Seafoam Lodge Redux
In what may become an annual tradition, we spent our second Labor Day weekend up at the Seafoam Lodge on the Mendocino coast. As noted last year, Seafoam is a great place to … Read more
Travel
Earth From the Air
Interesting aerial photos of a variety of Earth’s natural features are on display at a free, open-air exhibition in the gardens of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London. Click the image below … Read more
Around the World in 4 Years!
Four years ago, Erin and Chris quit their jobs, sold their apartment and made plans to tour the world. Theirs wasn’t just to be a quick whirlwind tour; no, they were going to … Read more
Endings and Beginnings
Three weeks, 5000 miles and 1200 photos later, we’re back from our visit to Kansas, where we had a great time! As reflected in this journal, we took our time both coming and … Read more
Great Kansas Photo Site
One of the nice surprises related to my recent geocaching activities was the discovery of an excellent Kansas photo site. Created by Glen Soldan, Our Kansas!, is a great resource for anyone looking … Read more
Home, We’re on Our Way Home!
We started home about 3:30pm Monday, leaving due west on US 56 out of McPherson. We had an uneventful drive, arriving in Lamar Colorado, around 8pm; well in time for the sunset: The … Read more
Faris Caves
The Faris Caves are man-made caves hand-carved into a sandstone cliff near the Smokey Hill River in North Central Kansas near Kanopolis Lake. We visited there after a day of geocaching, though we … Read more
Smokey Hill River Bridges
One of the things I love about this area is the Smokey Hill River. It used to be that many of the bridges in the area were of the old iron design depicted … Read more
Kansas Wheat Harvest 2003
The wheat harvest in Kansas is turning out to be the best one in 3 years. The impact on a small town is chronicled in this story which helps underscore how important agriculture … Read more