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Waipu – Nova Scotia’s New Zealand Connection
In my first post from New Zealand I gave a number of reasons why, in visiting this amazing country for the first time, I recommended travelling with Canadian tour company Adventures Abroad. At the same time, I suggested that this was a country that was quite amenable to exploring on one’s own which is exactly […]
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New Zealand with Adventures Abroad
Alison and I just returned from five weeks in New Zealand and we both agree that it may very well be the nicest country we have ever had the privilege of setting foot in. The combination of the fantastic scenery, the genuinely friendly people including the Maori culture, the unique wildlife, the great food and […]
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Chicago River Cruise – Architecture Abounds
This is my final post from the November 2024 road trip to Arizona and back and the way things are going in MAGA land, maybe the last ever from there. In the previous two posts we visited Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis and then Abraham Lincoln’s home and tomb in Springfield, Illinois. After […]
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Lincoln Home and Tomb in Springfield, Illinois
As Alison and I continue our journey back to Nova Scotia from Arizona, we have just a few more stops to make. Our last one was at Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, Missouri. Our next will be in the Illinois state capital city of Springfield where we will have a guided tour of […]
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Gateway Arch National Park
In the last post from our November 2024 trip to Arizona Alison and I visited the frontier towns of Tombstone and Bisbee. It was our last day in the Grand Canyon State and it had indeed been a grand visit, but alas it was now time to head back to Canada. We started out the […]
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Tombstone – Deadliest Town in the West
This is my tenth and final post from a November, 2024 trip to Arizona and it will feature one of the most famous and deadly towns in the American West, the very aptly named Tombstone. In the last post we visited the truly amazing pinnacle rock formations of Chiricahua National Monument. Aside from being a […]
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Chiricahua National Monument – Geronimo’s Last Stand
This is my ninth post from a trip to Arizona that Alison and I took in November 2024, and the second to feature Arizona’s National Monuments. In the first we visited Walnut Canyon and Montezuma Castle National Monuments. In this post we’ll visit Chiricahua National Monument which is famous for its amazing rock pinnacles and […]
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
This is my eighth post from our November 2024 visit to Arizona and, given the title, one might be confused, as didn’t I just write one about a Sonoran Desert Museum in Phoenix? Yes I did, but that was the Desert Botanical Garden which specialized in the cacti and other plants native to the Sonoran […]
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Starr Pass GC – Coyote & Rattler Hole-by-Hole
After a delightful six day stay in Scottsdale where Alison and I played the Raptor Course at Grayhawk and the Saguaro Course at We-Ko-Pa it was time to move on to our next golf destination, the J.W.Marriott at Starr Pass in Tucson. We will be here for three nights and use it as a base […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz