Many trips have taken place since our expedition
to
Egypt in 1996. Most of them I have
"on tape" and thus somewhat inaccessible to viewers on the web. I
have, however, recently acquired a digital camera or two and have made
a point of using them, in addition to my trusty Sony Hi8.
We went to
Antarctica
in 2001, to the
Arctic in 2002,
after spending some of the spring of 2002 in
South
East Asia. In September of 2002 we took a "study tour" of
the Veneto district of Italy
(pizza, pasta, architecture were the subjects of study). After
all that gallivanting about, we decided to rest up in
Palm Desert,
where
have a vacation time-share which offers some pretty nice
vistas. While there we visited
the Indian Canyon
park area
which has some magnificent rock formations to study.
I practiced with my new "toys" in
Yosemite
in the winter of 2001-02. Lately I have become more courageous and
tried my hand at creating so-called interactive panoramas from pictures
taken in
Peru,
Scottsdale,
White Tank Mountains,
Palm Desert, and
Indian Canyon in Palm
Springs. Needless to say, the
Copper Canyon
provided addtional camera fodder.
In March of 2003 we poked around on the
Amazon
river in Peru. Shortly thereafter we spent a few days in the
Phoenix area and visited the
White
Tank Mountains park. We spent the July 4th week-end in
Prescott, AZ. (I
guess we must like
it warm).
Later on, in August of 2003, we checked out the rumor that Paradise can be found on earth by visiting
French Polynesia for a week or so.
We started 2004 by inspecting the treasures of
the Sea of Cortez and the Copper Canyon; which we followed up by spending a week in
Cancun after which we checked out
Budapest, Prague and points in between. Later, in November, we visited
Patagonia and Easter Island.
In 2005, I admit, we got lazy. We traveled to
Greenland in early September.
During this time we poked around on
Bunker Hill and the Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Association of Retired Faculty.
In late May, 2006, we joined a group of California Bears for a "Beartrek" to
Portugal and in late July we spent a week in
Santa Fe, NM.
We resumed our trekking in 2007 by visiting
Philadelphia in May.
