View from the North
I haven’t had a chance to read all the pages yet, but what I’ve read so far has been fascinating! I’m talking about a first person trip report posted by someone who recently … Read more
Travel
More Fun with GPS
A while back I mentioned the sport of geocaching, which involves using one’s GPS receiver to try and locate cleverly hidden objects hidden ostensibly in plain sight. From our friends in the UK … Read more
Takin’ it Easy
Spent a pleasant and relaxing weekend down in Monterey. Had good meals at both Phil’s Fishmarket on the way down, and tried Monterey Joe’s for dinner. M-Joe’s was about what you’d expect from … Read more
Knock Me Over With a Feather!
I recently joined a photo sharing and review site known as photoSIG. I uploaded an image that family and friends have commented favorably upon, steeled for all manner of negative comments, or perhaps … Read more
London by Night
Click on the image for more information, or view a much larger version of the image. Digging deeper, it turns out there is an entire NASA site devoted to displaying photographs of Earth, … Read more
Around the World with Mike Pugh
Vagabonding.com chronicles the solo, one year, round-the-world journey of Mike Pugh, an optimist from Chicago, USA. As of this writing, Mike has been on the road for 143 days and is visiting Varanasi, … Read more
Escape to SeaEscape
We recently spent a nice long weekend at SeaEscape, near Elk on the Mendocino coast. SeaEscape is a private vacation rental, perched on a cliff directly above the Pacific ocean. The house features … Read more
Scavenger Hunting for Grownups (aka Geocaching)
We spent the afternoon driving home from our stay near Elk (near Mendocino) by visiting a number of spots that we probably wouldn’t have known about were it not for the new outdoor … Read more
Eye Candy for the Holidays
From Mena’s dollarshort site comes an excellent link to a site that has over 30 different full-screen panoramic photos (Quicktime required). Many of these rich, beautiful, inspiring images rotate up and down in … Read more
The California Coast from the Air
A variety of things had to come together to realize this dream, but once they did, the results are amazing! You can easily spend hours looking at these fascinating arial photos of the … Read more