by tdinfl | Oct 22, 2023 | Biking, Hiking, National Parks, Nature, Sightseeing, Utah
Zion National Park is Utah’s first national park. It was granted national park status in 1919, after starting out as Mukuntuweap National Monument in 1909. “Mukuntuweap” is the Paiute Indian word for “straight canyon” or “straight river” . The main focus of Zion...
by tdinfl | Sep 14, 2022 | Biking, Boating, Distilleries, Hiking, Scotland, Sightseeing
We’ve done four bike and barge trips now, and they just keep getting better and better! If you aren’t familiar, bike and barges are trips where you live on a boat for the duration of trip but then the boat takes you to several different locations for you...
by tdinfl | Sep 14, 2022 | Biking, Boating, Nature, Scotland, Sightseeing
Our last day on the bikes unfortunately started out as another wet one. Because of the weather forecast and steady morning rain, only about half of the riders made the revised ride to Glengorm Castle and back. The revised ride was only about 12 miles (19 km) round...
by tdinfl | Sep 14, 2022 | Biking, Boating, Nature, Scotland, Sightseeing
Bike day 5 was our first rainy day of the trip. Because of the rain we waved off the side trip (10 miles round trip) to the brilliant white beach of Calgary Bay and continued directly back to Tobermory. The Flying Dutchman made the short trip in the morning to drop us...
by tdinfl | Sep 13, 2022 | Biking, Boating, Nature, Scotland, Sightseeing
Our bike ride for the fourth day started with a drop off at the Inverlussa Mussel Farm in Loch Spelve on the Isle of Mull. The Mussel Farm was only one of the farming operations on the Loch with several other mussel and salmon farms apparent across the bay. This was...
by tdinfl | Sep 13, 2022 | Biking, Boating, Nature, Scotland, Sightseeing
Our third biking day we cycled from the South end of Jura at Craighouse, nearly to the North end in Ardlussa, for a ride of 17 miles (27 km). The word, ‘isolated’ was made for Jura, it can only be reached by ferry. George Orwell, who stayed here while he...
