thanks for sharing i found your blog a while back after seeing you post on travelblog . . . i also have a blog on the site and have always enjoyed your blogs - thanks for sharing and keep them coming!
safe travels and enjoy this latest adventure!
what a handsome couple Well, glad you make it! The scenery is beautiful and Donna I wish I was in the chair next to you having a cup of coffee.
love, your sister
Bo Voyage Ahoy there Donna and Allan.
As you two sail the seas, I am raising a toast and wishing you'll bon voyage.
I only just discovered "travelblog" (Oh no...don't ask where I've been hiding?) I guess we all learn something new everyday.
I've never been able to travel, but that won't stop me from admiring and appreciating all those who do.
At least through your lovely blogs we will learn even more about this beautiful world we live in.
Looking forward to some more lovely pictures from you.
Christine, you'll have to check directly with Sunglow Ranch. I'm a travel writer, not a travel provider. Hope they have availability. It's a beautiful place.
september 11 Hello we are looking for a beautiful spot and you were recommended - for the evening/day of september 11-12, for a picnic/sleep one night
please let me know if you are available
Black Canyon of the Gunnison My husband and I will be touring in Colorado in the middle of September and we have scheduled a stop at both the North Rim and the South Rim of the Canyon. We enjoy visiting touristy places but try to do it without too many tourists!! Can't wait to see the Black Canyon and am so glad you stated that the road on the north side is good. Thanks!
Thanks, Brian, for informing me about skunk cabbage vs False Hellebore. Why are most poisonous plants so beautiful? At least I think this is beautiful. I guess the moral is be careful which skunk cabbage leaves you pick in Yankee Boy Basin. Readers, please don't poison yourselves.
Skunk Cabbage Actually, the picture shown here for skunk cabbage is actually FALSE HELLEBORE, a poisonous plant who's flower resembles western skunk cabbage, and who's leaves vaguely resemble all foetidus (skunk cabbage). Foetidus does not have corrugated leaves, and are much rounder in all varieties not elongated and narrow. Skunk cabbage is edible and usefull as medicine, where as False Hellebore is just poison. Do no be confused on this as both do stink.
Hi Let me know when you are in China and Vietnam...I spend a lot of time every month in Shanghai and Saigon...would be fun to meet for a drink! Waiting to read more of your entries. Peter
Peter, I'm slowly finishing up South African adventures from this trip, which include a cruise from Cape Town to Rio. Stay tuned for new adventures this fall when I'll be reporting on Alaska, Siberia, Japan, China and Viet Nam. Thanks for reading.
One Shark Is Enough What an adventure! Thanks for sharing this blog with us. I don't have the nerve to do what Ted and Mike did, but I can experience it vicariously through your blog. Cheers!
Hi! Did the same thing 11 months ago. Sad to read you saw only one shark. I had the chance to stay in the cage for 3 times 20 minutes...and it was quite amazing. But glad you enjoyed your hotel! Where is your next blog from? Peter
Great Blog Hi, going through some of your entries lately. This one is amazing...and it's clearly on my to do list one of these days...thanks a lot for the pics! Peter
Great blog! I see we enjoy a lot of the same things in life...can't wait to see your sharks pics. Went twice in around Hermanus...an love the place. I did the sharks in Aug 2008 and it was amazing...Birkenhead seems to be a gorgeous place.
Ok, you caught me with an unfinished blog. This week, I'll work on the remaining posts. From safari to Brazil, with a stop at Napoleon's island prison.
What happened next? I love reading your blogs, but.....what happened next? Was that the end of your trip? Weren't you supposed to sail to South America?
Xmas 2008 My husband, son, and I just returned from a very wintery holiday!! While there was no, or minimal snow, in Alpine, snow began to blow and get thicker as we climbed the gradual 1000' elevation to the Meadows! By the time we settled in our comfy Leopold cabin, the winds were gusting, and within 24 hours, the road was impassable, closed even! We were stranded! Yes!!!!! It was lovely to watch the drifts grow and grow--measuing the inches (feet) of snow by how they measured by your neighboring cabin's rock and stone chimney. Although we were isolated and alone in the world for over one day, the plows finanally came thru (pooh) and we emerged from our cabin to a winter wonderland. Blue never looked so blue--the sky was sapphire. The whiteness was blinding and so pristine. We snowshoed and XC skiied. My body, none to gently, reminded me that I was not 20 any more, but it was so wonderful to escape to a winter wonderland, similar to that I grew up in. We live in St. David, AZ--only 3 1/2 hours away, but it was everything this Maine girl needed for Christmas!!
The travel bug is like an itch you can't quite scratch. We call it itchy feet. St. Augustine of Hippo, put it more eloquently, "The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only one page."
Come join us as we read the pages in our travel book and scratch our itchy feet!
I blog about baby boomer travel too. You can read more at: myitchytravelfeet
... full info
karen
non-member comment
thanks for sharing
i found your blog a while back after seeing you post on travelblog . . . i also have a blog on the site and have always enjoyed your blogs - thanks for sharing and keep them coming! safe travels and enjoy this latest adventure!