by tdinfl | Oct 23, 2023 | Hiking, National Parks, Nature, Photography, Sightseeing
Bryce Canyon National Park is home to the world’s largest grouping of hoodoos. Hoodoos are the distinctive rock formations found throughout Bryce Canyon. The hoodoos are are pillars of sandstone and other fine-grained sedimentary rock created by the processes of...
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 | Mar 8, 2023 | Florida, Nature, Sightseeing, Wildlife
Gatorland Visit - 3/7/2023 Some of my favorite photos from our recent visit to Gatorland (https://www.gatorland.com/). Gatorland is a 110-acre theme park and wildlife preserve in Florida, located along South Orange Blossom Trail south of Orlando. In the Spring...
by tdinfl | Nov 7, 2022 | Alaska, Hiking, Nature, Sightseeing, Uncategorized
October proved to be a great time to visit Fairbanks, Alaska. Fairbanks is located approximately 350 miles North of Anchorage and 500 miles South of Prudhoe Bay, on the Northern Coast of Alaska. Fairbanks is also located approximately 200 road miles (140 air miles)...
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...
