Valley of Fire, Nevada

Haven't heard of Valley of Fire? I am not surprised - it wasn't on our original itinerary and we tossed up whether to go. It is "just" a state park, but it was probably one of my top 5 things we saw on our trip. To get there take a drive east along the 167 …

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Before embarking on our big USA trip in Autumn, a wise friend of ours (hello Wendy!) recommended we should stop in and see any National Monuments we could. We discovered while we were away the National monument is code for "Will be a LOT less busy than National Parks". They also have a little less …

Top 16 of 2016

Here is an assortment of my favourite photos from this year, although I am not entirely sure if they are the best of this year - its too hard to choose! If I were to do this again, it is likely I would come up with a list that is at least 50% different! There …

Silhouettes

My favourite photo from LA.... beach playground silhouette  

Chihuly Glass in Seattle

We went back to Seattle mostly to see this (and it is on the way to Portland, where we were going to see the NBA!). And definitely worth it. I don't know how we missed it on our other visit or two. Click on any of the composite pics to view them larger....     …

Chihuly glass, part 1

So after being regretful on a recent post about not knowing about Chihuly's works and exhibitions, we went back. A quick trip to Seattle and Portland this week allowed us to visit the spectacular Chihuly Garden and Glass. I don't have time to do a full post tonight, so here is a taster! A promise of more to …

Moon Festival, Chinatown, SF

The Moon Festival was another unexpected find on our West Coast trip. We were planning to walk down Chinatown, but had no idea the festival would be on. The atmosphere was fantastic! Music, decorations, Chinese dragons, stalls and lots of people! I loved the colour and action! And as always the dragons are so much fun …

Whistler in Fall

As often happens, a visitor in October prompted us to do a little extra sightseeing around the beautiful city of Vancouver. Luckily we had a few days of beautiful sunny weather before the rains set in again. We have been to Whistler in November last year, but it was snowing and the leaves were all gone, …