During our last trip to Michigan, we went to Mackinac Island. This was an entry way to one of the lakefront houses. I loved it!! You can make out the front door to the house through the front gate plant portal.
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Monarch Princess
Here is a photo from our Europe River Cruise last summer. We traveled on the Monarch Princess down the Danbue River. As part of the trip, we stopped in this little Austria village for a visit. Great trip.
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Szentendrei Door
While we (MJ, Kris, Scott and I) were in Hungary, we stopped by this little artist village for an afternoon. It had a bunch of very small streets, alleys, and foot paths between buildings that are not in a logical pattern. Most of the buildings are homes with unique entrances like this one. I stopped to take so many photos, I lost the rest of our group. They kept going (I was supposed to catch up) and after 5 minutes I was lost in these little streets. I thought I knew what direction they went, but I was wrong. So I wandered around for another 30 minutes before they found me….. They grabbed an outdoor spot at a café and saw me walking by. Honestly, I knew I wasn’t in trouble because we had a time and place to meet later for our trip back to Budapest, but I wasn’t sure I’d find them before that. It all worked out and we had an amazing lunch at this cafe (see some iPhone food photos of the lunch below).
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Aushach
This little village in Austria was very cute. Unfortunately, nothing was open during our stop, but we had a good time walking around anyway. Since we had some time left over before our boat left, I took some photos with the drone. I loved how colorful the village is and the rain in the distance. By the way, our river cruise ship via Gate 1 Travel was great.
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Impala
I haven’t shared a photo from South Africa lately, so you’ll get one today. This guy tried to sneak through the bush without us seeing him, but we caught him in the act and I got this great photo. He’s an amazing and beautiful animal.
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Another Golden Gate Bridge Photo
If you were making a list of the most photographed sites in the world, I’d bet this bridge would be in the top ten list. I’ve posted a number of photos of this bridge in the past, including one less then a month ago.
I took this photo in early June from a hiking path near the Golden Gate Welcome Center on a very cold day for that time of the year.
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Double Golden
I don’t often have bad trips…maybe never. But I don’t want every trip I take to sound like it was off the charts amazing. I’m naturally optimistic and positive, which has an impact on my general outlook about my experiences. All that said, I had a great time in San Francisco earlier this month. On my 2nd evening, I took an Uber to the Golden Gate Bridge. From there, I took a ton of photos around this historic landmark. After capturing all the photographs I wanted at that spot, I started walking back toward the downtown area taking photos along the entire way. Today’s photo is from that walk. I was probably a mile east of the bridge heading towards the Palace of Fine Arts. I wasn’t really thinking about it or planning it, but for some reason I looked backwards (back towards the area I had left) and saw this amazing view. Thus, you get this great photo to appreciate. The lesson is to remember to look backwards from time to time. You never know what great view is back there unless you look. In this case, the Golden Gate Bridge and a golden sunset.
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Hide And Seek
I’m super tired tonight. So I’ll keep this short. Tonight’s photo is another from our South Africa trip. I took this in Kruger National Park. This guy was fairly close to use, but he kept playing hide and seek behind a big bush.
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Typical Golden Gate Bridge
What more can I say….. typical view of the bridge on a fall day when San Fran experiences the fog that makes the area famous.
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What A Difference A Day Makes!!!!
We are spending a few days in San Francisco. MJ and I are trying to see as much as possible with our limited time here. I think we were lucky to see the Golden Gate Bridge yesterday. Because today the entire bay is covered with fog and they don’t expect it to clear up for a week or more. I’ve heard about the fog in San Francisco, but seeing it is fair more impressive then hearing about it.
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The Bean
Over the weekend, MJ and I traveled to Chicago to see Pearl Jam
play at Wrigley Field with our friends Kris and Scott. Let me just
say the entire day was “EPIC”.
There were so many great times with friends and terrible, terrible, terrible
hot weather and storms.
While in Chicago, I stopped by to take a picture of Cloud Gate, which is commonly referred to as “The Bean”. This stainless steel sculpture sits in Millennium Park and was designed by Anish Kapoor. The original estimate for the sculpture was $9 million, but over runs and delays cost the city of Chicago approximately $23 million. The sculpture was the source of controversy while under construction, but has become a source of pride for the city and a great attraction. As you can see, it’s normally mobbed by people who come to see the reflection of themselves and the city.
Beautiful city, sculpture and vibe.
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This is our friend Kris and I standing in front of The Bean.
