The repairs for which the road residents were first given a heads-up for completion in October of last year (after Hurricane Michael removed most of Goose Creek) is finally happening this week. And since October we’ve been driving through water, in and out of the valley here, with wheel rims and brakes staying wet and […]
Category Archives: Travels
Friends in Low Places
Still unpacking from our whirlwind trip to and from Missouri and have a few images to share. The one above, from a favorite regular dinner stop on the way up. Last time we were there, a guy fell off a bar stool. Made for great entertainment. Not so lucky this time. But I did grab a […]
A Time Capsule and Reflection: Dillons of Ireland
In May 2001 we had the opportunity to travel to Ireland, the excuse being to visit our son who was an exchange student at Queens University in Belfast. We did all the touristy things, including taking the ferry across to Glasgow and the train from there to Edinburgh. Weeks before we set out for our […]
Minnewaska: Ulster County NY Catksills
Sorry, we have house guests and such so only a link to some images from the recent NY trip this morning. First use of a new “story-telling” app called Grapewise. Maybe I missed some of the potential for this tool on first use, but will need to see more from this to be tempted to […]
Catskills Part One: Kaaterskill Falls
Kill this. Kill that. Fishkill. Peekskill. Fresh Kills. Say what? Okay. It’s a Dutch term meaning creek or waterway (a vestige of the area’s colonial past) and found its way into Catskill–ONE name for this dissected assortment of variously protected natural areas in New York State. The geology seemed familiar in places to me as […]