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African Safari – Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro Crater

African Safari – Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro Crater Our destination for this day’s rather long drive was the Serengeti. Along the way though, we would be stopping to peer over the edge into the rather large Ngorongoro Crater and then … Continue reading

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African Safari – A Visit to an Orphanage

African Safari – A Visit to an Orphanage The night before on the way to the lodge, we had traveled a very rough dirt road through a small enclave of homes (a village?) and past this orphanage. Some of the … Continue reading

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African Safari – Lake Manyara National Park (3)

African Safari – Lake Manyara National Park (3) Once we were down by the shores of the lake, there were plenty of different shorebirds to see through the binoculars but most were a bit too far away for good photography. … Continue reading

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African Safari – Lake Manyara National Park (2)

African Safari – Lake Manyara National Park (2) On our way down toward the lake, we stopped at one spot where the number of bird species flitting in and out was unbelievable. Probably could have sat there all day but … Continue reading

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African Safari – Lake Manyara National Park

African Safari – Lake Manyara National Park One of the highlights of the Lake Manyara visit was the Blue Monkeys or Diademed Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) which greeted us along the nature trail and at other locations along the roads.

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Update on progress

UPDATE: As Graeme and I get this new website/blog format up and running, we are moving a great deal of photographic material over from other locations and consolidating that photographic material into this one site.  In order to maintain our … Continue reading

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Got the visas – Almost ready to go.

Got the visas – Almost ready to go. I picked up our visas from the Kenya High Commission today. Yeah! That completes the visa process for our two country safari in East Africa.

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Battle of the Thousand Islands 250th Anniversary Commemoration – Ogdensburg, NY (Land battle re-enactment)

Plans for rebuilding this historic site are underway as funding permits. To learn more about the organization spearheading this activity, please visit their website at: Fort de la Présentation Ogdensburg Founder’s Day Reenactment 2010 – Battle of the Thousand Islands … Continue reading

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The Pass of Glen Coe

The Pass of Glen Coe We woke to overcast weather patterns and the chance of rain, but not letting that dampen our enthusiasm, Jim and I head further north into the pass of Glen Coe. Along the way, Jim explained … Continue reading

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New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana The first thing to do was find out where there was a good place to eat.  So we asked, “Where is the French Quarter is a good place to eat?”  And they answered, “Man, where you from? … Continue reading

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