Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos from our visit to the Mammoth Cave in Western Australia. The one above is looking at the sinkhole from near the exit. The first chamber we entered. This photo was taken with a flash. Compare it to the one without flash in the original blog post. Some…
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Where Two Oceans Meet
Follow us on Facebook! How many oceans are there and can you name them? Most people can come up with three – the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. They are, in fact, the largest. But there are two more – the Arctic Ocean and the Southern Ocean. The Southern Ocean is sometimes called the Antarctic Ocean….
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A Boss Time in St. Thomas
Follow us on Facebook! One of our ports of call on our January 2015 Caribbean cruise was St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. As with most cruises, various excursions were offered and while the ladies opted for an island tour, my brother-in-law Don and I decided to check out something called the BOSS adventure. The…
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Great Scott! It’s the Great Gatsby!
Follow us on Facebook! Rowena’s Inn on the River is a delightful trip back in time. It’s an old homestead built by a pioneer logger in the area for his family. Charles Nelson Pretty was a businessman and entrepreneur. In the 1920s he had an opportunity to buy a 160 acre parcel of land in Harrison…
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Photo Gallery: Great Gatsby Party
Follow us on Facebook! Here are some more photos from the Great Gatsby Party at Rowena’s Inn on the River in 2014. The party is being held again on June 11, 2017. The Great Gatsby Party at Rowena’s Live music from the Jen Hodge All Stars Tents were set up to provide shade and/or shelter…
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Photo Gallery: The Butchart Gardens
Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos of the Butchart Gardens. The Sunken Garden. You can see the last remaining stack of the old cement plant among the trees on the right. The flower gardens are stunning in their beauty. The Mound surrounded by flower beds and shrubs and covered in ivy. Janis, Chris…
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Barcelona: Parc Güell
Follow us on Facebook! On our last full day in Barcelona we wanted to see everything we had missed so far. A tall order. On our first day we had explored the fabulous Sagrada Familia. On our second day we took a side trip to Figueres to check out the Dali Museum. So we started our third day…
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Photo Gallery: Wild Florida
Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional pictures of our Wild Florida visit. Follow us on Facebook!
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Photo Gallery: Wild Florida
Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional pictures of our Wild Florida visit. Our guide Will revs up the engines! A flock of birds takes flight as we approach. Large cypress tree up Dead Man’s Creek A haunting wilderness – the swamps of the upper Everglades – Dead Man’s Creek at Cypress Lake A giant…
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Kennedy Space Center: The Space Shuttle Atlantis
Follow us on Facebook! This is the second of two parts on the Kennedy Space Center. Part 1 looked at the bus tour which takes you to the Apollo-Saturn V Center. Today we continue with a tour of the Visitor Complex. The handy map of the Visitor Complex at the Kennedy Space Center notes some twenty attractions and lists…
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