Adventure
Australia Day Ten: My last Day On The Indian Pacific And Finding Out Perth Isn't The Remote Backward City I Thought It Was
Australia Day Ten: My last Day On The Indian Pacific And Finding Out Perth Isn’t The Remote Backward City I Thought It Was
I slept well after our last dinner on the Indian Pacific and awoke shortly before the sunrise the next morning to find our train stopped again. We were waiting to let three long freight trains pass and we were in a position where I again missed the sunrise. We got moving, after the sun was…
Read MoreAustralia Day Thirteen: Planning On Sleeping On My Flight Wasn't A Good Idea, But Seeing The Australian Red Centre Made It All Good.
Australia Day Thirteen: Planning On Sleeping On My Flight Wasn’t A Good Idea, But Seeing The Australian Red Centre Made It All Good.
Well it wasn’t as easy keeping up a daily blog while traveling as I thought it would be . Sorry I am safely home in cold, but beautiful, Northeastern Pennsylvania and will have to relate my experiences from my memory, which isn’t what it used. Glad I kept a journal. Will try and get this…
Read MoreAustralia Day Fourteen: Sunrise In The Outback And A Hike To Kata Tjuta. And Then The Stars.
I slept well my first night in the Australian outback and woke up refreshed well before dawn the next morning. I had booked a tour to the other attraction at this United Nations World Heritage site, Kata Tjuta, which left a 5:15 a.m. I got up earlier to take a look at the morning sky…
Read MoreAustralia Day Fifteen: Uluru 30,000 Years Of Tradition Is Hard To Comprehend And Appreciate In A Day
It was another early start at the Ayers Rock Resort, most activities occur early in the morning and late in the afternoon, avoiding the brutal heat of the central Australian summer afternoon. I decided to explore Uluru on my own. I was going to take the Uluru express shuttle to watch the sunrise and then…
Read MoreAustralia Day Sixteen: Farewell To The Desert Heat, Some Delays, And A Late Night Arrival In Much Cooler Tasmania
I awoke early on my last day in Central Australia, wanting to see the spectacular Milky Way and alignment of planets, one last time before I left this wonderful area. It was worth it and I enjoyed the nighttime sky until it slowly faded in the twilight of the approaching sunrise. Lastly only brilliant Venus…
Read MoreAustralia Day Seventeen. Hobart: Ocean, Boats, Markets, Produce, Flowers, And Beaches. It Was Love At First Sight
As a child, Tasmania was always some far off exotic place, home of that despicable cartoon character from the Bugs Bunny cartoon, the Tasmanian devil. I read a little about the island, off the southern Australian mainland, before my trip and knew there were a lot of forests and wilderness areas but still wasn’t quite…
Read MoreAustralia Day Seventeen: Hobart, Tasmania Part Two. Gardens, Mountains And The Moon.
Well I decided I had to do two posts on my first day in Hobart since there was just so much to see in this beautiful city. After breakfast I walked to the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. I have always loved, flowers, trees and plants and always try and visit the local Botanical Gardens…
Read MoreAustralia Day Eighteen: Tasmania Hobart A Walk Through Downtown And A Ride Through The Country.
I enjoyed my moonlit walk on Saturday night through the docks of Hobart but payed the price on Sunday morning. I slept in and missed the sunrise, something I seldom do on my travels. I had nothing scheduled until a trip to the Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary at 11;30 a.m so I decided to just roam…
Read MoreBonorong Wildlife Sanctuary: Rescuing The Wildlife Of Tasmania And Australia. And Educating Us On It’s Continued Survival
I would much prefer to find, and photograph, the native wildlife in the countries I visit in their native habitat. . There is nothing like watching a penguin or elephant seal on a beach in Antarctica or a lion or elephant roaming the plains of Africa as free as the day it was born. However,…
Read MoreBonorong Wildlife Sanctuary: Rescuing The Wildlife Of Tasmania And Australia. And Educating Us On It's Continued Survival
Australia Day Nineteen: It Does Rain In Australia: Still A Great Morning On Bruny Island, Including A Sighting Of The Rare White Wallaby.
Sorry, no post for a few days, but lot of catching up to do. So back to my Australia trip and my visit to Tasmania. I woke up early the day after my visit to the Bonorong wildlife sanctuary and left my hotels for my tour to Bruny Island. I found out it does…
Read MoreAustralia Day Nineteen: Tasmania Bruny Island – Beaches, Oysters And Chocolate.
Well back to Bruny Island, for those of you who had seen an earlier post about my afternoon on Bruny Island. I had some issues on my blog website and lost the first post. So I am again reflecting on my wonderful afternoon on the island from memory. I ended my last post at the…
Read MoreAustralia Day Twenty: Farewell To Tasmania And On To Melbourne
I woke up early my last day in Hobart to take one last walk along the harbour I had come to love. I was hoping to see a sunrise but was disappointed because of the clouds in the eastern sky. It still was a reflective walk on the piers and docks of this quiet town.…
Read MoreAustralia Day Twenty One: A Morning In Melbourne
Because of my long day visiting the penguins, I slept in a bit on my last full day in Australia. I missed the sunrise, something I rarely do while traveling. I awoke hungry, since I didn’t get a chance to eat the night before, and I had a quick breakfast at the hotel. I again…
Read MoreAustralia Day Twenty Two. A Farewell To Melbourne And Australia, And A Long Journey Home.
I was up before the sun on my last morning in Melbourne, and Australia. I wished I had more time to explore this vast and beautiful country but I began my long journey home on a mid morning flight and I only had time for one more walk. I left the hotel in darkness and…
Read MoreDallas Isn't In The Desert?
Dallas Isn’t In The Desert?
I write this post shortly after I awaken in a city, Dallas, I have hated for almost a half a century. I am a lifelong, diehard Philadelphia Eagles fan, and as any football fan would know, the Dallas Cowboys are our mortal enemies. I am here for a cousin’s wedding and left my favorite, and,…
Read MoreAlways Fun To Explore New Territory, A Hike Over Spring Mountain
It was another overcast and rainy morning here in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it has been cloudy and rainy for over a week. It may clear up tomorrow so I decided I will wait until then to visit my favorite PPL Wetlands to see how Spring is progressing. This morning I decided I’d head back out to…
Read MoreAn Unexpected Adventure: And Work Turns To Pleasure In Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
My Friday plans changed late Thursday afternoon when I volunteered to file some legal papers for my nephew, and partner in my law practice, in the Bucks County Courthouse in Doylestown. Always looking for an excuse to get out of the office I was looking forward to the drive and , I decided, while I…
Read MoreRoaring Creek Trail, Weiser State Forest Hike. A New Playground?
I have to thank my nephew Mikey for introducing me to a new, and beautiful world to hike and explore, only 30 miles from my front door. He had a high school trap shooting event in Elysburg yesterday morning and, although I am not a big gun person, I had to attend and support him…
Read MoreIt Didn't Take Long To Return To The Weiser State Forest.
It Didn’t Take Long To Return To The Weiser State Forest.
After learning about, and hiking in , the Weiser State Forest last Saturday, I knew it wouldn’t be long until I returned. And it wasn’t. I decided to do some more exploration of this area the very next day. It was a sunny and very windy June morning when I arrived at the visitor center…
Read MoreAnother Visit To Doylestown; An Evening At An Enchanted House And So Much More.
I had to file some more legal papers for my nephew and law partner Charles in the Bucks County Courthouse in Doylestown last week. This time I decided to stay overnight in this quaint little historic town in southeastern Pennsylvania, about 90 miles from my home. I learned that the bed and breakfast at Highland Farm…
Read MoreA Weekend Of Swamps, Soldiers And Summer Weather In Northeastern Pennsylvania
We had near perfect Summer weather this past weekend here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Hazy, hot and humid with some thunderstorms on Saturday and a bit less humid but still sunny and hot on Sunday. And of course I had to get outside and enjoy it. I spent both day hiking in the PPL Wetlands and…
Read MoreBoiling Springs: A Perfect Place If You Like Nature, History, Culture, Or All Three.
I had planned to take my nephew Mike fishing out in Montana this Summer, but had to change those plans for number of reasons. I told him, instead of taking that , trip I would take him fishing anywhere in Pennsylvania. I was hoping to head into the mountains of northern Pennsylvania. He is a…
Read MoreMore Of My Short Visit to Boiling Springs, And Gettysburg , I Will Be Back, So Much More To See.
Back to my recent visit to Boiling Springs and Southern Pennsylvania. We were up early on Saturday morning, my nephew to try to catch some trout in the famous Yellow Breeches, and me to explore the quiet and quaint town of Boiling Springs. It was a warm and muggy morning and a mist formed over…
Read MoreAfrica 2016: Days 1 And 2: A Long Flight To Arabia And A Quick Tour Of Doha Qatar.
As some of you who follow my blog and Facebook posts may know, there is a lot going on in my life these days which has prevented me from posting on my blog. It also had me a little unprepared for my recent trip to Africa. I usually read about my destinations and try to…
Read MoreAfrica 2016: Day 3 And 4: Another Long Flight To The Center Of Africa, Kigali, Rwanda
I awoke before 5 a.m again on Tuesday morning in Doha, as we had an early flight to Kigali, Rwanda. The sun was again rising through the mist as we drove to the modern Doha airport. Temperatures at night were still near 80 degrees in the Arabian desert, even this close to the sea. At…
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