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North America » United States » Michigan » Kalamazoo September 17th 2023

We left our base in Ohio to head to Kalamazoo for nephew Addison's marriage to his love Kari. It was a lovely ceremony and reception. Fun time with some of our family before we head west. Kalamazoo, which means "boiling water" or "reflecting" is the original home of the Upjohn Co., Stryker Corp, Checker Motors Corp. (cab maker), and Gibson Guitars. We camped at Markin Glen County Park. We enjoyed a walk around the lake and the sound of trains on a nearby track.... read more
Bride & Groom
Beautiful sisters
Bride and her parents

North America » United States » Tennessee September 16th 2023

DAY 12: This morning we only had 10 mins before we were onto a gnarly, rocky track. We were on this track for around 20 miles before turning onto a faster gravel road which a grader was fixing worse. The grader had churned the road up into a slippery mess. Slipping and sliding on this track we encountered Hunters in 4wds who we making exceptionally slow progress. We gradually managed to work our way past them. This was probably one of the most slippery gravel tracks I have ridden on this trip without adopting a horizontal position. Later in the day we encountered closed roads with a major detour albeit on good roads. We worked our way around the road closures and stopped in Tellicoe Plains Tennessee for lunch. We checked around for accommodation and found ... read more
Brenton relaxing in Bed
Meeting 4WD on a slippery narrow track.
Keith Slides through

North America » United States » Maine » Freeport September 16th 2023

Today was a travel day from the Fairfield Inn at Amesbury to the Kindle house BNB at Freeport. We were in no particular hurry since this was the worst day for hurricane Lee, and travel was to be challenging. Actually, we were supposed to be driving during the worst wind and rain of the storm. We had a leisurely breakfast at the hotel before packing the car in a light rain. Before we were finished the rain let up and we didn’t see rain the rest of the day. We did, however, see and feel the effects of wind. It was only a 2 Hour Drive to our next place to stay so we had planned on doing some sightseeing and shopping. Years ago I was at Kittery, Maine and I wanted to stop there again. ... read more
Church Signpost
Sign at Fort McClary
Stone Wall from 1800’s


Wenn wir sagen sollten, wodurch man Yellowstone am besten beschreiben kann, würden wir sagen: Bisons und Geisire. Während wir anfangs nur einzelne Bisons entdeckt haben, haben wir inzwischen auch diverse große Gruppen von Bisons gesehen. Besonders große Herden findet man, wie zu erwarten, auf großen offenen Grasflächen, kleinere sind auch an und auf der Straße unterwegs, und einzelne Tiere findet man fast überall. Heute ist einer im Geisir-Becken direkt am General Store vorbei getrottet. Das heißt jedoch nicht, dass sie zahm wären; aber so lange der Abstand zu Menschen mindestens 25 Meter beträgt, bleiben sie gelassen. Wapitis haben wir ebenfalls schon in großer Zahl gesehen, sie sind aber nicht so allgegenwärtig wie die Bisons. Wolf, Bär und Elch machen sich noch rar, und das wird aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach auch so bleiben. An der Vielzahl an Geisiren ... read more
30-minütiger Stau wegen Bisons
Noch mal Grand Geysir in Aktion
Punch Bowl Spring

North America » United States » New York » Niagara Falls September 15th 2023

USA Today: In July 2023, we analyzed 23.2 million Google reviews of the 500 most popular tourist attractions in the world, spanning 65 countries in six continents. For each attraction, we asked a simple question: How frequently do the reviews mention the terms “tourist trap,” “overrated” or “expensive”? ... read more
Get an eye full?
Love train stations
Oktoberfest is a must!

North America » United States » California » Napa Valley September 15th 2023

"I only drink champagne on two occasions, when I am in love, and when I am not" -Coco Chanel (how true!) Older article from Winespeed about champagne and sparkling wines. To celebrate today’s 234th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille (a turning point in the French Revolution), consider popping open one of the most beautiful Champagne bottles ever designed—Perrier-Jouët’s Art Nouveau-style “flower bottle.” Decorated with enameled anemones, the bottle was first designed in 1902 by glassmaker Emile Gallé as an homage to La Belle ... read more
Domaine Carneros spread
Love Taittinger

North America » United States » North Carolina September 15th 2023

We are now back on the TAT (Trans American Trail) after leaving the TAT extension which was more road riding. The TAT is real adventure riding, gravel, tracks, challenging & sometimes more navigationally confusing. Day 11: Great gravel forestry roads in the morning and these wound on & off the Blue Ridge Parkway which follows the ridge through the Smokey Mountains. This is also part of the Eastern continental divide. We stopped at a viewing point at around 1600m altitude for a break and some great photos of the view. As we re-started Keith found his bike had a rear puncture. Brenton removed the wheel and changed the tube in quick time while everyone else supervised and added helpful comments. Back on the route we diverted to the town of Ashville, phoned a BMW dealer who ... read more
Mike Rides Past
Brenton Showboats

North America » United States » Massachusetts September 15th 2023

Todays goal was finding Jeff and Maria’s Ice Cream Shoppe. Somehow it came up on my Facebook several Months ago. When I looked it up I found it was only 17 miles from where we were spending the night. As everyone knows, I’m always up for a new ice cream place and their hot dogs looked pretty good too! This was simply a travel day. We couldn’t find accommodations in Newport that would last through Friday because if the boat show. We couldn’t find accommodations in Freeport that would start on Friday. So I found a place in between and we planned to explore the area. The drive to Heff and Maria’s was great. It was like driving state roads in West Virginia….very scenic. The trouble is , it’s impossible to take pictures while driving!! This ... read more
Jeff and Maria’s Ice Cream
Jeff and Marias
My philosophy

North America » United States » Rhode Island » Newport September 14th 2023

Our condo was so nice and huge! We made our own breakfast at our leisure! The view from the deck was gorgeous. Ed got up real early hoping to take a picture of the sunrise over the water, but learned we were going to get to see the sunset….the sunrise was on the other side of our building!!! Following breakfast we’d took off to go tour The Breakers, one of the beautiful mansions you could visit here in Newport. In the mid 1800’s wealthy southern planters seeking to beat the heat began to build their summer “cottages” along Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Several years later wealthy northerners began building larger mansions nearby. By the turn of the century many of the nations wealthiest families were spending their summers in Newport. They included the Vanderbilts, who built ... read more
Cruise ship in harbor
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Hydrangea

North America » United States » Maine » Northeast Harbor September 14th 2023

Today we said our fond farewells to the beautiful city of Boston; we have seen and done so much and we are very sad to be moving on, but as the saying goes, 'Time waits for no Man' and we have an itinerary to follow! But as the Bee Gees sang in their massive number one of 1968, 'I feel I'm going back to Massachusetts' and hopefully we might well do some day. Before we leave, Steve and I had an important task to perform, namely to pick up our rental car from the airport. When we originally booked the car (through Rental Cars.Com), we could have collected the vehicle from downtown, but for some reason the price was significantly higher, so we went for an airport pick up and even doing so a few days ... read more
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