Random Past Posts
Kashmir on the Lake: Srinigar Houseboats Srinigar, in the Kashmir region of northern India, sits on a big, shallow lake at the edge of the Himalayas. Most ‘hotels’ are houseboats, reachable only by hand-paddled gondolas. Central Srinigar is like a cross between Venice Italy and More...
Patagonia 2013: Local flavors of Chile One of several posts from Patagonia. The first one is here. The best pics are here. The coolest experience was here. More to come. Along the roadsides of southern Chile and Argentina, you'll see smallish "shrines" honoring national folk heroes, More...
Italy: Cinque Terre On Italy’s western Mediterranean coast -- way up north on the front and top of the “boot” – is an area called the Cinque Terre (“five lands”). It’s a series of five colorful little villages that have been hanging on More...
Scotland 2014: Gylen Castle The Scottish Isle of Kerrera is just a few hundred yards off the mainland west coast, near the town of Oban in the southern part of the Inner Hebrides. A few dozen people (one of whom tends to 100 More...
Hottern Hell Hundred — lived up to its name Another summer means another trip to Wichita Falls for the Hotter'n Hell Hundred-mile bike ride. For the one-millionth consecutive year, Scott and I sported the yellow G&B jerseys, based on the hopeful belief that the lighter yellow color would reflect More...