Annelies Clauson taught me the German language. She was a high school teacher of great renown in my home town, having singlehandedly created and run an exchange program that brought more than 1000 German and American kids into each other's homes, schools and lives. More
My favorite chateau. This one spans Le Cher in the Loire region and makes a picturesque destination when approached from the water.
Lake Chelan is a natural treasure near the center of the State of Washington. Unless you live in Washington, you probably haven't heard of it. For folks who live on the wet, western side of the Cascade Mountains, it's a close-in vacation wonderland
Road trip south for business meetings in California, combined with touring and camping along the way, visiting family and friends. The wide open sky and limitless freedom on the road feels good! I've made the trip south on Interstate 5 many times and that route is
The last leg to Eagle Lake started Saturday morning in Lakeview, Oregon. I didn't find much interesting about Lakeview, but I did find a relic of the old west in the form of an old building. Built as a dance hall and saloon in
Samuel Hill was an interesting character. He is known for building the Peace Arch on the US-Canadian border and the Stonehenge War Memorial in the Columbia River Gorge. He was also something of a fanatic about building highways throughout the Pacific Northwest. He traveled a great deal, spoke several
In 1918 in Southeastern Washington State a businessman and Quaker, Samuel Hill, began construction of a concrete structure modeled after the ruins of Stonehenge in Southwest England. The modern structure was designed to align with celestial bodies in the same way the megalithic structure was
Yakima is an agricultural town with nearly a quarter million inhabitants in the area encompassing the incorporated city. I've always know it as a hops growing powerhouse; the hops fields are evident all around outside the city itself. In the more recent past its become
If you harbor any love of books, Ephesus must have a special spot in your heart. The ruins of the ancient town feature what is left of a magnificent edifice that was the Library of Celsus,From Wikipedia,Ephesus is an ancient city in Turkey’s Central
In the course of exploring Aswan over a number of days I made inquiries about the sail boats that were up on the shore of the Nile in neat rows. They all appeared to be carefully tended by a "captain" and a few youths, and
Aswan can be considered the southern-most settled extreme of Egypt. The Aswan High Dam is just to the south of the city, behind which Lake Nasser extends all the way into the Sudan. The shores of Lake Nasser are desolate and almost uninhabited. Aswan is