a raccoon I ran into on my walk home

A family member needed to move from Seattle down to the LA area in a hurry last week, and the best car I had to move a whole apartment's worth of stuff safe and dry was our VW ID Buzz van. But…

We’re in Moab, visiting Arches National Park, and I found myself along the banks of the Colorado River this afternoon, looking up at these beautiful red cliffs hundreds of feet above us. It…

• 4-star hike • 1 mile out-and-back • Easy | Gain 20 feet • New Boston, NH | Merrimack Region . There's no shortage of rocks in New Hampshire, but some are celebrated with greater reverence than…

The Ancient Miner The Ultralight HikerFor years I had heard rumours that somewhere in Gippsland, in some secret valley an old miner’s hut from before WW2 still stood in pretty much pristine…

My college buddy has been trying to get me to visit Nepal for two decades now. It seemed like I would get there earlier, but I did not. When we caught up a year ago, I swore up and down that I would…

We drove up to Lowell for a free tour of the Lowell Cemetery which was a fascinating tour through the industrial and cultural history of the city amidst beautiful fall colors. Edgar Allan Poe spent…

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If you aren’t just traveling abroad but living abroad as a nomad, flexpat, or stable expat, a US address to receive mail and access it in a timely fashion is essential. Whether you’re receiving a…

I’m back from the Assynt and Coigach area of the far northwest of the Scottish Highlands. An area I’ve dreamed of exploring for over decade. And words alone cannot describe the scenes,…

One thing I have learned over my career is that nothing is new and for this post that's technically correct, but equally, it's not often that I end up doing a double take with a piece of design. My…

It was a short visit and I didn’t get much time to go shooting. We managed to win a pub quiz despite our non-NZ knowledge handicap. It’s a nice place. I’d like to see more of it. <img loading="lazy"…

A rainbow sneaking behind the industrial area of Kahului, Maui.

Mary and I love to travel and we especially enjoy traveling with friends. For the past 15 years we&#8217;ve hosted an annual international trip limited to 50 people. We&#8217;ve explored Alaska,…

One of the best things about Japan is the sheer range of options available while you’re on the throne. Do you go for an extra-hot, high-pressure jet aimed straight at the exhaust port, or a gentler,…

വരണ്ട അനുഭവങ്ങളും വലിച്ച് നീട്ടിയ യാത്രയും, യാത്രയിൽ ഒരിരിപ്പിനു വായിക്കാം എന്നാല്ലാതെ ഉള്ളില്ലാത്ത പറച്ചിൽ. യാത്ര ഭാഗം ഇച്ചിരി ഭേതമാണ്. എന്നാലും കാര്യമില്ല.

Seasonal attractions

The local lake is back after years of reconstruction, and I have the footage to prove it.

Of apples, earwigs, songs, and other joys of picking fruit

Color spotter Shelley Hunter sent in a report from Belden in Plumas County, where fall colors are just starting. Belden is located in the canyon ... Read more Source

Color spotter Philip Reedy drove up to Mt. Lassen on Wednesday to see if there were any colors to be seen. He reported that Manzanita ... Read more Source

The calmest of evenings yesterday on Forked Creek off the Magothy River, followed by a bouncy crossing of the Bay this morning with wind on the stern and waves rolling up on the beam Now is Rock Hall…

Trying out a Tri-State region for the weekend.

It's a good time to tidy and secure all the spare boxes, boards, queen excluders, roofs, and frames that have accumulated during the season. Winter storms, rodents, and wax moths will otherwise make…

If you are visiting Puebla Mexico, then you&#8217;ll certainly want to carve out some time to visit Cholula. Cholula Mexico is home to the world&#8217;s largest pyramid &#8211; the Great Pyramid of…

Read the full post at - 5 Notes On the Cohutta Wilderness The Cohutta Wilderness is the largest designated Wilderness area east of the Mississippi river. It is only about a 2 1/2 hour drive from…

Scarf and Coat Weather Means she Returns to her Perch

ZA/AE5XWhile making several activations of&nbsp;Alpet e Shqipërisë National Park (AL-0001) in northern Albania earlier this week, I had a total of three QSO's with Alexey RT7O. Each time, Alexey used…

That sounds harsh....the last evening! But in my memory, it was just the last time I could stand at the lake to take photos before packing up to go home the next morning. And I still plan to drive up…

For your obligatory morning coffee or coffee break in Sarikei, can go to century old Kedai Kopi Aik Seng.&nbsp;There must be other interesting, old coffee shops in Sarikei but I need to go back and…

Inspiration Point to the left; Dante's 'Staircase' to the right. Dante's 'Staircase'. At least there's a chain :-) <a…

Bird feeders have been in the news a lot this year, with the RSPB firstly telling us to stop feeding them, in order to stop the spread of disease: then being lambasted for continuing to sell bird…

When we met, my wife had one non-negotiable: the beach. I had one too: Estonia. She followed me there that first time the way you follow a friend into a restaurant with no English menu: trusting yet…

Fontaine de la Rotonde Aix-en-Provence July, 2026

Today was a wasted day. We spent last night in a hotel so we had a long sleep. I went to charge around 11 and went back to get George at noon. Talk about having a lazy start. The room was amazing for…

Who lives here? What kind of life do they live? That’s what I wonder. The post Everybody Needs a Place to Spend Winter first appeared on Correr Es Mi Destino.

Okay, one more short update on my trip. Today, I decided to take the ferry over to Waiheke Island. This was one of the original ideas while I was planning this trip, and I was indecisive about…

Earlier this summer I submitted a Freedom of Information request to Natural England, asking for information on the causes of death, including post mortem reports, of all Hen Harrier nestlings (i.e.…

(I realize it is already mid October, but better late than never!) During the month of September, I went on a 2 week vacation through France and Switzerland. My trip started in Paris, with what was…

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In the mid 1930s, on holiday on Achill Island off the west coast of Ireland, we met an old lady who referred to white water-lily as mermaids. They grew in the open water in the bogs [Minchinhampton,…

The Linux Foundation hosts a number of open source events, including a series of Open Source Summit (OSS) conferences focused on the broad open source community as a whole, often co-located with…

What began as a little crack in the rock became the gateway to one of Italy’s greatest subterranean marvels. L'articolo Never Ignore a Draft of Air: The Magic of Le Marche’s Frasassi Caves proviene…

&nbsp;The Juniper Creek Run in Florida makes for one of the most beautiful paddles in the United States. This crystal clear, sandy-bottomed creek is fed by Juniper Springs, one of the state’s…