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[HatTrick]

Silversword Plant on Haleakalā (Maui)

 

[HatTrick]

 

[SueDonJ]

I don't know what it is about this picture that grabs me, but it does, so much so that it's my current wallpaper:

 

[Makai Guy]

Village of Kaub, Germany as viewed from the Rhine

Pfalzgrafenstein was built in the shape of a river vessel by King Ludwig of Bavaria in 1327, on an island in the Rhine just off the village of Kaub. It served as a customs or toll collection point.

Above the village are vineyards, as this is a major wine producing region, and the Castle Gutenfels, which dates back to the first half of the 13th 12th century.

 

[Elli]

Pfalzgrafenstein was built in the shape of a river vessel by King Ludwig of Bavaria in 1327, on an island in the Rhine just off the village of Kaub. It served as a customs or toll collection point.

Above the village are vineyards, as this is a major wine producing region, and the Castle Gutenfels, which also dates back to the first half of the 13th century.

Doug, were you in Germany just recently? That picture is great. When we were at the Rhine about 4 yrs. ago, it was very overcast. I looked at your photo gallery, but you have only Yellowstone Park pictures in there.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Sign in the Parking Lot at the Grand Cayman Botanical Garden

 

[Makai Guy]

Doug, were you in Germany just recently? That picture is great. When we were at the Rhine about 4 yrs. ago, it was very overcast. I looked at your photo gallery, but you have only Yellowstone Park pictures in there.

Just got back from a 14 day river tour from Budapest to Amsterdam. Unfortunately, I came home with my usual nasty post-cruise chest cold so I haven't felt much like messing with my photos too much yet. I'll probably be posting a few pix as I wade thru the huge number of shots we took.

Weather wasn't too bad for us most of the time.

 

[Elli]

Just got back from a 14 day river tour from Budapest to Amsterdam. Unfortunately, I came home with my usual nasty post-cruise chest cold so I haven't felt much like messing with my photos too much yet. I'll probably be posting a few pix as I wade thru the huge number of shots we took.

Weather wasn't too bad for us most of the time.

Doug, sounds like an interesting river cruise. There are so many river cruises being offered - which cruise line did you take, and would you recommend it? Too bad about your chest cold. Looking forward to more pictures.

 

[Makai Guy]

Doug, sounds like an interesting river cruise. There are so many river cruises being offered - which cruise line did you take, and would you recommend it? Too bad about your chest cold. Looking forward to more pictures.

Went with Viking River Cruises, their Grand European Tour - 5 countries, 14 days. Yes, we thoroughly enjoyed the trip and would go with Viking again without hesitation.

 

[Elli]

Thanks, Doug, I signed up for their e-mail alerts.

 

[JoAnn]

Thanks, Doug, I signed up for their e-mail alerts.

Another tour company that has some river cruises is Grand Circle Tours www.gct.com
We have used them 4 times for land tours and felt they were exceptionally good. Just another to compare with.

 

[geoand]

Eastsound, Orcas Island

 

[Karen G]

Progress with bridge over Hoover Dam

This is how the new bridge looked yesterday.

 

[geoand]

Mount Vernon this spring

 

[geoand]

More flowers

 

[Karen G]

Colorful hot spring pool at Yellowstone

 

[Karen G]

Upper & lower falls

Upper and lower falls of the Yellowstone River as it flows through the "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone"

 

[geoand]

some more tulips

 

[Elli]

Another tour company that has some river cruises is Grand Circle Tours www.gct.com
We have used them 4 times for land tours and felt they were exceptionally good. Just another to compare with.

Thanks, JoAnn, I remember you mentioned a while back that you were very pleased with Grand Circle Tours, and at that time I signed up for their e-mails. Now when the time comes for a river cruise in Europe, I'll have to compare the two, but it's nice to know that Tuggers recommend them both.

 

[eoneguru]

This how it looked last October

This is how the new bridge looked yesterday.

They seem to be moving along at a good pace. My DW thinks it would be scary to drive over it when finished.

 

[Karen G]

eoneguru, thanks for posting that October picture. Yes, they have made a lot of progress. I think it will be scary to drive across it, too. I don't plan to be among the first ones who do so.

 

[KristinB]

Geo, love the flower shots, just wonderful! Karen, thanks for posting the Yellowstone images, I'm going there twice next year (January and September), just whetting my appetite for what I'll be seeing...

Well, we just got back from Vermont and Cape Cod. One of the things we did while we were gone was a whale watch out of Provincetown, so my theme for a while will be "whale of the day"!

Probably my favorite:

 

[geoand]

Thanks Kristin. Am looking forward to seeing more of your Whale shots. I remember how incredibly lucky I felt when capturing my whale shots. Constantly scanning the water and there you see it and now its gone feeling. Had to resort to just keeping the camera in shoot position and using the other eye to scan. Sometimes the whales cooperated and magically appeared in my camera.

 

[dmharris]

Geo, what state were those Mt. Vernon flowers in?

 

[Karen G]

Geo, what state were those Mt. Vernon flowers in?

I'm not geo, but Mt. Vernon is in Washington state about an hour north of Seattle. There are many beautiful tulip fields like these in the area.