Yesterday after work I drove to East #finland with a rental car. (That was the first time I drove this year.) There was a car accident on the road, and a traffic jam. We got heavy rain.. I got lost once. Once the navigator said the road was blocked but it wasn't. But I did it and #today I saw my #parents. 😍 #AlzheimersSucks I haven't told you but my mother has #dementia now as well. #suomimastodon#roadtrip
My featured photos on the iPad had a refresh, so tadaaaahhhhh 🥳
This was my first time on the Faroe Islands (2023). A travel company said that 8 days is enough. 🙄 I’ve been there 12 and still want to go back. So beautiful 🤩
Photographer 📸 Jake Werth Photography, aka @jake_werth on Instagram - "Mind-blowing to see this at Shiprock! The colors were visible to the naked eye and at times you could see the pillars shimmering."
Wandering about the grounds at Blickling House we took a wrong turn, but we're rewarded by finding this beautiful cluster of small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata). They believe they are about 600 years old.
Rociada, west of Las Vegas, is a fusion of two villages, Upper and Lower Rociada. Other nearby communities, like Pendaries and Gascon, though technically in Mora County, also use the Rociada postal address.
We've been in London, doing a few London things. The other day, we went to Kew Gardens. We visited the Temperate (as in climate) House and Kew Palace, but spent most of the day walking around admiring their trees.
El Malpais National Monument | The jagged, desolate landscape is a volcanologist’s playground. A million years of volcanic activity sculpted the landscape. Numerous volcanoes and lava flows generated the field. The most recent volcanic activity was about 800 years ago.
Free museum in Embudo, on the "Low Road to Taos," celebrating the gas station in America. Vintage gas pumps, oil cans, gas pump globes, gas station signs, and vintage photos.
We visited the Dun Beag broch, an iron age roundhouse fort. Imagine having dry stonewall skills so good that your works still persist thousands of years later!
#Sunrise at White Sands. Normally, it is a challenge to get to the dunes before the sun rises, because the gate opens after sunrise. However, they open the gate PRIOR to sunrise during the White Sands Balloon Invitational in early September.
Last week was a whirlwind of wandering in southern New Mexico, from Silver City to Alamogordo. The weather was very cooperative, with relatively low wind until the day I drove home. The snap happy week continued at Gathering of Nations of Friday.
My teenage child complained from time to time that they have never been to a #McDonalds, so as we where on a #roadTrip last weekend we stopped at a McDonald's. I said "When I was a child I liked the Big Mac."
They replied "What's a Big Mac?"
I went into #ManchurianCandidate mode, my mind went blank, feelings left my face, & in a monotone voice I said: "TwoAllBeefPattiesSpecialSauceCheeseLettucePicklesOnionsOnASesameSeedBun".
Then I assassinated somebody else's political opponents.
I'm a sucker for old bridges, so here are a couple over the Brazos River in Texas that I spotted from the highway and visited during my drive on Thursday.