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I recently revisited a set of photos from our all night Dia de Muertos excursion to the villages around Patzcuaro MX back in 2009. With today’s improved image processing software, I’ve been able to bring these way more to life than I was able to back 15 years ago. So worthwhile to revisit raw files […]

The most popular hike/trek on Madeira is the Pico do Arieiro to the Pico Ruivo. Walker and I tackled it on our second day there because the weather window looked great. Most advice is to get there before sunrise so you can be on the trail as the sun is coming up. We woke at

Wow. I was only a little bit familiar with Gaudi and am now trying to figure out how I missed out all these years. I guess it’s because I have never really been to Barcelona! (Quick half day in transit in the 80’s). At any rate…the Sagrada Familia is insane…I had no preconceived notions at

So we didn’t know that we were going to be in Amsterdam for Tulip Season. We didn’t know what Keukenhof was. It’s like and American not knowing what Disneyland is. Wow…the whole thing was impressive. We missed the peak by 10 days, but there were still 25K people there that day. About 1/3 of the

This is our first repositioning cruise, and actually our first big cruise ship trip in a while. We did a short 3 day Caribbean cruise about 10 years ago, and I remember the boat being nice, but nothing super memorable. This Celebrity Silhouette boat is pretty swanky – but again we don’t have much to

We had a weekend in Ft. Lauderdale before jumping on the Celebrity Silhouette Atlantic crossing…and we had a lot of fun. Found a great restaurant right near our place and ended up going there twice we liked the atmosphere so much. Same location, great bakery/coffee in the morning and healthy juice place Katy-corner. Great finds.

Dec 2023 – Cindy and I planned a 4 day ride on the famous Central Otago Rail Trail. Wow, we got lucky with the weather for an awesome springtime ride and it sparked our need for planning more bike rides around the world.

Jan 2023 – We joined a group of friends on a winter Costa Rican getaway for a week. Biggest surprise – the colors we experienced, especially our nightly sunset shows. We rented a single home up in the hills above Dominical, which came with an outstanding chef that prepared 2 meals a day – for

A fantastic trip, many moons ago now. Organized by Henry Wilds of Adventure Travel Institute in Northern Calif, it proved to be a photographic goldmine. I had secured a gallery show at the Piedmont Center of the Arts before the trip, so I was extra motivated to capture the spirit and essence of the people