Category: Travel
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Good Morning
I am not a morning person by nature. But I find that pitching the tent and unplugging from the world for even a few days has me greeting the world as the sun crests the horizon. Interestingly, some science may underlie this tendency for even night owls like me to convert to early birds when…
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Renewing the Spirit on the Superior Hiking Trail
Noon already had come and gone by the time my favorite hiking companion and I hit the road. The last weekend of September is often when fall colors start to reveal their full glory in northern Minnesota. As we headed up Highway 61, snaking along the North Shore of Lake Superior, the trees were only…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: From Lines to Patterns
From lines to patterns . . . from trees to fungus. . . from Lake Yellowstone to Pearl Harbor . . . from marble floors on Palatine Hill to the sculptured gardens of the Castello di Brolio . . . beauty lies in everything around us. Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response to the Daily…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual POV (Take 2)
To make up for the bold appeal for my son’s scholarship pursuits in my last two posts, I will take you to the beautiful setting of the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park. The sun setting over the mountains, the elk moving across the Willow Flats marsh . . . add a fine meal…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea
A speck of pristine beach and palm trees waving in the breeze, surrounded by the turquoise blue waters of the Caribbean Sea. Over 20 years ago, for our honeymoon, my husband and I took a laid-back “windjammer” cruise, sailing the sea for several nights on an old clipper ship. (Since this was before the days…
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