Ironwood, Michigan, en route t...
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July 26 - Here I am..."
July 26, 2016 - When I've found time, I've been processing photos from our trip to Switzerland and Italy. As I get further into this, I...
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June 23 - Cinque Terre Revisited
June 23, 2016 - We visited four of the five villages of Italy's Cinque Terre at the beginning of June. Because of poor internet connecti...
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June 18 - Italy to France to Switzerland to France
June 18, 2016 - The last seven planned days of our holiday began with our leaving Piedmont. We drove through the Aosta valley with Maure...
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May 30 - Across Italy
June 03, 2016 - We left Venice and meandered westward across Italy to Rapallo, where we met up with the Hunkins.
On most of this route...
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May 26 - Three Days in Venice
May 26, 2016 - On Monday we drove from Trento to Mestre, just out of Venice, on a rainy day. Near Verona it poured so hard that we pull...
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May 19 - Zernez, Switzerland
May 19, 2016 - I'm writing this post from an up-scale hotel in Zernez in the Engadine, Switzerland. We had planned to drive into Italy...
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May 16 - More Switzerland
May 17, 2016 - Monday was a holiday here, so most places were closed.
Through our friend in Sudbury, Ted Djaferis, we were put in cont...
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May 15 - Still in Zurich
May 15, 2016 - Yesterday we got a brief respite from the rain. So I photographed some of the local colour here in Fehraltorf.
We then...
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May 13 - Switzerland on a Rainy Day
May 13, 2016 - Today was the second consecutive rainy day. But we did not want to sit around (except in a konditorei), so we took a ran...
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May 12 - Fehraltorf, Switzerland
May 12, 2016 - We arrived in Geneva yesterday morning, and then picked up our car in France, near to the airport.
We then began our dr...
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April 18 - On the Road Again
April 18, 2016 - We drove to Pewaukee, Wisconsin, to visit my aunt and cousin, a drive of close to 900 kilometers. The day was sunny and...
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April 12 - Home Along the Trans-Canada Highway
April 12, 2016 - We arrived home last weekend, after a week en route.
We stopped for the first two nights in Canmore, Alberta. I was loo...
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March 31 - Time to Head Home
March 31, 2016 - It has been a great skiing season at Silver Star Mountain in the North Okanagan. The reported accumulated snowfall is 77...
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February 25 - Photographing in Havana
February 25, 2016 - Late last fall, I travelled to Havana, Cuba, on a photography tour with long-time photography colleagues Ward Isnor and...
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Januuary 30 - The Cars of Havana
January 30, 2016 - One of my motives for travelling to Cuba was to photograph the cars in the country. Havana had an abundance of old North...
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January 19 - Winter Drive to British Columbia
January 19, 2016 - As we have done for the past nine winters, we have again arrived in Vernon to spend the next three months skiing at Silv...
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December 17 - Photographing Strangers
December 17, 2015 - My main photography interests have been nature and wildlife. These pursuits involve no interaction with people as subjec...
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December 3 - Serendipity
December 03, 2015 - As this post is being published, I am in Havana with two of my long-time photography mates. I will post some images from...
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November 26 - Book Cover
November 26, 2015 - Congratulations to my good friend Benoit Cazabon on the upcoming publication of his new novel, "Tout depend de vous."
U...
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May 24 - Practice Advice
May 24, 2015 - In my photography my focus is mostly on nature and landscape images. But I also do a lot of travel photography, usually...
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April 11 - Vancouver Island Trip
April 11, 2015 - We have returned from our trip to Vancouver Island and are on our way to Vernon to pick up our belongings. On Monday we...
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March 22 - Visit to Goat Cheese Farm
March 23, 2015 - The early onset of spring continues here in the Okanagan. Warm days and an absence of snowfall continue to create havoc...
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January 13 - Arrived in Vernon
January 13, 2015 - We left Helena, Montana, on Sunday morning.The drive north on I-15 to Great Falls was slower than usual because the high...
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January 8 - Sioux Falls to Oacoma, SD
January 08, 2015 - So here we sit in our motel room in this town on the Missouri River, but not because of its scenic location or other ame...
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January 6 - On the Road
January 06, 2015 - Pewaukee, Wisconsin:
We arrived here yesterday evening after an uneventful drive from Blind River. We left Gallagher's...
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December 2 - Driving Home
December 02, 2014 - We travelled home from Wisconsin yesterday on a crisp sunny day, a pleasant day for the drive.
I made a quick stop alon...
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September 5 - Photo of the Day
September 05, 2014 - On Wednesday, Veda and I left for Milwaukee to stay with my aunt while her daughter and husband take a short vacation to...
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August 19 - Photo of the Day
August 19, 2014 - Veda and I, along with our friend Carol from Florida, took a drive to Blind River to visit our friends, Claudette and Bo...
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June 16 - Dublin, Ireland
June 16, 2014 - This morning we left County Wicklow, driving through Wicklow Gap. This higher elevation area has had a lot of logging of...
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June 15 - County Wicklow, Ireland
June 15, 2014 - We awoke this morning to sunny skies in Enniscorthy in the southeast county of Wexford. This is an important agricultura...
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June 14 - County Wexford, Ireland
June 14, 2014 - Yesterday we had a drizzly morning in County Clare. This photo shows part of the village of Doolin where we spent the ni...
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June 12 - County Clare, Ireland
June 12, 2014 - Today we drove around Galway Bay from County Galway to County Clare on the southern side. We had a beautiful sunny day i...
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June 11 - Connemara, Ireland
June 11, 2014 - This will be a short update. Too many late nights at pubs listening to traditional Irish musicians has resulted in good...
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June 4 - Northern Ireland
June 04, 2014 - Today we drove to the northern coast of Ireland. The forecast had been for a day of rain, but we lucked out and had an o...
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June 3 - Northern Ireland
June 03, 2014 - We are in Armagh, Northern Ireland, and the internet connection is great. I don't know if this is just coincidence or if...
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June 1 - Ireland
June 02, 2014 - This will be my first post since last Sunday from Dublin. Why such a long time between posts? I have not had internet ac...
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May 24 - Dublin, Ireland
May 24, 2014 - Yesterday was a travel day for us. We left Cyprus in the morning, when it was sunny and in the mid-twenties. We landed t...
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May 22 - Cyprus
May 22, 2014 - Today we made our third visit to the Turkish occupied territory, also known to the Turks as Northern Cyprus. The area we...
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May 21 - Cyprus
May 21, 2014 - Today we went on a long drive into the mountains in the west and the wine-growing area of Cyprus.
This was a very pictu...
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May 20 - Cyprus
May 20, 2014 - This morning we returned our rental car because Daphne had also rented one. We had no need for two cars. By luck when we...
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May 19 - Cyprus
May 19, 2014 - Yesterday Ted's cousin, Daphne, arrived from Athens. This morning the four of us got up very early and went for a walk o...
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May 18 - Cyprus
May 19, 2014 - Today Veda and I struck out on our own. After dropping Ted and his mother off at church, we headed west and drove past L...
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May 17 - Nicosia, Cypress
May 17, 2014 - Today Ted took us on a tour of his home town, Nicosia (called Lefkosia by the Greek Cypriots), the capital of Cyprus.
T...
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May 15 Evening Post
May 15, 2014 - Today was a relaxing day, time to get adjusted to the seven-hour difference.
This afternoon we walked around Larnaca se...
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May 15 - Cyprus
May 15, 2014 - This is my first blog from this trip as I was unable to get internet connections at Pearson or Heathrow Airports.
We'...
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April 4 Photo of the Day
April 04, 2014 - We are currently en route from Vernon to Sudbury, via Milwaukee.
We've had very good driving conditions, with wet roads...
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February 19 Photo of the Day
February 19, 2014 - We just returned from a three-day trip to Sun Peaks, near Kamloops, with Marilyn and Bob Wilkinson.
On Monday we met an...
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January 12 Photo of the Day
January 13, 2014 - Today we drove westward from Missoula, Montana, along I-90. We encountered a fair amount of snow going through Lookout P...
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January 11 Photo of the Day
January 11, 2014 - Today started off nice and sunny, as you can see in this photo I made at Sheridan, Wyoming.
Shortly after we left, we...
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January 10 Photo of the Day
January 10, 2014 - We had another good driving day. We are now in Sheridan, Wyoming. We had beer and wings at this funky pub on the town's...
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January 9 Photo of the Day
January 09, 2014 - Marinette, Wisconsin, this morning was at minus 28C - rather nippy.
We drove over 900 km today and are now in Sioux Fal...
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The Rough Guide to Iceland
July 08, 2013 - I was fortunate to have one of my photos chosen for the cover of the new edition of The Rough Guide to Iceland.
The pho...
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Travelling West - Photo Ops
January 19, 2013 - Driving west in early January can be difficult, especially when it comes to finding photo opportunities. Winter weather...
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Greek Trip - Day 24
September 27, 2012 - The last two days have been well into the 30s. So today we went up to the Acropolis (free admission, I don't know why) e...
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Greek Trip - Day 23
September 26, 2012 - Today was the day of the general strike, and even though you may have seen news clips, we were not aware of any demonstr...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 22
September 25, 2012 - We arrived in Athens last night after a 6 1/2 hour ferry ride from Santorini. Today we are in the midst of a general str...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 21
September 24, 2012 - This was our last full day in the Greek Islands. Veda and Grace went on a volcano and hot springs excursion, which took...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 20
September 23, 2012 - We are now in Fira, the capital of Santorini. This town is also perched on the edge of the caldera, as the attached phot...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 19
September 22, 2012 - Today was a bit cooler, but yet it was sunny and clear. We paid a morning vist to Oia town, then went to Fira (the next...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 18
September 21, 2012 - This morning began at dawn in Oia. Afterwards, we stopped in Fira, the next town along the edge of the caldera, where th...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 17
September 20, 2012 - Hello from fantastic Santorini,
We spent the day in Oia (the Greeks spell it "Ia") this morning and this evening, enjoy...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 16
September 19, 2012 - Today we relaxed in the morning before boarding the ferry to Santorini, with a short stop at Ios. The approach to Santor...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 15
September 18, 2012 - After today's beach session, we drove into Naxos town. We had dinner below the Kastro (castle) on a nice terrace overloo...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 14
September 17, 2012 - Hello from Naxos,
I'm sending this from a beachfront restaurant on Tuesday because I've had problems with Internet acce...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 13
September 16, 2012 - Hello again from the balcony of our guest house in Prokopios, Naxos. Ted and I are here doing this missive and occasiona...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 12
September 15, 2012 - Greetings from Naxos. I'm sending this message while sitting outdoors on a porch next to a road on a windy night. Why, m...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 11
September 14, 2012 - Hello from Mykonos:
Another day enjoying the sights of this town (Hora, which is the name of the main town and port). O...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 10
September 13, 2012 - This was our first full day here, though it seems like we've been here much longer. We spent the day wandering the narro...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 9
September 12, 2012 - Dateline Hora, Mykonos:
We left Syros just before noon today and rode the ferry to Mykonos (about 75 minutes, with one...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 8
September 11, 2012 - Dateline Finikas, Syros:
It was another clear sunny and hot day in the Greek Islands.
We were up and at what we though...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 7
September 10, 2012 - Dateline Finikas, Syros:
Well, we made it through the night voyage, but not without having to endure Greek organization...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 6
September 09, 2012 - Symi, our ferry's first port of call.
Dateline Patmos:
We left Rhodes this morning at 8:30 on the catamaran (a hig...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 5
September 08, 2012 - Dateline Rhodes:
Today was another day like yesterday - sunny, clear, and hot. It was 32C at 9:30 this morning.
We lef...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 4
September 07, 2012 - Hello from Grace and Veda (...and Carl and Ted of course!),
Despite our slow start to the day we were able to see qui...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 3
September 06, 2012 - Dateline Rhodes:
Today was our first full day in the Greek Islands. Seems like we've been here much longer.
We took a...
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Greek Islands Trip - Arrival
September 05, 2012 - Dateline Rhodes:
After a long flight, we landed in Athens this morning, 10:50 local time and 3:20 EDT.
We were met at...
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Photographing in the City
April 11, 2012 - When the weather was not conducive for landscape image making, I decided to search the downtown areas of Vernon for imag...
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