Posts in Category: Trips
Chicago River
Looking North down the Chicago River at night. We were waiting for out bus to arrive outside Union Station.
Blue Iguana
The Blue Iguana is one of the longest-living species of lizard, up to 70 years, and is a national symbol of the Cayman Islands. The largest native land animal on Grand Cayman with a total nose-to-tail length of 5 feet and weighing as much as 30 pounds. Critically endangered, there is an ongoing recovery program on the Cayman Islands.
Navy Pier Seagull
Emilia and I in Chicago for a few days so that she can take one of her Medical Board exams. We spent some time on Navy Pier after we arrived. It had rained earlier on, but cleared up once we made it to the pier from the hotel. Seagull posing nicely for me.
Reflecting Time
At the lake in Scioto Trails Park, this young girl spent time reflecting (literally) on her camping over Memorial Day weekend. A photo I did not take was of the beaver that was swimming around the lake. Lesson learned, always take your camera with you.
Caterpillars
Sunning themselves on a limestone rock, these tent caterpillars were in no hurry to move. Pretty sure these are tent caterpillars but somebody out there might be able to identify them more correctly. This was taken on the North Ridge road that overlooks Scioto Trails Park.
Turkey Vulture
Emilia and I went camping in Scioto Trails State Park for the Memorial Day Weekend. Beautiful, quiet campgrounds, another couple we know joined us for Saturday night.
While hiking one of the numerous trails through the state forest, a turkey vulture swooped very close and I was able to snap this shot. They have wingspans up to 72 inches and will eat almost anything. This shot is very similar to the one of the California Condo I took at the Grad Canyon 2 years ago. <a href=”/index.php?showimage=151″>View that photo here.</a>
Chicago Penguin
One of the penguins from the Lincoln park Zoo in Chicago, taken at the end of the train trip out west in 2006.
Liechtenstein Garden Palace
The Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna, Austria, named after the House of Liechtenstein, one of Europe’s oldest noble families. The museum includes the Princely Collections containing important European works of art, forming one of the world’s leading private art collections.
The Garden Palace in Vienna’s present-day Rossau district was constructed during the reign of Prince Johann Adam Andreas I of Liechtenstein (1657-1712), who was one of the greatest builders of his day.
Church lantern
Weather beaten lantern hanging from a church in Doylestown, PA.