Category: 2013
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2013 Washington DC (2)
Travels with Dick and KarenKaren, Mary and Jeremy discussing taxonomic conundrums Washington DC 2013Week 2(go to Week 1) Mary and Jeremy create fantastic ceramics inspired by pressing real leaves and stems into the clay.They were on the way between their home in southeast Ohio and a show in Pennsylvania. So we found secured covered parking…
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2013 Washington DC (1)
Travels with Dick and Karen Washington DC 2013Week 1(go to Week 2)Two years ago we drove across the US and had considered spending a week in Washington DC along the way. For a variety of reasons we didn’t manage to wedge that detour into that trip. So this year we decided to make DC the…
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2013 South Africa (4)
Travels with Dick and KarenSouth AfricaPart 4Animals and Mountains:Addo to Krugervia the Drakensbergs Just north of Port Elizabeth is Addo Elephant Park which the guide books all raved about. Soon after entering the park we saw lots of evidence of elephants, such as these: and this: But the first few animals we saw were antelopes(hmmm……
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2013 South Africa (3)
Travels with Dick and KarenSouth AfricaPart 3Tree Tops and Surf:east of Cape Townto Port ElizabethSouth Africa- Garden Route At Strand we hit the sea again. High-rises on one side of Beach Road, and…. … across the road is a wide sweeping beach. Under-populated on this early spring day but apparently thronged in the summer. Without…
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2013 South Africa (2)
Travels with Dick and KarenSouth AfricaPart 2Namaqua: flowers and shores of the west coast We finally headed out of Cape Town. People descending upon cars at intersections to hawk their wares was common. But we only found one case during the whole trip (in the Drakensbergs) where a simple “no, thank you” was not sufficient…
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2013 South Africa (1)
Travels with Dick and KarenSouth AfricaPart 1Cape Town Why did we go to South Africa? Karen’s reason: To see weird flowers called Proteas and to see what we consider as “houseplants” in their native habitat. Dick’s reason: To see South Africa. South Africa part 1- Cape Town To minimize the number of hops in-between and…