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Good day for an explosion

Good day for an explosion

Posted on February 3, 2013May 5, 2021 by colette

It’s not every day you get to see a power plant implode, so I rolled out of bed at o’dark thirty and joined…

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The Big Island, Hawaii

The Big Island, Hawaii

Posted on December 1, 2012July 17, 2021 by colette

We arrived on “the Big Island” mid-day on an easy inter-island flight through Honolulu.  After stopping for groceries and getting settled in we…

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Relax, you’re not on the mainland

Relax, you’re not on the mainland

Posted on November 25, 2012March 25, 2020 by colette

It’s a fitting message and one we saw on a bumper sticker our first day driving around Hawaii’s oldest island, Kauai.  And with…

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Jojoba Hills in Aguanga, CA

Jojoba Hills in Aguanga, CA

Posted on November 15, 2012October 20, 2022 by colette

My routine most mornings here has been to go for a walk and listen to a podcast to get the blood flowing in…

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Like kids in a giant sandbox

Like kids in a giant sandbox

Posted on October 5, 2012March 25, 2020 by colette

5:30 a.m. – 81 degrees.   It must be the desert air, or maybe the extra oxygen at this elevation.   After getting…

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Sunset at Mesquite Flat Dunes, Death Valley

Sunset at Mesquite Flat Dunes, Death Valley

Posted on October 4, 2012May 9, 2021 by colette

6:30 p.m. – 103 degrees.   When I think of desert, I think of sand.  Surprisingly less than 1% of the valley is…

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Zabriskie Point and Rhyolite, Death Valley

Zabriskie Point and Rhyolite, Death Valley

Posted on October 3, 2012March 25, 2020 by colette

9:30 a.m. – 91 degrees buy cialis online without prescription .  It’s a good thing we got an early start to our day,…

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Artists Palette, Death Valley

Artists Palette, Death Valley

Posted on October 2, 2012September 30, 2020 by colette

8:30 a.m. – 89 degrees in the WORK FROM NO HOME shade.   Only in Death Valley National Park.   The Artists Palette…

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Devil’s Golf Course, Death Valley

Devil’s Golf Course, Death Valley

Posted on October 1, 2012March 25, 2020 by colette

It’s hard to imagine a lake 30 feet deep once covered the valley floor here at Devil’s Golf Course and Badwater Basin.   …

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Badwater Basin Sunrise

Badwater Basin Sunrise

Posted on September 30, 2012July 21, 2021 by colette

Desert Sun – Badwater Basin We enjoy the morning sunrise in the Badwater Basin area of Death Valley National Park. 5 a.m. –…

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Driving the road to hell

Driving the road to hell

Posted on September 29, 2012March 25, 2020 by colette

OK, we didn’t drive all the way to hell, just to the gate: Death Valley National Park.  Traveling in on Highway 190 from…

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Devils Postpile National Monument, CA

Devils Postpile National Monument, CA

Posted on September 27, 2012March 25, 2020 by colette

Our time at Mono Lake was so beautiful, between the ideal boondocking spot overlooking Mono Lake and 70’s/40’s temperatures, it was very  hard…

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Bodie, California

Bodie, California

Posted on September 25, 2012March 25, 2020 by colette

We struck gold in Bodie!  Yes, pun very much intended.  As far as ghost towns go, this one is a jackpot. The only…

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Tschuss Germany

Tschuss Germany

Posted on September 16, 2012March 26, 2020 by colette

With our time in Germany drawing to a close, we spent the final night of our three week stay in Frankfurt to be…

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Bad Durkheim, Germany

Bad Durkheim, Germany

Posted on September 15, 2012September 28, 2020 by colette

This is the best Wurstmarkt we’ve ever been to! Of course, it also happens to be the only one.    What drew us…

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Strasbourg, France

Strasbourg, France

Posted on September 9, 2012March 26, 2020 by colette

Today we joined thousands of others visiting the classic tourist sites in Strasbourg, France.    This city of about 275,000 people is in…

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Labor Day in Netherlands – Belgium – Germany

Labor Day in Netherlands – Belgium – Germany

Posted on September 5, 2012March 26, 2020 by colette

It’s striking to me that immediately outside the cities we’ve visited there are fields and pastures, not urban sprawl.    It’s so beautiful…

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Maastricht, The Netherlands

Maastricht, The Netherlands

Posted on September 4, 2012March 26, 2020 by colette

After a scenic two hour drive from Vianden, Luxembourg we arrived in Maastricht, the Netherlands and for Jim, we might as well have…

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Vianden, Luxembourg

Vianden, Luxembourg

Posted on September 2, 2012March 26, 2020 by colette

Today we are planning on the fly and if you’ve traveled with us you know that’s not what we typically do.  Our target…

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Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Posted on September 1, 2012March 26, 2020 by colette

By mid-afternoon we were satisfied with our highlights of Trier, Germany and drove about an hour southwest to Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.  Three languages…

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Trier, Germany

Trier, Germany

Posted on September 1, 2012July 21, 2021 by colette

We’re back in Germany, in a small town in Southeastern Germany called Landstuhl.  That means back into history, real history.  Our morning drive…

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