A day in Davenport Iowa on the Mississippi Cruise
If there was one thing I was disappointed with on the cruise along the Upper Mississippi - I didn't get to shake hands with the Presidential Candidates. I expected that…
The Viking Mississippi cruise – Dubuque, Iowa
The cruise down the Mississippi from St Paul in Minnesota to New Orleans continues. We arrived in Dubuque from La Crosse, Wisconsin around 10am on a lovely fall day. Completely…
How a picture develops
Occasionally, I like to write about why I take certain images and what attracts me to them. A case in point was a walk that I was taking around St…
Cruising the Mississippi – La Crosse, Wisconsin
This is one of a series of articles about the Viking Mississippi cruise from St Paul, Minnesota to New Orleans. Follow the links for the initial piece reviewing the new…
Mississippi Cruise – St Paul and Red Wing Minnesota
This is the second of a series of articles about the ports visited on the Viking Mississippi river cruise in October 2023. This cruise is new for Viking and has…
Cruising the Mississippi River on the Viking Mississippi
This is the first of a number of articles about the sights and cities along the Mississippi River from north to south. This whole area was a bit of a…
Holiday Gift Ideas
At this time of year, the difficult problem of finding a suitable gift for loved ones (or yourself!) comes around once again. I'm very grateful to my readers for the…
Coopers Rock reservoir in the Fall
It is not often that I find somewhere completely new (to me) and so close to home, but this fall, it happened! I was talking to some friends at the…
Another moon opportunity in Morgantown
The final supermoon of 2023, the harvest moon, was due to rise above the historic downtown campus of WVU in Morgantown. My attempts to capture it!
Lumaha’i Beach on Kauai’s North Shore
Lumahai beach on the north coast of Kauai is a personal favorite and this article describes the beach and illustrates with my best images.