http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Rosadon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Rosadon en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:58:53 +0000 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:58:53 +0000 This will conclude our 3week Greece exeperience. Breathtaking at every turn it seems this final leg of our journey left deep impressions. Perhaps the pictures can tell the tale. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Thessaly/Meteora/blog-334706.html Delphi is a startling and beautiful city on the mountain http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/blog-334438.html Our final 4 days would be spent with Chatours with about 18 people on a bit larger bus. Gianis would be our directore and guide. Adonis would be our driver. There seemed to be several hours a day driving from point to point with frequent bathroom and lunch breaks. But each stop along the way seemed to bring new levels of awe and wonder. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Olympia/blog-334345.html Our general feeling for Crete was that we needed more time to fully appreciate it. The impression is that it can be quite selfsufficient with it's resources and that the beaches and resting places for tourists need to be discovered by us. Alas that may never happen but I think Crete might be a great vacation destination in and of itself. I've learned that some of my Hiraklion Crete pictures we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Crete/Chania/blog-334322.html I lost the thread of my blogging because some of the pictures failed to download. I won't attempt to regain my ground but will include some pictures that pertain to our last day in Santorini and the first day in Hiraklion Crete.Some of our nicest pictures are here. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-334300.html Our 2hour dash on the Cat 4 Hydrofoil was a bit harrowing. In contract to the smooth journey between Mykonos and Santorini this leg of our trip was rough. Rose despite her good doses of Gravol was quite green by arrival at Kiraklion Crete. Apparently the sea was very rough in that dark trip and we must have run through some squalls. Anyway we were very grateful for our hotels that night. Mo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Crete/blog-333782.html Our much anticipated hydrofoil boat trip from Mykonos to Santorini proved to be very smooth fast and enjoyable. Those powerful vessels are a marvel to me carrying several hundred passengers with luggage in relative comfort especially if you have reserved seats. Unfortunately there is no exploring on the deck of the fast boat so one misses most of the beauty of the island stops along the way. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-333351.html Just more Mykonos pictures http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-333356.html We came to Mykonos by slow crowded ferry from the Piraeus Port by Athens on Sept 20th Saturday. A cool weather front accompanied us and made the otherisland stops along teh way less scenic enroute and couped us up inside most of the 5hour journey. It will seem strange but I blame that crowded vessel and noisy Greek language all around for my slightly troublesome cold that devloped in Mykonos. T http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-332733.html That title line is probably old and sick but I use it anyway. Unfortunately we are home without having been able to post any blog information because we simply could not arrange the download of pictures that I would have liked. So I'm going to build that journey in 2 or 3 day stages by locale as we visitied Athens first then hopped islands then returned to the mainland for a 2nd 4day tour. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-325597.html Baseball has always been a featured sport in our community. Over the last four years the old baseball stadium has been totally renewed through the motivational efforts of a few individuals linked with a great deal of work by volunteers and committees. A baseball acadamy has been inaugurated in our high school and is attracting great players. The Acadamy team the Vauxhall Jets has received great http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Lethbridge/blog-308075.html 100 years as a community were celebrated this past weekend at Barnwell Rose's old hometown. July 24th is the Mormon Pioneer Commemoration as well so this event was celebrated by family reunions and much reminiscing. The sun was shining. The temperature was 30 F or about 90 F. We enjoyed seeing many old friends here. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/blog-305724.html Just a few pictures that show this patch of 'badlands' in the middle of the prairie near Hays Alberta. Included are Rose with daughter Julie and Grandkids Cohen Brenna Grace James Jadie and escorted by Grandpa Don. Our daughterinlaw Janine volunteered stay home and to look after Julie's one yearold Jaryn while the rest of us made this evening journey. The road in to this spot was rea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/blog-304004.html Last evening we were struck with a fierce rain wind and hail storm. Our damage is illustrated in the pictures as attached. While it is disappointing to lose our hobby garden it is a huge loss to the farmers in our area. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/blog-300803.html Yesterday I spent a fair amount of time cleaning up the weeds in the garden and admiring how well it all looked. The corn has been growing by leaps and bounds these last few days with lots of sun and heat. However my self satisfaction turned to fear as a churning weather front approached. I scurried to find a couple old wash tubs and some other things to cover a few treasured tomato and cucumber http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/blog-297195.html A few 'around home' pictures just for fun. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/blog-291045.html It is a world of contrasts. While we were away in Washington they had some lovely weather here with one day at 80 F. But now that we're back home yesterday a spring blizzard blew in with quite a lot of snow and now temperatures around 10 F. The storm is bad enough that some events were cancelled including church services today. It is good time to publish a blog or two. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/blog-268362.html Here is a lovely spring visit to the Olympic Peninsula west of Seattle WA USA. We enjoyed this special time with our daughter two granddaughters and many 'critters' but mainly dog Shadow and the cats. I show a few of the neat things we saw and enjoyed there. Tami is a young widow for nearly 5 years now and she has raised her three daughters through high school and out into the world. She is http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Port-Townsend/blog-268335.html Easter and Grandkids nothing better. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Edmonton/blog-260448.html Greatgrandma Ruth was born on March 9th 1909. We celebrated with the part of the family able to attend. For family information here are the individuals identified as best I can. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-254842.html