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Photo Friday: The Great Outdoors

In 2006, my friend Barbara and I went to visit our friend Liz in Colorado. While there, we rented horses and went on a ride to the Continental Divide. Below are our guide and Barbara with the great Rocky Mountain scenery in the background.

This is for Photo Friday’s weekly challenge, The Great Outdoors.

A horseback ride to the Continental Divide

Photo Friday: Far From Home

This is my entry in this week’s Photo Friday photo challenge. The topic is Far From Home.

The furthest I have ever been from home was when I went to Turkey in May, 2001 on vacation with my mom, aunt, uncle, and two other couples who were friends of theirs. It was a wonderful trip – friendly people, great food, beautiful artwork and textiles. We had a wonderful time.

According to this site, it’s 5,282 miles from home in Virginia to Istanbul, Turkey.

One day we toured Ephesus, an ancient city near the southwest coast. This is a photo of the Ephesus Library. Archaeologists believe it was completed in the year 117.

Ephesus Library

This is a closeup of a statue in a niche to the right of the entrance to the library.

Ephesus Library - Statue

Photo Friday: Infinity

This is my entry in the Photo Friday challenge for this week: Infinity. This photo was taken from the top of Maeve’s Tomb in County Sligo, Ireland when Dan and I visited there in 2003. It was a breezy day and a stray hair blew across the lens just as I was taking the photo, so that’s what that is, not some kind of weird colorless rainbow :-)

And those little black specks in the field are cows. Ireland is filled with cows and sheep. Pork is eaten everywhere, but I never saw pigs out and about, just cows and sheep.

View from Maeve’s Tomb, County Sligo, Ireland

Photo Friday: Friend

On the Continental Divide with Barbara and Liz

This is my submission for the Photo Friday challenge for this week: Friend.

Barbara and I went to visit Liz, who was living in Fort Collins, CO, for two months, working on her Ph.D. While there, we took a horseback ride to the Continental Divide, 8,400 feet up. Great fun :-)

This was the view behind us:

On the Continental Divide with Barbara and Liz

Trip to the Grand Canyon

We’re planning a trip to the Grand Canyon this fall. Here are some useful links:

General park info: Grand Canyon
Pink Jeep Tours: Grand Canyon Deluxe Tour
Weather: in the Grand Canyon
Lodging: At the south rim

We’ve decided to do a package tour, so here’s the deal:

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