Lilly Pilly Gully Walk Nature Walk Wilson’s Prom is three hours south of the large city (5.2 million) of Melbourne. It is the oldest national park in Australia. It is very popular. Most Melbourne high school send their students there to experience the bush. It is well preserved and reforested. We did not see any … Continue reading Wilson’s Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
Travel
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Portland Japanese Garden in the Fall.
We thought since is was Wednesday it wouldn’t be crowded. But it was a special day, after all the sun was out in Portland. It was a long drive through the city to get there, but the trees glowed all along the side of the road. We were lucky someone was pulling out near the … Continue reading Portland Japanese Garden in the Fall.
Homesick
I’ve stayed too long in the USA. My ticket is not until November. I’m missing Australia, especially the trees and the birds. As the trees here lose their leaves I imagine the spring flowers now unfolding in Australia. How can I be homesick for what was my mother’s home? Is a longing to go back … Continue reading Homesick
BAck, Back in the USA
That is the USA not the USSR. USSR made for a better rhyme, but I want to be in a country with fair free elections and an independent civil service system that unholds the constitution. A country that has been famous for peaceful transfer of power from one Presidential election to the next. I have … Continue reading BAck, Back in the USA
Mt. Wombat, a hike celebrating three years of living in Victoria.
I know my last post on this blog was from the USA, but nine months of the year I’m in Melbourne, Australia. To celebrate that fact we went on a trip north out of Melbourne across the Great Divide. The great divide, in my mind it brings up pictures of the Rocky Mountains. I know … Continue reading Mt. Wombat, a hike celebrating three years of living in Victoria.
Out of Texas to northern great lakes visitor center
In Duluth, we turned east crossing the long bridge from Duluth to Superior Wisconsin. It was raining and we have a long way to go. We stopped for a rest and ended up at the northern Great Lakes interpretive center. It was a fantastic stop. A mural of the people The center is located 2 … Continue reading Out of Texas to northern great lakes visitor center
Out of Texas to the UP
THE U.P. Is the upper peninsula of Michigan. People who live there are called Yoopers. I’m lucky I have a cousin who is a Yooper. We came to this cool peninsula to visit her. We got to help take care of her donkeys Zack and Pearl. They loved to get out of their pen to … Continue reading Out of Texas to the UP
Out of Texas to the Duluth Minnesota and Gooseberry Falls State Park
We rushed passed southern Minnesota stopping briefly in Waseca MN, and the city of Minneapolis. Then we went to Duluth to give my Australian friend a glimpse of Lake Superior. Unfortunately when we stopped at Thompson Hill our view was obscured by the smoke from the Canadian wild fires. The view from Thompson Hill obscured … Continue reading Out of Texas to the Duluth Minnesota and Gooseberry Falls State Park
Out of Texas on to Minnesota.
We went from Hannibal to Ames, Iowa. We drove past miles of corn fields all higher than knee high. In Minnesota we used to say corn needed to be knee high by the 4th of July. It’s not quite July yet. After an overnight and a visit with an outlaw at the marvelous Synthesis photo … Continue reading Out of Texas on to Minnesota.
Out of Texas to Hannibal MO
We had to go out of our way to go to Mark Twain’s Boyhood home in Hannibal Missouri. It was definitely worth adding three hours to our travel time. We got to see the building as and meet the people that inspired Samuel Clemens to write Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Overview The famous fence … Continue reading Out of Texas to Hannibal MO
