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Arches National Park
In the end, we drove about 2000 miles between Seattle and Scottsdale. By US standards that’s not much, but to Europeans a 3200 km trip may seem significant. We heard that the parking lots and trails at Arches were overflowing and that the park rangers were closing the gate
Life at 28mm
I bought a 28mm lens to photograph interiors. If you’ve ever tried to capture a King’s bedroom with a 50mm lens, you’ll understand the problem. Because I’ve always thought of a wide angle lens as a tool for interiors, i was surprised to read that many
Through the Back Door
See what I did there? Through. Yes kids, that’s how cavemen spelled thru. If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you’ll have seen plenty of flower photos. Many of them will have been taken at The Butchart Gardens. Just in case you haven’t had your
A Shortened Cruise
Several of you, my faithful readers, have asked whether we finally took delivery of Étude and whether we were finally cruising. Yes and yes. We planned to meander around visiting Canadian ports denied to us since before the pandemic and familiarizing ourselves with our new floating home. But after about
Étude - Fini
Yesterday we signed the papers to take ownership of Étude. So we’re done, right? Hop aboard, cast off, and away we go. Not so fast. Once the Nordic Tug factory completes sea trials, a boat gets passed on to the dealer. If the dealer is a good one, and
Étude - First Sighting in the Wild
Étude was scheduled to begin sea trials (that is, “Is she leaking?”) on August 16th. I don’t know whether that milestone was met. But our broker, Jeff, sent these photos today and it seems there’s little doubt that it’s our boat. A mystery: Sea trials were supposed
Road Trip - This and That
We followed Highway 1 along the California coast to Half Moon Bay where we had lunch and encountered the spectacular, shortened VW bus shown above. It is so Californian! After lunch, we continued until we approached San Francisco where we joined the larger Highway 101. After a long, slow trip
La Cuesta Encantada – The Cottages and Kitchens
The three guest houses that make up the “Spanish village” of Hearst’s imagination are like the Three Bears: small, medium and large sizes. We were able to have a look inside the largest of the three, which is where the Hearst family stays when they come to call. Casa
