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2022: Short trips

February 2022

St. Stephen’s Mission, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming

Thermopolis, Wyoming

July 2022

Nashville

From Alabama to Wyoming

Kansas sites: the biggest Czech egg in the world and the Basilica of St. Fidelis – the “Basilica of the Plains”

The Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia and the Columbia, SC, riverwalk.

August 2022

Catholic Kentucky

More Catholic Kentucky

September 2022

New York City

October 2022

Mepkin Abbey, South Carolina

Grand Teton National Park

More Grand Tetons

November 2022

Denver

Garden of the Gods


Guanajuato, Mexico – October 2022

Itinerary

Day 1

Persistent

Day 2

Day 3

Daytrip to Leon

Day 5

Climbing La Bufa outside of Guanajuato

Guanajuato Colors

Guanajuato Farewell


New Mexico – August 2022

Itinerary

Not even mad about it

Oxford and Clarksdale, MS; Subiaco Abbey in Arkansas

Clear Creek Monastery, Woodie Guthrie and on to New Mexico

Santa Rosa, NM, a bubbly tire at Pecos, new tires in Santa Fe and finally, Abiqui.

Taos

Taos & the Chimayo shrine

Mass at a mission

Back and forth to Taos again, several missions, the Rio Grande Gorge,

Ghost Ranch

Mass at an historic mission, a feastday festival, Georgia O’Keefe’s home and the Santa Fe Opera

A morning in Santa Fe, Las Vegas, NM, Peco National Monument.

Home via a couple of Texas canyons.


England – June 2022

The itinerary

Where we stayed

Oxford (1)

Oxford (2)

Oxford (3)

Eucharistic Procession in Oxford

Hexham

York – 1

York – 2

Hadrian’s Wall

Traveling on a rail strike day

Lindesfarne

Puffins

Edinburgh

Edinburgh – the Royal Highland Show

London – 1

London – 2


Capitol Reef, Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, October 2021

Where, when, how and why

October 15: Travel day, Salt Lake City

October 16: Capitol Reef National Park

October 17: Leprechaun Canyon, Blarney Canyon, Goblin Valley State Park, Moab

October 18: Devil’s Garden Trail hike, Arches National Park. Islands in the Sky overlooks, Canyonlands National Park

October 19: Fiery Furnace hike, Arches National Park, travel to Needles section of Canyonlands

October 20: Chelser Park Overlook hike, Canyonlands, Delicate Arch trail hike, Arches

More photos and videos at Instagram, both in posts and in “highlights.”


Big South Fork, Tennessee, August 2021

Fall Creek Falls, Tennessee

Also Fall Creek Falls.

Rugby, Alvin C. York site, Charit Creek Lodge

Slave Falls and Twin Arches hike in Big South Fork

Brush Mountain State Penitentiary and Oak Ridge


Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest: February 2021

Overview

Day 1 at the South Rim.

Hiking in the Grand Canyon and a drive to Winslow

Petrified Forest

Sedona


Yellowstone and Grand Teton: August 2020

Nature Travel Collage Photo Facebook Post

How, why are where: a summary post

August 19: Travel day, first bison sighting. Arrival in Colter Bay.

August 20: Hermitage Trail at Colter Bay in GTNP, canoeing on Lake Jackson, dinner in Jackson, initial exploration of Jenny Lake.

August 21: Hike to Inspiration Point at Jenny Lake, then a chunk of the Cascade Canyon Trail, Signal Mountain overlook.

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August 22: Leave Colter Bay, go on to Yellowstone. West Thumb area, Kepler Cascades, two Old Faithful eruptions, one from ground level, the other from a viewpoint on a nearby hillside; Black Sand geyser area; Grand Prismatic Spring from ground level.

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August 23:  Biking in Yellowstone; Drive to Firehouse River; Paintpots: Hike to Grand Prismatic Spring overlook.

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August 24: Check out of Old Faithful Snow Lodge, on the way north.  Norris Geyser area. Stop in Canyon Village, then most viewpoints of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and then a few thermal features to the south. Back north, arrive in Gardiner, MT, check into Hillcrest Cottages

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August 25: Mammoth Hot Springs, various trails in the area.

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August 26: Day of driving towards the northeast entrance to the park, through the Lamar Valley. Many bison, riverside picnic lunch, fairly strenuous hike on part of the Hellroaring trail, to the suspension bridge.

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August 27: Check out of cottage, drive to Jackson through West Yellowstone because of road closures. Check into Jackson hotel, then back up to Jenny Lake for a hike partway around the lake, then to Moose Ponds and Hidden Falls. Seen: deer, moose, bear.

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August 28: Fly back to BHM!


South Florida: January 2020

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Biking in Everglades National Park and much Cuban food.

Kayaking in Indian Key, a night ranger program in the Glades and more Cuban food.

Biscayne Bay: a naturalization ceremony and manatees

Miscellaneous wrap-up


Honduras: November 2019

What was Honduras like? A reflection

Where we stayed in Copan and Gracias, Honduras

Friday 11/8-Saturday 11/9: The journey from Birmingham to Copan Ruinas, Honduras.

Sunday 11/10: Mass and a wedding. Touring the Copan ruins with archaeologist David Sedat

Monday 11/11: Spanish school and Macaw Mountain

Tuesday 11/12: Return visit to the ruins

Wednesday 11/13: Las Sepulturas and El Rastrojon ruins near Copan

Thursday 11/14: Hacienda San Lucas and Los Sapos

Friday 11/15-Saturday 11/16: Last day of Spanish school, a day-long coffee-farm tour on horseback; Luna Jaguar hot springs.

Sunday 11/17: Traveling from Copan to Gracias, Honduras. Mass. Settling in. 

Monday 11/18: Ziplining the canopy and more hot springs

Tuesday 11/19: Hiking the El Gallo trail in Celaque National Park

Wednesday 11/20: Fuerte el Cristobal; relaxing, preparing to return


Spain: June-July 2019

June 11-July 2

The basics – itinerary

How we got around

Where we stayed

What we ate

The first full day.

First week – 7 Quick Takes

The bullfight in Seville

Museo de Belas Artes in Seville

Seville Weekend

Seville Saturday

Seville Sunday

Cordoba Monday

Corpus Christi in Seville

Corpus Christi in Seville and Caceres

Guadalupe

Guadalupe to Toledo

Talavera de la Reina

Toledo

Cinchon

Donde esta la biblioteca, anyway?


Japan 2018

Day 1 of travel – in which we ended up spending the night in Dallas.

Made it to Tokyo!

Tokyo Weekend: Mass, the Odaiba area, Shibuyu

Monday in Tokyo – going up high, then to the Shinjuku area, Sunshine City & sushi.

Views from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

Bullet train to Kyoto

Kyoto temples and shrines

Nara Deer and then back to Kyoto for the Fushimi Irani Shrine.

Iwatayama Monkey Park, bamboo forest, the Otagi-Nenbutsu-ji Temple & a delightful Tanzanian meal back in Kyoto.

Osaka Crazy

Back to Tokyo, then to Narita for the night before our flight – some sights in Narita, including the preparation of eel. 

Random Observations I

Random Observations 2 


 

Mexico 2018:

I went to Mexico and didn’t die! – A summary post. 

Background – why we went to Mexico during Holy Week.

Sunday 3/25 – the trip down and the first evening in Mexico City.

Monday 3/26 – Teotihuacan and going to the movies in Mexico City.

Tuesday 3/27 – The National Museum of Anthropology, other parts of Chapultepec Park, and Lucha Libre

Wednesday 3/28 – The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Thursday 3/29 – Bus from Mexico City to Puebla;  Holy Thursday in Puebla

Friday 3/30 –  Good Friday in Puebla 

Saturday 3/31 – Holy Saturday I – Cholula Pyramids and astonishing churches

Saturday 3/31 – Holy Saturday 2 – Vigil-hopping and street food

Sunday 4/1 -2 – Easter Sunday – Mass in the Cathedral, museums and dance – and the bus back to Mexico City, and then the trip back on Monday. 


 

London 2017

A summary post.

A general link.

Preparation

Day 1 – arrival, wandering and learning the city

Day 2 – Tower of London and the British Museum

Day 3 – Churchill War Rooms and more British Museum

Day 4 – National Gallery, the Globe, Lego-ish things, Southwark Cathedral, Borough Market

Day 5 – Greenwich, St. Paul’s and Harrods

Day 6- Wandering the city and then the Warner Brothers/Harry Potter Studio Tour

Day 7 – Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, London Oratory, Tyburn Convent

Where we stayed and what we ate. 

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Belize and Guatemala 2017

7 Quick Takes from Guatemala

Tips on Tikal: How to get there, where to stay, how to see it, what to eat!

Comamus – the great food we had in Belize and Guatemala

The trip back.

Italy 2016 

(3 weeks, beginning in Bologna, ending in Pisa.)

Greetings from Bologna

Bologna: St. Catherine of Bologna and St. Dominic

Parma Food Tour

On to Ferrara.

Biking in Ferrara

Ravenna

We went to Ferrara for the Palio, but it was rained out. 

Down to Rome

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Ostia Antica

Dome of St. Peter’s and the Appian Way

Orvieto

Around Sorano

Siena

Florence

Last day in Florence – Pisa.

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Wild West 2015

(Hoover Dam, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Grand Canyon, Death Valley and (yuk) Vegas)

Over all plan described here  (For all posts related to this trip, click here.)

Left Birmingham on 5/19, flew to Vegas.

Biking at Zion National Park

5/20 – Hoover Dam and then on to Saint George, Utah.

5/21 – Snow Canyon and then on to Bryce Canyon

5/22-23 – Bryce Canyon (here and here)

5/23 – drive down to Kanab, Utah – Red Rock Canyon and Coral Pink Sand Dunes on the way.

5/24-26 Grand Canyon North Rim (Here and here)

5/27-28 – Zion National Park

Death Valley

Las Vegas is an Awful Place


Germany 2014

Day 1

Zugspitze

Day 3

Innsbruck

Partnach Gorge

Munich

Germany Notes


Mexico 2014

7 Quick Takes – a summary.

Day 1- Pemex Edition. In which we basically run out of gas. 

Chichen Itza

Street vendor in Progreso

A living history hacienda and a swim in a cenote

Uxmal

Campeche

Coba and Tulum


March 2011- Milan

First view of the Duomo

First impressions

Castello Sforzesco

Milan Aquarium

The Duomo

Basilica of St. Ambrose

Duomo crypt – where Ambrose baptized Augustine

Top of the Duomo

More from the top of the Duomo

Pavia

Milan Natural History Museum

Going to Mass

Parco della Villa Pallavicino, Stresa, Lago Maggiore

Lago Maggiore

Mexico 2010

We went with a parish mission group to General Cepeda, Mexico.

Beginnings

Photo dump

On the border

Defend us in battle

Daily life in the mission

More daily life

Fun

Working

Chapel of Saltillo

Rain

Desert Day

Rome 2008 (solo)

No photos on the posts. They can be found here, in a batch.

Son #2 was teaching in English in Rome. He left his jacket at home. I took it to him at Thanksgiving.

Intro post

Mass in Brighton

On to Rome

Fourth in the Pub Quiz and other matters

Figuring out the bus

Finding J23

How-to

All in 30 seconds

Wandering

Making a 6 am flight

Best meal

Food

The apartment


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