Travel & Adventures
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Four Parks in Five Days
After a great time in Vegas attending Minecon, our family took a road trip to some of the most beautiful and fascinating national parks in the Western US: Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion, and Death Valley...
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A Fortnight in Belgium
Being in Belgium reminded me that it was high time I blogged some summer pictures. We spent two lovely weeks in the small Belgian seaside town of Wenduine. We swam in the North Sea (chilly but nowhere...
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Fairmont Royal York, Toronto
Tried to capture the atmosphere of this stately hotel, the largest in the British Empire when it was built in 1929. (download) Click here to download...
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A Weekend in Quebec
I recently traveled to Montreal on business and, having never experienced Quebec before, I stayed over the weekend. Like most of North America, a heatwave was gripping the area and sunshine abounded...
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Flying over the Bay Area
This May my friend and fellow pilot Serge and I flew from Oakland airport to Half Moon Bay to visit the Pacific Coast Dream Machines faire. While the faire itself was nothing special, flying in the...
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Spectacular Panoramic Google Earth
A few weeks ago my eldest son Thomas and I visited one of our friends at Google. Andy was a very gracious host and gave us a great tour. We were both very impressed, esp. Thomas as this was his first visit to the Googleplex.Probably the coolest part of our visit was playing with a six screen, 180 degree, panoramic version of Google Earth. It was amazing. Extremely fluid and fast, very easy to control, and the 3D buildings made it a truly awesome experience.Here's ace pilot Thomas as he travels the world. Many thanks...
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Essential Long Term Travel Equipment
Our family traveled extensively over the last eight months or so, spending two months in Europe (France, Italy, Switzerland, Norway) and another two in Australia. Check out the links if you want to see what a wonderful time we had :-)Here's what ended up being essential equipment for us. I'll skip all the "you really don't need as many clothes as you'd think" advice. You can read that countless other places. (Though it's true, you really don't!).External Wifi Card This one's easy. I've already blogged about it...
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San Francisco and Bay Bridge from Treasure Island
After many years of thinking about it, I finally got round to visiting Treasure Island. Lying between San Francisco and Oakland it was originally created from fill in the 1930s. The island was mainly...
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Sydney: A Splendid City
Having been in Australia for six weeks we wrapped up our trip in its largest city: Sydney. A lovely place, it reminded us of our own San Francisco: Huge bridge, bay, hills, good weather (better in Sydney...
Living life as a glorious adventure!
