Category: Travel

  • Photo Friday: The Big Easy

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    The snow west of Texas had turned us around. Our road trip had begun on the East Coast and we had reached as far as Amarillo, but could go no further. Our destination had been to reach the “Four Corners”. The only place in the U.S. where four states meet: Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New…

    a jazz musician plays a trumpet pointed at the sky on a city street near Bourbon st. in New Orleans.
  • The Percy Peaks

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    The road north had been long. I had arrived here near the Canadian border, to hike these mountains. It’s bald dome rose above the nearby small town. In the back of my mind, something just didn’t feel right. The Percy peaks are located in the far north of New Hampshire. The rugged landscape attracts far…

    a treeless mountain rises from the forest under a blue sky, with large white clouds.
  • House On A Rock

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    When I worked in Newport, down near the mansions, I often found myself taking a break just before sunset, standing on the cliffs near Ram’s Head in Newport, Rhode Island. Looking towards the Newport Bridge, I could watch the schooners ply the waters off Newport Harbor. Occasionally an “out of towner” would spy the house.…

  • Phantoms Of The Mist

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    John’s voice crackled and faded in and out. The cell connection was poor. “I’m looking for a guy I used to hike with. Is it you?” I laughed. John had taken most of the winter off. Now he wanted to get some “elevation.” Rhode Island and Massachusetts are pretty flat. We would need to cross…

    a black and white image of hikers shrouded in mist, hiking across stone slabs of mountain ledges in the woods.