Visiting history: Eine Bootsfahrt auf der Donau, Juli 2024

Visiting history: Eine Bootsfahrt auf der Donau, Juli 2024

Do you recall that night in June,Upon the Danube River?We listened to a Ländler-tune,We watch’d the moonbeams quiver.I oft since then have watch’d the moon,But never, love, Oh! neverCan I forget that night in June,Upon the Danube River.~ Charles Hamilton Aide The Danube is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It […]

Pacific NW & Seattle, June 2024

Pacific NW & Seattle, June 2024

Seattle is for people who love culture, but refuse to sacrifice their wild nature to attain it. ~ Kimberly Kinrade The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though no official boundary exists, the […]

Palm Springs, April 2024 🏜️

Palm Springs, April 2024 🏜️

It’s bad manners to keep Palm Springs waiting. ~ Unknown The History of Palm Springs The historic journey that transformed Palm Springs from a Native American oasis to Hollywood’s Playground of the Stars began over two thousand years ago with the arrival of the Cahuilla people. They lived here in virtual isolation and spoke Ivilyuat, a dialect […]

Denver/Red Rock & Garden of the Gods Park: colorful celestial spires, July 2023

Denver/Red Rock & Garden of the Gods Park: colorful celestial spires, July 2023

Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory. Ed Viesturs Those colorful celestial spires: “Their story begins hundreds of millions of years ago, when the area around the Garden hosted the mighty “Ancestral Rockies” (so named because they rose in much the same place as our modern Rockies). Like all mountain ranges, they […]

Summer’s Tranquility: Brook Creek and Prairie Song Farm, Iowa, 2020/21/22/23/24 🚜🐂🌼

Summer’s Tranquility: Brook Creek and Prairie Song Farm, Iowa, 2020/21/22/23/24 🚜🐂🌼

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal. ~ Paul Coelho Dorchester, IA: Enjoy fishing at one of the most popular coldwater trout streams in the state of Iowa, Waterloo Creek. It offers exceptional angling for brook, rainbow and brown trout. The section of Waterloo Creek near Dorchester is not stocked, but fish […]