Where in the World Wednesday

Since we just returned from a week in Yellowstone National Park, today's "Where" is Lower Falls in the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone! This is the view from Artist's Point. The falls are 308 feet high, which is almost twice as high as Niagara Falls. As a desert person, this is an incredible amount of water. WOW! This area of the park is what gives it its name of Yellowstone. Most of the park isn't yellow, but here it is spectacularly yellow.

Where in the World Wednesday

Hello, today's "other" place is Yellowstone. We are going again this year and have started talking about it. I can't wait...

Morning Glory Pool

Grand Prismatic Spring

White Dome Geyser

Baby Buffalo...I love seeing all the babies: bald eagles, elk, buffalo, moose, bears. Late spring/early summer is such a wonderful time to visit.

New Orleans

We went to New Orleans last week for a few days. We met Johnny's mom and Aunt Gail there and then met with some more of Gail's family. We rented a house on Burgundy Street, just a couple of blocks from the Quarter. Here is a link that shows pictures, a map, etc. It was a house built in 1807 for a wealthy free black woman, and is mostly original. It was quite interesting to stay in one of the older houses in town.

We visited Jackson Square and the cathedral, ate at Crescent City Brewhouse, then had beignets at Café du Monde. We visited one of the cemeteries to see the above ground graves. I'd always wanted to be buried in a plain pine box, but now I want a house with a stained glass window!!! We stayed up late catching up with Gail, way too late!! So much for the 11:30 AM riverboat ride the next morning! The next day we had lunch at Port O Call and walked down Bourbon Street...oh my...the things we saw. Next up was Happy Hour with extended family at The Cellars of River Ridge - they own it! We had a marvelous time!

On the way home, we took a slight detour and visited the Mansfield Civil War Battle site.

I remembered the camera, but it didn't have a memory card, so the only pics I have are from my phone, and most (all) of the indoor photos are blurry. But they are what I have... They can be found here.

Where in the World Wednesday

Where in the World Wednesday has come again. This week it is Aachen, Germany. One of my favorite pictures from our trip to Europe in 2006. The stained glass in this cathedral takes my breath away every time. For a size perspective, check out the person standing at the very bottom of the picture in the back, middle of the picture, near the second of the gold reliquaries. He puts this into a whole new perspective, doesn't he?

Cruising the Caribbean

I just got back from my cruise with Amy.  I had such a good time - it will take awhile to get my pictures and thoughts organized, but here's a sneak peek.  

My Upcoming Cruise

My friend Amy won a free cruise and invited me along. We originally were going on a 5 day cruise to the Yucatan and Cozumel, but with the swine flu "pandemic", Carnival has changed the cruise to a 7 day cruise to Grand Cayman and Montego Bay. Initially we thought they might cancel it altogether, but this is fabulous!!! I get to add 2 more countries to my total - bringing it up to 12 and one more than Johnny!