It took me about 21 hours to get here – 15 hours to Taipei, a 3 hour layover, then another 3 hours into Hanoi. I was glad to get to my hotel room and grab a shower and a nap. I’m staying near the train… Read More
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Storm King photo-walk
It’s difficult to convey the scope of the Storm King Art Center. There is simply so much there and from different areas of the grounds you see the sculpures in different ways in relation to the landscape around them. I snapped quite a few pictures… Read More
Rockbridge Ramblings
There is nothing like an Old Time music festival. It’s a much different thing than most music festivals, which are all about watching performances by a line-up of acts doing their thing. I know to some of my Toronto friends, Old Time music is some… Read More
Roadtrip
I like roadtrips. I’m no longer so interested in the crazy and grueling drive to Cody Wyoming in 36 hours kind of roadtrips I used to do with my buddy East Texas Red, back when we were pretty serious about chasing trout with a fly… Read More
Electrician’s bad dream
I snapped this photo when we were in Saigon. We were walking from the war museum to the monument marking the spot where the Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death in June of 1963 to protest persecution of Buddhists by the South… Read More
And we think we have traffic….
I’ve been watching lots of videos in preparation for our trip to Vietnam in January. I’m glad won’t be driving. Crossing the road should be fun….
Window views from the road trip
Going to Merlefest
Merlefest is an Old Time music festival that takes place each year at the end of April at Wilkes College campus in Wilkesboro North Carolina. It was named for ace guitar picker Merle Watson who died in a tragic farm accident in 1985. The festival… Read More
Tuffy P visits Baltimore and Washington
Tuffy P and her friend from Halifax Suzanne, spent a week visiting Baltimore and Washington. I just looked at 281 photos from their trip! In their travels they met a fellow named Homer Butler, who helped them find the right bus to get to the… Read More