A Traveler's Photo Journal

Valley of Fire, Nevada

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Petroglyphs in the Valley of Fire

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Death Valley, California

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Badwater Basin

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Oregon

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: Ecola State Park, Indian Beach, Oregon

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Haystack Rock in the mist

Erath Vineyards, Willamette Valley

Grapes from Erath Vineyards

Oregon Summer Dahlias

nastursiums

Cape Meares Beach. Photo Credit: Nick Nielsen

Oregon coastline looking north from the Cape Meares lighthouse. Photo Credit: Nick Nielsen

Looking south from the Cape Meares lighthouse. Photo Credit: Nick Nielsen

My mother's geraniums

Oregon Summer flowers

Astoria, Oregon

Astoria column art

Astoria Column closeup

Sealions on the docks

Oregon Fall colors

Oregon coast sunset. Photo Credit: Nick Nielsen

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Maine

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Bar Harbor from Cadillac Mountain

Photo Credit: Teresa Favazza

Mother's Beach, Kennebunkport

Ogunquit shop

Ogunquit flowers, Photo Credit: Teresa Favazza

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Carmel-by-the-Sea and Monterey, California

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Carmel mission

The Lone Cypress

Big Sur

Monterey Marina

California seaweed

Monterey Bay Aquarium jellyfish

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San Antonio, Texas

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Costa Rica

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Costa Rica's Pacific coast, the Osa Peninsula

I stayed in two different rain forest lodges when I visited southern Costa Rica; Lapa Rios and Bosque Del Cabo. They were both delightful, with wonderful food, friendly staff, and close encounters with the local fauna. Lapa Rios was pretty high end, having hosted celebrities and royalty in the past. Bosque Del Cabo’s guest cottages did not have electricity or hot water, but it was fun and a great place to stay and get close to nature. I enjoyed them both. The dinners at Bosque Del Cabo were served by candle light at a large communal talbe, and they were the best I experienced in Costa Rica.

We actually stayed in this room, that made the post card for the resort. Lapa Rios.

Lapa Rios

Bosque Del Cabo

On the porch of our cottage, Bosque Del Cabo

Red Eyed Green Tree Frog

The view from Lapa Rios

Poison dart frog

As we were walking the beach, I saw this strange sight approaching. It was unclear what it was until they got very close. What a surprise.

Where did you come from and where are you going?

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Sweden

Posted on July 21, 2010 by volovecto

Lake Silyan

Mora

My cousin Laila in front of her home.

Traditional Swedish Dalahäst

Stockholm

Mårten Trotzigs gränd, Gamla stan

Gamla stan

Celebrating Midsummer's Eve in Mellbystrand with my cousin Christer and his wife Berit.

Carl Larsson's home, Sundborn, Sweden.

SWEDISH ARTISTS

Carl Larsson self portrait; (1853 - 1919)

Breakfast in the Open. Carl Larsson

Carl Larsson

Elsa Beskow (1874 - 1953); illustration from Solägget (The Sun Egg)

The Sun Egg was first published in Sweden in 1932. First published in English in 1980.

Elsa Beskow; illustration from The Sun Egg

Sagan Om Älgtjuren Skutt och Lilla Prinsessan Tuvstarr; John Bauer (1882 - 1918)

Into the Wide World, John Bauer

The prince riding in moonlight. John Bauer.

John Bauer

Breakfast Time, by Hanna Pauli (1864 - 1940)

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St. Maarten

Posted on July 21, 2010 by volovecto

This photo was taken from the Sunset Beach Bar deck. It is a wonderful spot to watch the planes land at the Princess Juliana International Airport on St. Maarten. The bar has a list of the inbound flights, the name of the carrier and the type of aircraft, and is a very popular spot.

http://www.sunsetbeachbar.com/

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