Travel Posts

Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions. Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with melted water and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.  When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layoff salty seawater can freeze to the underside.  If this is rich in algae, if can form a green s...

The Barrego Badlands is one of Anza-Borrego Desert It’s flanked by rugged mountain ranges on three sides and the Salton Sea to the east.  Its 650,000 acres contain spectacular desert habitats, a wealth of animal and plant life and numerous archaeological, cultural and historic sites. Two of the most visited and easily accessible areas are Borrego Palm Canyon and Cayote Canyon.  The tr...

The majesty of the canyon, the depth, the awesome beauty, the see-forever views, they are there no matter what time of year. If you have already visited the Grand Canyon in the summer you will feel that you are see a new view.  You will see a herd of elk foraging on the rim, the canyon proving a delightful backdrop.  Winter is a time of peace and quiet in the park. You will find the park...

There are many things you can see and do at the Grand Canyon. If you have a few hours take a walk along the rim trail from the Visitor Center to the Yavapai Observation Station.  There are many splendid temples and buttes in this area of the Canyon that can viewed from the rim trail.  Yavapai Observation Station has exhibits on the geology of the Grand Canyon and provides a nice view of...

When we visited ELBE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH in Washington, DC, I was amazed at the history that was in one little place.  The dollhouse-sized 18X24- foot church was once declared the smallest church in America by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not.  The town of Elbe is almost as small as the church itself.  They were both built by German immigrant, Henry Lutkens.  The church built...

You will surely know that you are in Moose Jaw when you spot Mac the Moose at the city’s entrance.  Like Mac, the town is definitely a horse of a different color.    Despite what the name might imply, Moose Jaw (the fourth largest city in Canada’s Saskatchewan Province) is not a frozen desolate tundra, with biting wind blowing across the skeleton graveyard of long dead moose.&nbs...

A visit to the Washington National Cathedral is worth the trip to Washington, DC.  Among the many things to see and do in Washington, DC, don’t miss this one. This part of the American history was conceived during George Washington’s administration in 1791, and signed into commission by President Benjamin Harrison in 1893.  The foundation stone was laid in the presence of President Theod...

Listen carefully to the silence, broken only by sagging doors creaking on rusty hinges, and the ghosts that whistle like a mournful wind through the gaping cracks in the weather-beaten walls. These are the sounds of Montana's ghost towns, and they still echo the spirit of the Gold Rusher era.   When the cry of "Eureka!" chronicled another strike, the echo reverberated through the streets of...

They rise from the water like dimpled stalagmites, reminiscent of dollops of wet sand one upon the other dropped by a child playing at the seashore.  These eerie tufa towers, which create a setting both beautiful and mysterious here at Mono Lake, in Central California, are actually formed by layers upon layers of mineral as the underground freshwater steams bubble up through the alkaline wate...

It's a Jungle in your own back yard?  Pine Mountain Wild Animal Safari is one the most popular attactions in Pine Mountain, Georgia.  If offers unique experience by  touching and feeding hundreds of exotic animals by riding through the park, observe, take pictures and feeding the animals.  You can drive throught the park at your on pace in  your vehicle, do not advise, or ...