Category: Travel

  • Florence – Rickshaw day

    Florence – Rickshaw day

    Yes, I said Rickshaw. Hopefully our Whatsapp machinations with our driver wil work out and we will meet him at Torre della Zecca, across the river from our hotel for our bicycle rickshaw tour of the historic city. I awoke at about 6:00 local time and once again quickly took up residence on the terrace…

  • Firenze

    Firenze

    After about 11 hours of traveling, mosting sitting on our butts in Economy Class. We’ve arrived in Firenze (Florence). Exhausted. We are on the top floor of Hotel David with a view from our ample balcony of the Duomo. Yes, we’ve just arrived but this is where I’ve spend quite a bit of our first…

  • Eclipse 2024

    Eclipse 2024

    We went to Lincoln Nebraska in 2017 for the #eclipse. We thought we saw an eclipse. The sky darkened, the birds quieted, we sat in a back yard and had snacks. We didn’t see an eclipse. Today we saw an ECLIPSE. Full #totality. We set our chairs up just down the hill from the Roofless…

  • Humor at the Hotel

    Humor at the Hotel

    This is just a little #humor at the Country Inn and Suites in Evansville, IN outside the quiet area.

  • Devastator Trail

    Devastator Trail

    I took a little walk up South Mountain Devastator Trail this morning. A little challenging for a Wisconsin  flatlander but worth the climb. #travel I sent an #APRS #HAMRADIO message to a friend in Wisconsin while up here. Waiting for the reply.

  • On our way to Phoenix

    On our way to Phoenix

    On our way to the airport. Ruby needed to do some retail therapy at Von Maur. I fou d à delightful French pâtisserie around the corner Le Macaron in Brookfield where I had a couple delicious mararons and a double espresso and spoke a little high school French with the owner!

  • Miss Shirley’s at BWI

    Miss Shirley’s at BWI

    Miss Shirley’s at BWI. #FoodPorn

  • JC Raulston Arboretum

    JC Raulston Arboretum

    We’re #Bloomscrolling today at the Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh. We don’t see this in Wisconsin!

  • Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach

    Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach

  • Mount St Helens today

    Mount St Helens today

    … On our way to Cannon Beach.