tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34329931647822017132024-03-05T01:33:33.902-07:00Natural Images by Sally VennelThis is a sampling of my photography from my trips and interests.Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432993164782201713.post-3306508768567069062018-07-27T18:20:00.001-06:002018-08-01T09:00:24.038-06:00A CRUISE TO ICELAND<br />
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After a hiatus of one and a half years, I realized how much I miss writing my blog. So here we are on our way to Iceland on the Regent ship "Navigator" with famous bridge teachers Barbara Seagram and husband Alex, so I decided to begin again. We left Colorado two years ago as age was catching up with us, returning to our home in Surf City, NJ and have given up skiing in favor of cruising. This is our third, starting June 2017 on Crystal Cruise Line's Serenity to Hawaii for our 60th Anniversary, following with another cruise last fall to the West Indies on the same ship. Both trips were wonderful in every way, amenities, tours, bridge with Roberta, an excellent teacher and her husband Arnold, on the first and Larry Cohen on the second. We were hooked!!<br />
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We were driven to NYC in the morning, hoping to get our luggage on board and then spend a bit of time exploring the waterfront - but the crowds made us change our minds. We were docked next to a Carnival Cruise ship so decided it best to board, have lunch and relax until sailing time.<br />
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It was a beautiful, blue sky day to enjoy the sights as we headed out of the harbor towards the Atlantic Ocean.</div>
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Construction was everywhere, with some of the new towers reflecting sunshine into the water.<br />
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<br />Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432993164782201713.post-28886510237517425762018-07-27T18:19:00.008-06:002018-08-01T12:06:24.668-06:00A TROLLEY RIDE THROUGH BOSTONWe had our first, of many, rides to shore on one of the covered motor launches, or lifeboats. Getting on and off when the water was rough could be a real challenge, But we all managed with the help of the ever friendly and helpful crew. They were always patient with the old folks who had poor balance. It was our first time off of the ship since we decided to bypass a visit to Cape Cod. We had done a bike trip through Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard a couple of years ago.<br />
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We found our Trolley when we landed ashore and took off on a cloudy, drizzley ,chilly day for a tour of Boston,<br />
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I wondered if this was where the ship's chef got the wonderful lobsters we enjoyed for days at sea.<br />
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One of the first treats was the masts of the USS Constitution hidden behind the boats and buildings of the marina. Launched in1797, during the war of 1812 it fought against the British Fleet.</div>
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In what is known as Boston's East End hangs a Golden Teapot over what is now Starbucks. It dates back to 1871 when it hung over the Oriental Tea Company to tell the new immigrants, and all Bostonians where they could bu<u>y</u> the finest tea in the city.</div>
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The Boston Common, a 50 acre plot dating back to 1634 is the oldest park in the US. 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However, this only lasted for a few years, as affluent families bought additional cows, which led to </span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overgrazing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Overgrazing">overgrazing</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">, a real-life example of the "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="">tragedy of the commons". </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The Common was used as a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_camp" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Military camp">camp</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> by the </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" title="British Empire">British</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> before the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">, from which they left for the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lexington_and_Concord" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Battle of Lexington and Concord">Battle of Lexington and Concord</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">. It was used for public </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Hanging">hangings</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> up until 1817.</span><br />
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The Old South Meeting House <span style="background-color: white; color: #424542; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">became famous as the location of the meeting that preceded the Tea Party. </span><br />
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The Hampshire House contains the bar featured in the famous TV show "Cheers.<br />
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Boston is a city of contrasts, I think. Take for example these totally different apartment houses.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And of course there is the famous Fenway Park. It remains much like it did when it opened</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">August 20th 1912. <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Since
1that time it has been the home for the Boston Red Sox, the city's
American League baseball team, and since 1953, its only Major League
Baseball (MLB) franchise."The field of dreams".</span></span><br />
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Our last stop on the tour was the memorial for the Boston Marathon Massacre <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #545454; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">of April 15, 2013. Two homemade bombs detonated 12 seconds and 210 yards (190 m) apart at 2:49 p.m., near the finish ...</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #545454; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">killing three spectators and wounding more than 260 other people.</span> </span><br />
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Chuck having a final conversation with our very informative give and driver.Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432993164782201713.post-88352099137919704412018-07-27T18:19:00.006-06:002018-08-01T09:22:05.640-06:00 BA(AA)R HARBOR MAINE ON MOUNT DESSERT ISLANDWhen we got to shore at Bar Harbor we boarded a bus for a ride to the top of Cadillac Mountain.<br />
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I am getting pretty good at snapping photos on the fly, from buses and cars. I thought this<br />
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At 1,530 feet Cadillac is the highest point along the North Atlantic Seaboard and therefor the first place to view the sunrise from October 7th thru March 6th. It is a favorite trek by car, bike or foot to see that sight.<br />
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Unfortunately, that day it was cloudy, but for a moment you could still see the islands in the distance.<br />
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As you can see from the people at the right, it is a very popular stop, and makes a sound like thunder when a wave comes in. We however chose not to join them - I just enjoyed the scenery.<br />
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This is how it would look on a big surf day.</div>
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We passed this sheltered cove with a nice beach, and occupied by 1 elderly man who has a shack in the woods to the right. He lives on what he can catch in the cove, and gather from the woods.<br />
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The sheer cliffs carved by the glaciers cause hikers on Jordan Trail to scale rung ladders to reach the summit of Penobscot Mountain.</div>
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But trees grip the rocky lake shore and lichen decorate their trunks</div>
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Back at the harbor small cottages, now shops line the waterfront. </div>
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The dock is filled with restaurants, displaying umbrellas to shade customers while they dine on lobster.</div>
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A last look of Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, and Bar Harbor as we head out to sea.<br />
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This spectacular home was viewable from our cabin window, so I had to take a photo of it as we left.<br />
And also a bit of of blue sky over the harbor - which I would have welcomed earlier. On to Halifax.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our next Port-0'-Call was Halifax, Nova Scotia, but the weather was so wet and miserable we never got beyond the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. When the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912 Halifax was the closest major seaport with rail connections. It was the base for ships searching and recovering bodies. </span> Only 337 of the 1500 bodies were found. <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Of the 337 bodies recovered, 119 were buried at sea. 209 were brought back to Halifax and buried in 3 cemeteries. 59 were claimed by relatives and shipped to their home communities. The museum had a great deal of information and artifacts from the disaster, but I have decided not to put any photos I took on this blog.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Leaving the harbor of Corner Brook (no idea how it got its name), the first thing one sees is this huge stack of logs. It is for the main industry (other than fishing) which is the paper mill.</span><br />
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At the end of the road is a little town called Lark Harbour. The local ladies displayed their<br />
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Back outside of town on a high promontory was a monument to Captain James Cook who<br />
first came to Canada in 1758 as Master on a vessel during the 7 years war with the French.<br />
Having learned to use the "plane table" from an army cartographer, he was sent to Newfoundland in 1763 to survey the area, as he did for the next 5 years.<br />
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Check the two maps in the bottom center of the sign to see the accuracy he produced.<br />
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</span></span>Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432993164782201713.post-31320496142787544132018-07-27T18:19:00.002-06:002018-08-03T09:09:03.615-06:00NUUK, GREENLAND AND ICEBERGS <span style="font-size: small;">We arrived in Nuuk, Greenland early on another rainy morning. Nuuk is the capital of Greenland and its largest city. It is also the suicide capital of the world, with a suicide rate 24 times that of the United States. Greenland is a really large Island, approximately 2 million square km in size. It became an </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark </span> after being discovered by the Vikings in the 10th century.</span><br />
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On a day like this I can understand it. We walked off of the ship and decided it was not for us, so I took my pictures from the decks.<br />
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From the deck of the ship, my view was limited, most of the town was up the hill to the left. But I could see 2 tall building in the distance and brightly colored buildings that looked like apartment houses - a common form of government housing in Greenland.<br />
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When we pulled up anchor later in the day I spotted these two old fishing boats on the shore.<br />
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As we left Nuuk, the fog increased. The snow on the mountain top from the previous storm.<br />
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This huge iceberg made me think of a whale on the surface.<br />
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The colors of these ice bergs were lovely.<br />
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Seeing this Iceberg traveling behind the off shore rocks I thought was special.Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432993164782201713.post-58069399042164391832018-07-27T11:59:00.005-06:002018-08-03T13:43:09.750-06:00PRINCE CHRISTIAN SOUND, GREENLAND<br />
Before beginning I must apologize for putting on so many images for this day. I awakened early in the morning, opened the shade in our cabin and was blown away! This is what I saw, right outside the window, We had just entered a Fjord at the southern tip of Greenland in Prince Christian Sound, a narrow passage between the most gorgeous mountains I had ever laid my eyes on, and the sky above was blue! I don't know what was on the starboard side of the ship but I am sure it was just as beautiful. I understand that very few cruise ships go in here because they are just too big, but ours, being much smaller and an ice breaker to boot is one of the few to attempt it. Lucky us. This day made the whole trip for me, and overcompensated for the days of clouds and rain. <br />
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Greenland, should have been called Iceland, except for the fact the name was already taken.<br />
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85% of the Island is covered by snow and ice. The Ice sheet that covers 80% of the top, is the 2nd largest in the world, being surpassed only by Antartica. The present ice is estimated to be </div>
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Clouds hung partway up the jagged peaks and blue striped icebergs floated in the water.</div>
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And waterfalls ran down the steep cliffs.</div>
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This particular group of peaks reflected in the water took my breath away.</div>
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Rounding the corner to the left in this panorama, we came upon an amazing sight, a village in the middle of nowhere, but with a spectacular view.</div>
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This little town of about 100 people is accessible by boat only in the summer, and in the winter by helicopter as are so many places in Greenland. The indigenous people are called Kalaalit, meaning Greenlander in the Inuit Language. </div>
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The colorful Scandinavian type houses in such a remote site were a real surprise. I have since found out that the main source of industry for these people comes from seals. Though I never saw any from the ship, they must be plentiful in the area.</div>
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Notice the smiles on our faces, what else would you expect in such a special place.</div>
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As the sound enlarged more icebergs dotted the water, making the scene even more spectacular.<br />
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There were beautiful waterfalls cascading down the rock faces.</div>
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This unnamed glacier is only one of many that reaches the water in this sacred place.</div>
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This tall many faceted waterfall was lovely<br />
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Our wake left an interesting mark in the surface, as we turned heading back towards the Atlantic.<br />
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Our last look at these incredible mountains as the sky began to darken with the promise<br />
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But awaiting us at the exit were these spectacular icebergs, white when the ice was clear of bubbles, but shades of blue when it was not. Leaving icy Greenland for green Iceland!!</div>
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Reflections in the clear water of the Fjord below the high cliffs<br />
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The high cliff on both sides of the Fjord give protection to ships at the dock<br />
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And the port houses a large selection of commercial and pleasure vessels<br />
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On a walk through town we found this old delivery truck now used to advertise the shop behind it.<br />
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And these beautiful gardens of flowers that seem to cherish the slight warmth of early summer.<br />
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But this interesting piece of art work in a shop window took my interest.<br />
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Even so far North one can have a yard with green grass, bushes and flowers in the summer<br />
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While one wouldn't think ice was a scarce commodity this warehouse and machine was filling crates of it. <br />
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Perhaps our ship, sitting at the dock was a big customer.<br />
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And these two beached ships.<br />
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For our last day from the ship we signed up for a free tour near the capital, Reykjavik with the thought it would give us an introduction for the following, expensive, 3 day tour we had booked.<br />
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Leaving the port by bus, the thing that impressed me the most were the many fields of purple Lupine.<br />
I learned later that having been introduced from Alaska in 1945, they have become an item of controversy for the country. Originally planted as a source of nitrogen for the poor desert like soil and an anchor for vegetation, they became a invasive, foreign species that was overwhelming the native species, especially the woolly moss, or "graymoss" as it is know in Iceland, that covers the lava flows. There is now a serious effort to eradicate it from many areas around the "ring road, that runs around the perimeter of Iceland.<br />
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We spotted our first stop in the distance by the steam rising in front of a distant mountain, the world famous "Blue Lagoon". A mixture of sea and fresh water heated by geothermal sources on a lava field, it has become world famous.</div>
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We stopped on the way in to feel the temperature of the run-off water, and to observe the very<br />
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Though it looked very inviting, we were not prepared, nor was there the time to enjoy the lagoon.<br />
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There were a lot of happy people bellied-up to the pool bar, and several with the mud from the lagoon plastering their faces. The water temperature averages 99-102 F, and completely changes every 2 days.</div>
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As you can see towels and robes are available for use for the several hundred thousand people who use this place every year. Quite an undertaking. The geothermal power plant that sits behind the lagoon supplies electricity and <span style="font-size: small;">after going through the turbines, the steam and hot water passes through a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_exchanger" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Heat exchanger"><span style="color: black;">heat</span> <span style="color: black;">exchange</span>r</a> to provide heat for a municipal water heating system. Then the water is fed into the lagoon for recreational and medicinal users to bathe in.</span><br />
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This old Reykjavik Peninsula Lighthouse atop a hill of lava is no longer in use.<br />
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But under a blue sky the shore line was beautiful.<br />
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The black beach in this cove attests to the power of the ocean to wear away the volcanic rock.</div>
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The cliffs where I stand to take this picture is a bird paradise where<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4f4f4f; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "roboto" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">thousands of seabirds nest each summer. The most common are guillemot, razorbill, Brünnich's guillemot, kittiwake, puffin, black guillemot, fulmar and cormorant.</span> </span></div>
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The 77m high Eldey island serves as a home to around 16.000 Gannets. The island is made of hylaciastite and is part of rocks and skerries that extend 85 km out to sea.<br />
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Wild flowers grow even in these volcanic stones.<br />
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The Viking heritage is still strong in Iceland, as was evidenced by our last stop. <br />
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After we left the ship for the final time, we were picked up by bus, with about 18 others, to begin our expensive 3 day tour. We were driven to Deilartunguhver, to admire Europe's most powerful thermal spring. And you could see it from a great distance.</div>
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The spring's flow is strong enough to supply hot water to towns within a 40-mile radius.<br />
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Upon arriving at the site, this first thing to greet us was the Icelandic dog, for lack of a better name.</div>
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Which one could see bubbling here,<br />
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And on to the power plant to be sent on for public use. You can see the lush green grass, none of that in Greenland!<br />
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The farmers were busy mowing the hay and packing it into bags for the animals to eat next winter.<br />
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The red roofed farm building and houses nestled into the base of the surrounding mountains.<br />
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Occasional rivers crossed the green land, carrying run off from the the mountains & glaciers.<br />
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We saw the Langjokull Glacier behind the mountains, where we would be later in the day.<br />
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The water tumbles down a deep canyon of Volcanic origin.</div>
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The Barnafoss Waterfall is named for two children from a nearby farm of the same name (now abandoned) who were lost on a Christmas day years ago when the rest of the family had gone to Mass. When they returned the children were gone and assume fallen into the river and drowned.<br />
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The next falls, named Hraufossar is only a short distance and is formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 300 ft out of the <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.icelandtravel.is/attractions/hallmundarhraun-lava-field/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">Hallmundarhraun</a></span>, a lava field which flowed from an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under Langjokull glacier. The waterfall is recognizable by its turquoise blue waters, lending the surrounding environment distinctive color.</div>
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We entered Husafell, a natural wonderland characterized by dense woods, lava formations, ancient glaciers and clear mountain springs. And a wonderful buffet lunch at the Hotel Husafell.<br />
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After lunch we boarded 3 "Super Jeeps" for the trip0 to the base of the Langjokull Glacier.</div>
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Along the way, we passes many glacier run-off streams running along rock strewn valleys.</div>
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But there were still some interesting stark views.</div>
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When we reach our destination we entered a trailer and were outfitted with big boot that fit over our shoes, and raincoats etc if needed as the cave was very wet. We boarded a truck, similar to the one coming down here, for the ride up the glacier to the ice cave, and passed a group of snow mobiles</div>
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We entered an opening and followed a downhill, dark, very wet. partly carpeted path. I was too busy trying to retain my balance and hang onto Chuck or the guide, when he saw I was having trouble to think of taking a picture. But we stopped at this sign part way down that was carved into the ice.</div>
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I pulled out my little camera and snapped this picture of Chuck, cold and wet.</div>
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But when I gave it to someone else to get one of us both, he didn't hold it still. Oh well, I was feeling a bit blurry anyway at that moment.</div>
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Walking along the passage, carefully he showed us a crevasse in the floor, that didn't make me feel comfortable.</div>
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Driving through the dramatic Kaldidalur Valley on one of the highest mountain roads in Iceland is spectacular, even on a cloudy day.</div>
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Look at this beautifully sculptured snow remaining of the side of this mountain.</div>
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The cloud hanging over this mountain only increases the drama.</div>
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Here with the water running in streams from the mountains.</div>
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The second day of our 3 day expensive tour of SW Iceland, we boarded 3 "Superjeeps" to begin our ride. Unfortunately we ended in the back of one, a bouncy ride with very little view out of the windows - not the best to someone with back problems and camera in hand. But there we were so I made the best of it. <br />
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The good (or bad) part of it was that was we seemed to travel over some of the same roads as the day before. </div>
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The "marshmellow" fields with grasses wrapped tightly in white (though sometimes in pink, light blue of black) plastic ready to feed the animals during the cold season.<br />
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The rich green countryside with purple lupine and mountains and rivers in the background.<br />
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The smooth deposit of ash from many volcanic eruptions covered with vegetation and bordered by trees.</div>
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And the steep fronts of mountains and cliffs laced with waterfalls</div>
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This beautiful Fjord was used by British and US troops during the 2nd WW as a Naval Base, and the remains can be seen today.</div>
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The LAVA <span style="font-size: small;">Center, which was opened in June 2017, an interactive high-tech educational exhibit</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">depicting volcanic activity, earthquakes and the creation of Iceland over millions of years. </span><br />
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On out way to a delicious lunch at the Country Inn Anna, we passed these old houses buried in the ground. They must have been warmer in the winter if the snow didn't come this high.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These horses were a few of the ones on the hills above where we had lunch. In Iceland <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">there are about 80,000 horses (compared to about 317,000 humans) and about 100,000 abroad. For centuries </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Icelandic horses</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> have lived half </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">wild</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> and half tame. In the summer farmers drive them to the highlands, where they live without human care for months. Icelandic Horses are</span></span><br />
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This old hut above the restaurant where we ate took my interest. Wonder if it was once a house, or if it was a shelter for animals?</div>
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We stopped at this massive glacier called Solheimajokull, where some of the group (not us) went for a walk on the glacier. Having done this on the Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska years ago, this dirty one didn't interest me, particularly in the rain.</div>
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What did interest me though was this beautiful, majestic waterfall nearby called Skogafoss.</div>
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After the coastline had receded seaward (it is now at a distance of about 3.1 miles from </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%B3gar" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Skógar">Skógar.</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> The former sea cliffs remained, parallel to the coast over hundreds of kilometres, creating together with some mountains a clear border between the coastal lowlands and the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_of_Iceland" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Highlands of Iceland">Highlands of Iceland</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">. There is a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">legend, the first </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Viking">Viking</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> settler in the area, Þrasi Þórólfsson, buried a treasure in a cave behind the waterfall. The legend continues that locals found the chest years later, but were only able to grasp the ring on the side of the chest before it disappeared again. The ring was allegedly given to the local church. The old church door ring is now in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%B3gar" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Skógar">Skógar museum</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">.</span></span><br />
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And this family of sheep safely nestled among the rocks.</div>
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In the background here you can see people starting to walk behind the falls.</div>
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I was content with the beautiful plants and flowers along the river.</div>
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We passed this group of horses by the road, including one very curious colt.</div>
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This rushing river was spanned by an interesting bridge, pedestrian?</div>
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Another Idealistic scene, a rd roofed church with the rugged mountains in the background.<br />
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This hillside strewn with large boulders shows the debris from a recent volcanic eruption.</div>
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A welcome gift from the United states, a relatively new power plant.</div>
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And the last photo from this busy day, the tourists standing atop the rift at the pingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But that I will leave for tomorrow, our 3nd and last day in<br />
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The Park besides being of such Geological importance is also of great cultural and historical importance. It was founded in 1930 marking the 1000th Anniversary of the Althing, the national parliament of Iceland, which was established at the site in 930 AD.</div>
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The gravel path down the Almannagja Fault extended all the way to the top until 2011 when on March 31st a hole appeared in the middle of the path. After investigation a larger and deeper fault was discovered almost 10 meters deep. The hole was probably caused when a large boulder and layer of rocks and gravel fell deeper into the crevice loosened by the 2000 and 2008 earthquakes. The decision to build a wooden footbridge on top of the rift was, I thought a good one.</div>
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Green grass took over, and moss and vegetation began to appear on the rock walls. This, I assume was the area where the council set up their temporary dwellings with walls of turf and rock and roofing of homespun cloth, though little if any trace remained.</div>
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As others were taking photos, as was I, I read sign with information about the later uses of this area.</div>
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The assembly of Thingvellir (the Alpingi} was Iceland's legislative and chief judicial authority until 1271 when clashes between chieftains families resulted in Iceland becoming under Norwegian and later Danish rulers.</div>
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Over the years the Icelanders gathered here to celebrate their most important festivals. On June 17, 1944, Icelanders flocked to Thingvellir for the foundation of the modern republic of Iceland, which had been delayed due to occupation during World War II.</div>
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These beautiful waters were became in ancients times a place of execution, especially for women who were drown here.</div>
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But, all that aside. what a beautiful spot!</div>
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The water goes on, under a natural bridge to join the stream below.</div>
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On our way back to Reykjavik we stopped at the Blue Lagoon for a wonderful lunch in the main dining room. On the way in I couldn't resist these lovely flowers growing in the lava rocks.</div>
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And this last look at the famous "Blue Lagoon".</div>
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On our way to our hotel in Reykjavik we were able to see the Oxararfoss Waterfall pouring off the<br />
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With very full stomachs we were driven to the center of town to meet our charming young guide at the National Theater for a walking tour, in the rain of course, and "tastes of Iceland".<br />
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Our first stop was to try a variety of local beer,<br />
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Walking along the street I just had to snap a photo of these Puffins because I backed out of the tour, regretfully, to "Bird Island" nesting place of thousands of these interesting creatures.<br />
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The shops and cafes were colorful,<br />
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And decorated with local motifs.<br />
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This Artic Fox was a beauty, but I would rather have seen him it the wild rather than a window.<br />
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If anyone can read this, please let me know. To me the Icelandic language is beyond my comprehension.<br />
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Next our lovely guide took us to this shop an offered us a selection of local cheeses and meats.<br />
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Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.com028 22nd street, Surf City, NJ39.639537564366684 -76.289062514.117503064366684 -117.5976565 65.16157206436668 -34.9804685tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432993164782201713.post-13346712754057621802016-10-16T05:11:00.002-06:002016-10-17T07:43:35.562-06:00FALL HAS ARRIVED AT THE NJ SHOREFall has arrived, the weather is cooler, the crowds have left and many of the birds, the sandpipers in particular have flown South. I saw them gathering on the beach in great numbers and meant to go down with my camera, but didn't. However fall has brought different activities for me, some short bike rides, to get my balance and confidence back, now that a lot of the summer traffic is a thing of the past, and time on Barnegat Bay, courtesy of a good friend and superior boatman and sailor, Newt.<br />
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If you need your own island, this one is a perfect location, not far off the western shore of Beach Haven.</div>
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Sometimes you see the strangest things in the bay. How about this - a piece of dock (I think) complete with chair, being towed by a pair of Jet Skis!</div>
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Since there was a small after season regatta going on up bay, we went down to watch.</div>
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Several days after our last boat trip, Newt ask if we would like to take a ride through some of the canals on the west side of the bay, and "The Bridge to Nowhere" as it is called. As a child I used to sail in that area, first with my sister in our Sneakbox, and then with my husband to be, often getting almost eaten alive by the green.head flies and sometimes needing our paddle to maneuver when the wind would die.<br />
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We first passed what used to be Bear Island, or rather one of the 2 Bear Islands, which is now reduced to some piling, fewer every year, where cormorants roost to dry their wings.</div>
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They all took off at the sound of the motor, except these two brave souls who stood their ground.<br />
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Making a side trip to obtain gas at the local marina, I snapped a shot of the fenders on the dock.<br />
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Entering the canal we saw these two "gentlemen" basking on the land with their crab buckets and lines in the water, ready for "a day's work".</div>
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The grass in the marshes showed the effect of the changing tides.</div>
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This little chick lay on his side on the beach looking for-longingly at the sky where he wanted to be.<br />
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This man ignored his purple people eater lying on the beach while he relaxed and read his book in peace.</div>
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In fact the only activity seemed to be around the bubble maker, so I captures this heart shaped bubble that seemed to be hanging around some adults while a child reached up to break it.</div>
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The following day it rained, and Monday, returning from shopping on the mainland I saw some activity in the sky over the dunes. I took my groceries home, grabbed my camera and hurried back.<br />
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And a large woman diver lying on the ground trying to get in the swim of things.</div>
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She finally succeeded and floated above in the beautiful blue sky trailing her fish. </div>
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Though there were still kites on the ground when I left, seeing the flying pig I had faith.</div>
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The giant chambers of Luray Caverns are filled with towering calcite columns, draperies, stalactites, and stalagmites of different colors creating an unbelievable fairyland.</div>
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These pure white formation appeared to be a ghost when encountered by the first explorers, and so have been named.<br />
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As quoted from the Smithsonian report of 1880 about the room called Saracen's Tent- "there is nothing more beautiful in the cave than the scarves, shawls, lambrequins of translucent calcite, some white as snow, falling in graceful folds, fringed with a thousand patterns, and so thin that a candle held behind one of them reveals all the structure within."<br />
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Dominating Giant's Hall Is a spectacular column towering 47 feet, the tallest in the cavern. The double column is an example of two basic formations, the stalactite and stalagmite coming together as one massive wonder of nature .<br />
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Looking down at one of the many pools from above one is temped to dive right into its crystal waters.<br />
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We finished our drive through Virginia on the Skyline Parkway, where we stopped so I could snap a photo of these swallowtail butterflies. This one I have identified as a Pale Tiger Swallowtail.<br />
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But I did enjoy seeing the layers of mountain flowers, so different from those in Colorado.<br />
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And beautiful Rivers reflecting the blue sky above.<br />
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The Smokey Mountains of North Carolina showed that they deserved their name.<br />
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Till we found the little Village of Toxaway Falls, high in the mountains almost to the boarder of South Carolina.<br />
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The falls from which the village got its name was right outside out friends condo.<br />
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And had a lovely lunch in this beautiful Grove Park Inn in Asheville, filled
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Back at our house a pair of cardinal parents brought their two young fledglings to the feeder to try to teach them how to fend for themselves.<br />
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Having watched his parent enjoy the grapes Scott threw out for the birds, this little guy decided to try it for himself.<br />
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Giving up, he returned to dad for a some help. Being a good father, he patiently tore off bits of the grape and fed it to his son.<br />
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Back on the beach that night the fall full moon shone over the ocean, while the work boat for the beach replenishment lightened the horizon.<br />
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My husband, Chuck and our daughter, Vicki enjoyed this local scene from the railing above<br />
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Back at home the red sunrise was another indication that the hot summer wasn't yet over. Though the heavy equipment was gone from the beach, the fence posts for the railing had been dropped off.<br />
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We enjoyed a Labor Day weekend visit from old friends and neighbors, Rich and Lisa Spoerl.<br />
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Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432993164782201713.post-5123857328655325762016-10-08T15:05:00.001-06:002016-10-17T07:51:35.274-06:00SUMMER PASTI have totally neglected my blog for the past 6 months, and on this
rainy day near the beginning of October I have decided to see if I can
begin to catch up!! Since this is something I do mainly for myself,
kind of a photo diary, I doubt anyone out there will care either way,
but just in case I will give my excuses now. Late in April we moved
out of Colorado. We had sold our home in Crested Butte the year before
and then rented a nice little house in Gunnison for a year. Much of
that time we debated if we were doing the right thing, selling
possessions mainly on the internet and packing up what we couldn't and
the things we thought we could fit into our already much smaller
furnished home on the New Jersey shore. The trip East was uneventful
arriving 3 days later with two vehicles, a grown son and two cats. The
moving truck arrived a few days later, filled partly with our daughter's
possessions, as she had moved to our home a couple of years earlier.<br />
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the fun began!! We filled our garage to the ceiling, AND a large
storage locker on the mainland, brought inside what we could and began
hoping the small addition we had planned to our bedroom would begin
before too long.<br />
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Got up early to enjoy a beautiful sunrise on our beach.</div>
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And watched the sunset turn the dunes and their early flowers pink.<br />
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An early walk on the beach at low tide always gives me a feast for my camera.<br />
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And later in the day we are joined by the gulls.<br />
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I am always fascinated by tracks made in the sand by small animals.<br />
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The small bird on the left seemed to drag its toe, but does anyone know what made the track on the right?? <br />
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But
because another beach replenishment was scheduled to begin soon, it was
easy to tell what made this track. The "crab" that was measuring the
height of the beach to determine the amount of sand that would have to
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Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432993164782201713.post-5039170468427922972016-10-08T15:04:00.002-06:002016-10-08T15:04:27.474-06:00BEACH REPLENISHMENT RETURNS !!<br />
Just before the summer season was about to start, the equipment for the beach replenishment arrived.<br />
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The Crab kept on measuring the height of our beach while the tractors moved it around.</div>
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The cranes shoveled it into the hoppers to sift out the larger shells and other debris to keep our beach as clean as possible.</div>
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The crew worked day and night no matter what the weather.</div>
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Until to see the ocean you had to climb a small mountain. Nature will reshape all by next winter I am sure.</div>
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Meanwhile July 4th weekend arrived and the beach that wasn't being worked on looked like "Coney Island".</div>
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Meanwhile back at our house, the mockingbirds who for generations have lived in our Holly Tree, built a nest in the Russian Olive,</div>
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This little one was the first out of the nest and was ready to venture into the bigger world.</div>
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And for us, the addition began with the removal of the roof where the new dormer was to be.</div>
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Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432993164782201713.post-33314398298503156452016-04-23T19:13:00.000-06:002016-06-08T17:06:56.980-06:00A HIKE UP HARTMANS ROCKSLiving in Gunnison, CO this winter was a pleasant interim experience, despite the sometimes -35 degree mornings. Now that we are packing-up for our move back to NJ after 21 wonderful years in Colorado on a sunny Saturday a few weeks ago we decided to go out and enjoy the local scenery. The house we rented for a year is right by a beautiful recreation area called Hartman's Rocks, so we decided the front side was probably dry enough from the morning sun to allow a hike. The area is open to X-country skiing in the winter, and hiking, biking, Rock Climbing and dirt bikes the rest of the year.<br />
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Just off the parking lot there are 2 carved wooden figures, this ninja turtle on a unicycle, accompanied by a equally displayed bear.</div>
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As we started up the trail, the dirt was dry and the sky was blue. We couldn't ask for more.</div>
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The rocks which give the area its name began to appear in fascinating formations.</div>
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Sage grew in abundance between the rocks adding a nice contrast of color and height.<br />
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The view, even from the height we attained was beautiful looking across the valley and the snow covered mountains to the north towards Crested Butte.</div>
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However the trip down at times gave me pause as the rock surface was wet and at times quite slippery.</div>
<br />Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432993164782201713.post-23282754936853411222016-04-23T16:20:00.005-06:002016-06-08T17:29:57.675-06:00ANOTHER SIDE OF HARTMAN ROCKSTired of packing for our move back to New Jersey on this beautiful day we decided to "take a hike".<br />
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The house we rented for this past year in Gunnison, Colorado was on Fairway Lane, across from the Dos Rio Golf Course. A beautiful place where we could cross country ski in the winter, and with easy access to Hartman Rocks Recreational Area. As always I took my camera, and this lovely lake on the golf course took my eye.<br />
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The trees had not leafed out as yet, but they still made a nice reflection with the blue sky and clouds.<br />
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Tomichi Creek runs at the bottom of our street, separating the Hartmans Rock recreation from the Dos Rio Golf course.</div>
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As we crossed the bridge we spied this marmot enjoying a bit of sunshine on one of the few remaining patches of snow.</div>
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The path up the hill was well traveled and easy to follow.</div>
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Many covered with bright orange lichen</div>
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As we neared the top the colors of the cottonwood bushes stems, still not leafed out were apparent.<br />
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They ranged from yellow to orange to a subtle red.</div>
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The rocks at the top were piled into interesting formations.</div>
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The path to " the top of the world" looked deserted until this young man on his motorbike appeared.<br />
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We watch the older rider take a fall near the top of the path, but he stopped by us, unhurt and with a smile on his face</div>
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But he did turn at least look back when I called.</div>
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Before long we were at the bottom among the sage bushes with the golf course across the creek and the snow capped mountains in the distance. I am really going to miss Colorado!!<br />
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Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432993164782201713.post-88142528833201398102016-04-01T20:18:00.000-06:002016-04-02T18:25:01.612-06:00THE SANDHILL CRANES ARRIVEWe are back from California and Utah, and almost finished the packing for our move back to Surf City, Long Beach Island, NJ, but things have not stopped here. When we moved to Gunnison a year ago these wonderful birds arrived en-mass but I was never able to photograph them. I was always in the wrong place, or my camera was, so I hope I would get another chance. Years ago I took a workshop in Bosque del Apache, NM, where the Sandhill Cranes winter, and I got many good photo of them in the ponds there, but I had not expected to see any again so close to home. What a treat.<br />
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There was a huge flock (on which this is only a small part) feeding in on the other side of the field behind our house at the end of the day.<br />
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They began to get restless, leaving a few at the time, and it wasn't long before more followed,<br />
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probably to the golf course for the night.<br />
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As they rose into the sky over the mountains, they turn towards our house,<br />
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I ran out on the deck and caught these three as they flew over our house. What a treat.Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432993164782201713.post-81599798229563147842016-03-31T12:57:00.009-06:002016-03-31T17:23:31.385-06:00LEAVING COLORADO SOON<br />
We have been in Gunnison, Colorado all winter, and after a very cold one, with morning temperatures often minus 35 degrees, I thought spring had arrived to this part of the Rockies. I should have known better. This morning we wakened to a dusting of snow, which means much more 35 miles north in the mountains of Crested Butte. Since we gave up down hill skiing this year, while we prepare for our move back East, it doesn't excite me as it used to. So I will be adding no snow scenes to my long neglected blog in this post. We did take a wonderful drive back to California a short while ago to visit family and on the way to and from stopped in Utah for some sightseeing.<br />
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Already I have to apologize for my lie. When I looked at my photos from this time I couldn't resist adding a couple shots as we traveled west towards Montrose and Utah beyond.<br />
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Even with the cloud above the new snow on frozen Blue Mesa and the mountains beyond was magical. I will miss these scenes next year.<br />
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And as we began to pass under the Blue Sky the contrast between the white snow and the orange vegetation was beautiful to me.<br />
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Utah welcomed us with diminishing clouds, and the beginning of the red rock in the distance that gives so much or that state it beautiful color.<br />
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As we traveled west the sky turned a lovely blue and the rocks appeared redder under the clear sky.<br />
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We passed through what was called Outlaw Country, where Butch Cassidy and others outlaws hid from the law in the endless canyons.<br />
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And stopped to take a picture of Ghost Rock,<br />
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And admire Castle Mountain on our way to our stop in Cedar City for the night.Natural Images by Sally Vennelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314937653098962468noreply@blogger.com0