Florida Gator – Taking a Break – Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park One of the coolest places I have visited in a long time is Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park near Crystal River, Florida. This little park is really outstanding. You walk through a nice modern visitors center with interesting exhibits and a great gift [...]
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Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park, Florida – Wildlife viewing at it’s best!
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012PALI ROAD and the Legend of the MENEHUNE – Oahu, Hawaii
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012Intimidating relief of the Ko olau Range as seen from the Pali Highway – Oahu, Hawaii While in Hawaii on business I had the opportunity to travel Hawaii Route 61 which is better known as the PALI Highway. I had a few hours to kill before my flight so I took a drive around the [...]
Following an old mining trail -Treking in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
Sunday, November 27th, 2011“A picture is a poem without words” Horace Went on the first snow shoeing trek of the year with my wife yesterday. I had always heard the tales of how the miners back in the 1800’s would make a day trip over the passes from Alta in Little [...]
FORT DONELSON – TENNESSEE: Where U.S. Grant “Unconditional Surrender Grant” earned his nickname
Sunday, November 27th, 201132 Pounder Confederate Gun stares down the Cumberland to where the Ironclads emerged – Fort Donelson, Tennessee “I am pleased to announce the un-conditional surrender this morning of Fort Donelson” U.S. Grant – Brigadier General USA February 16, 1862 When these words reached Washington back in 1862 they were welcome words indeed. The [...]
MOUNT EVERGREEN and SILVER LAKE – Wasatch Mountains, Utah
Sunday, October 16th, 2011Silver Lake – Big Cottonwood Canyon – Wasatch Mountains, Utah “Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same” Ralph Waldo Emerson As the nights become cooler and the sun sets a bit earlier each day an amazing transformation occurs along the benches and in the mountains of Utah. The Gamble [...]
BAT CITY USA – Austin, Texas
Thursday, October 6th, 2011Most people associate Austin, Texas with the outstanding music scene and industry that is there or the “Longhorns” of the University of Texas at Austin, however, there is something else incredible that resides in the heart of the city and that is a colony of over 1.5 million Mexican freetail bats. I had previously read [...]
A trail ride in the mountains with Uinta Recreation – Wasatch Mountains, Utah
Monday, September 26th, 2011Had one of the best outdoor experiences ever the other weekend when my family and I traveled up to Heber,Utah to go for an ATV ride. We don’t have ATVs so I looked around on the internet and came across the Uinta Recreation website and I was impressed with the presentation there so I [...]
PORTLAND HEAD LIGHTHOUSE – Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Thursday, September 8th, 2011Portland Head Lighthouse – Cape Elizabeth, Maine – “A pillar of fire by night, Of cloud by day” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Lighthouses don’t fire canons to call attention to their shining, they just shine” Dwight L. Moody I have traveled to numerous lighthouses up and down both coasts of the United [...]
ASTORIA, OREGON – Gateway to the Mighty Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean; by Jaromy Jessop
Sunday, September 4th, 2011Downtown Astoria, Oregon with the Astoria-Megler Bridge in the background crossing the Mighty Columbia River “Ocian in view, o the joy” Captain William Clark upon reaching the Pacific One of the more incredible places I have ever been has to be Astoria, Oregon. There are so many interesting things to see and the setting [...]