Adventures and places
Some of the adventures I've had and places I've been. All photographs are mine.
Here's the picture sequence:
Tromso, Norway
Skydiving at Zephyr Hills, FL
Skiing at Wintergreen ski resort in VA
Snorkeling on Maui, HI
2 views from Mount Pilatus, Switzerland
Spider sculpture in a Park in Lucerne
Zipline in Costa Rica
Ocean view from the slopes of the Isle of Capri, Italy
helicopter view of Victoria Falls on the Zambizi River, Zimbabwe
Landing at the village of Auasi, American Samoa. The island in the distance is Aunu'u, where I lived for two years as school principal
My front yard in summer
the baseball diamond in Richmond, VA home of the Flying Squirrels
Overlook on Capri
Whitewater rafting on the South Fork of the American River, CA
tin whistle for two-year old grand daughters, now about to turn six in a few weeks
View of Rainmaker Mountain and the harbor of Pago Pago from my house in American Samoa for one year while I was teaching on television
San Francisco aquarium
View of San Francisco from my sister's house in Oakland
Sea kayaking off God's Pocket, Hurst Island, British Columbia
Fern forest on the road to Hana, Maui
Sunset from the beach at Gwynn's Island, VA
Kayak race on the Pigg River, near Rocky Mount, VA
Spring rhododendrons at Roan Mountain, TN
Sunset on Long Key, in the Florida Keys
another sunset, from Key West, FL
Haleakala Crater, Maui, HI
elephants bathing in the Zambizi River, Chobe National Park, Zimbabwe
skin diving in Aruba
the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters at the edge of the South Downs, Sussex, England
the village of Valdelavilla in the Soria region of northern Spain
the Chesapeake Bay from the deck of my 31' Cape Dory cutter sailboat StarLady
Ranguana Key, Belize
snow field on the trail to the top of Mount Lassen, CA
the village of Roque de Gageac, in southwest France
sculpture honoring the Tour de France bike race, Dordogne region of SW France
sign for the town of Hastingues, (village medieval, with the vill part covered up to designate the status of the person!)
mid-day in January, off the coast of Kvaloya, northern Norway
Dordogne River, SW France
Hot air balloons over Beynac, SW France
the castle of Baynac
Florida Keys
again, the village of Roque de Gageac, in southwest France
moonlight over Emerald Isle, NC
The waterfront in Barcelona, Spain
near the mouth of the Chickahominy River, VA
the island of Eleuthera, Bahamas
kayaking on the Chicahominy river
the bridge I built across the small creek in front of my house in Richmond, VA
the pick sand beach in front of the house we rented on Eleuthera, Bahamas
one of the Three Sisters warm springs on the Crystal River, FL
Orland space suit training in Звёздный городо́к - Zhvezhdny Gorodok (Star City), Russia at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center