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Wild Bill Bar

Wild Bill Bar

Posted on September 4, 2021September 12, 2021 by jim

I had visuals of Deadwood, South Dakota being full of historic Wild Wild West, but the Wild Bill Bar was the only thing…

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Family Fun Finale

Family Fun Finale

Posted on June 22, 2021July 6, 2021 by jim

All good things must come to an end – 9 states, 36 days and 4,630 miles later we resurface in the mountains of…

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Eastbound Driving

Eastbound Driving

Posted on May 20, 2021June 11, 2021 by jim

Lots of little stops that don’t warrant their own photo album. Chimney Rock, Nebraska – one of the most documented waypoints on the…

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Oberstaufen Cows

Oberstaufen Cows

Posted on October 11, 2020October 20, 2020 by jim

When you’re in Bavaria, you simply must take cow photos! Why? Because they’re there! And they’re very photogenic. And they’re curious. And the…

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Einodsbach Bavaria

Einodsbach Bavaria

Posted on October 10, 2020October 17, 2020 by jim

Einodsbach is listed as "the charming little village at the end of the road", so of course we had to go there! A…

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Breitachklamm Gorge

Breitachklamm Gorge

Posted on October 10, 2020October 17, 2020 by jim

Another Oberstdorf must-do is hiking up the Breitachklamm. A deep gorge that starts flat enough, and quickly becomes tall and narrow. With the…

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Herrsching and Andechs Germany

Herrsching and Andechs Germany

Posted on October 3, 2020October 4, 2020 by jim

We picked Herrsching to round out our Ammersee weekend for one big reason – the Andechs Monastery biergarten! There are few attractions in…

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Landsberg am Lech Germany

Landsberg am Lech Germany

Posted on October 1, 2020October 4, 2020 by jim

We put Landsberg am Lech on our map strictly because it was a small town between Augsburg and Fussen. And we’re so glad…

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Koblenz Germany

Koblenz Germany

Posted on September 20, 2020October 16, 2020 by jim

Koblenz – the final stop on our Rhine River Cruise. Koblenz gets its name from the Latin word confluentes – the confluence of…

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Mainz Germany

Mainz Germany

Posted on September 18, 2020October 11, 2020 by jim

We had to drop the car off outside Frankfurt, so we figured we would make a weekend of it. We had seen plenty…

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Ljubljana Slovenia

Ljubljana Slovenia

Posted on September 3, 2020October 4, 2020 by jim

A fitting end to our time in Slovenia, Ljubljana fits our idea of a classic European city. From the river running through the…

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Piran Slovenia

Piran Slovenia

Posted on September 2, 2020September 27, 2020 by jim

We had originally planned on spending time along Croatia’s coast, but with COVID closures that was not to be. That ended up being…

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Koper Slovenia

Koper Slovenia

Posted on September 1, 2020September 27, 2020 by jim

A quick stop on our trip from Lake Bled to Piran. We knew it would be a short stop, but since it was…

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Smartno Slovenia

Smartno Slovenia

Posted on September 1, 2020September 26, 2020 by jim

A beautiful little wine village in the hills between Lake Bled and Piran on the coast. We had read about this area of…

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Slovenian Car Train

Slovenian Car Train

Posted on September 1, 2020July 21, 2021 by jim

Sometimes the quickest way to get from Point A to Point B is to drive your car onto a flatbed train and get…

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Lake Bohinj Slovenia

Lake Bohinj Slovenia

Posted on September 1, 2020September 17, 2020 by jim

We knew that Lake Bohinj in Triglav National Park was on our hot list, as we had read that it was a much…

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Hiking Vintgar Gorge

Hiking Vintgar Gorge

Posted on August 31, 2020September 15, 2020 by jim

Filled with small waterfalls, rapids, and erosion potholes, the Vintgar Gorge is a 1600m long spectacle of nature. With gloomy skies, we loaded…

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Lake Bled Slovenia

Lake Bled Slovenia

Posted on August 30, 2020September 14, 2020 by jim

Lake Bled is the Tahoe of Europe. Slovenia, and Lake Bled in particular were never on our Go-See-Do list until I heard people…

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Break in the Clouds

Break in the Clouds

Posted on August 29, 2020 by jim

Rain, rain, rain all day – but a quick break in the weather gave me a chance to get up and do a…

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Salzburg Austria

Salzburg Austria

Posted on August 28, 2020September 9, 2020 by jim

Salzburg is the first stop on our extended Austria-Slovenia holiday. Best known as where Mozart was born, you can visit his geburtshaus (birthplace)…

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Prague by Night

Prague by Night

Posted on August 16, 2020August 24, 2020 by jim

As with most of Europe’s Great Cities, Prague is simply amazing at night! Multicolor lighting and grandiose architecture create an eye-pleasing display that…

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