Travel Blogs
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Under Sea St. Croix
Like an iceberg in the tropics, only the tip of St. Croix is visible above the surface. To truly experience what the island has to offer one must look below the water line. We returned to the island during the holidays and from previous trips were...
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‘Hog Wild in Punxsutawney
‘Hog Wild in Punxsutawney Are they crazy about groundhogs in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania? You betcha. The place is lousy with them.esses like the Baby Jesus does at Christmastime most other places. Are they crazy about groundhogs in...
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A Seminole Indian Burial Mound
The other day, I was videotaping in Seminole County (Florida) when I stumbled upon this sign at a secluded spot near Lake Monroe. I climbed the old steps and looked around. Then, I realized I was standing on the graves of long dead Seminole Indians. I...
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Digging Up History in Porto Torres, Sardinia
Can you imagine? You are building a new train station, and every time you put a shovel to the ground you dig up an ancient statue, vase or Roman coin. This is the case in Porto Torres--a working dock city on the island of Sardinia. Like a...
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Chocked Tentacle in Alghero, Sardinia
It’s a pleasant thirty minutes ride from Sassari, where we were staying, to the seaside gem of Alghero on the famous "Little Green Train" (Trenino Verde). This popular narrow gauge railroad serves Sardinia and dates back to 1888. In 1921,...
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Adventures in Nest Swapping
One of the many advantages to having an empty nest is the freedom to swap your nest with other adventurous types. We decided that before we sold our house, we would try using it as bait for a cheap month in New York City. Being in the habit of Googling at...
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THE LAND OF EQUATOR
Bumi Khatulistiwa ( The Land of Equator ) is the most attribute for the city of West Kalimantan province, Pontianak which is crossed by equator. The city was founded in 1771 by Sultan Syarif Abdurrachman Algadrie, an Arabian. Kapuas river flowing across...
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The 1982 Denver Blizzard
This story is about the trip we took to see my mom at Christmas, 1982. She lived in Evans, Colorado and we lived in Page, Arizona. We had decided to take our four sons in our Dodge van not knowing what the weather had in store. We...
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Feeding tall animals and such
I am going to put it right out there up front . . . I do not write. Many of the people who know me well would make the argument that I don’t even read. I do, however, have a vast collection of relatively useless information...
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Sardinia Has the Best Donkey
The Italian island of Sardinia (Sardegna) brought out the adventurer in us. Our first stop was Sassari, a city of about 120,000 with a rich history dating back to the early Middle Ages. A college town, home to the University of Sassari with about 18,000...
