The Travel Thread

[Sevven]

Where are these from? Olympic peninsula?

It's Eastern Washington. We're trying to wait out this smoke before heading west. No point in hitting the lovely spots if it's hazardous to be outside. :/

 

[tlaud]

Lots of good experiences shared on this thread. I wish I knew how to post some photos of my travels, but my technology skills are "old school."

This thread is a bright spot in the day.

Do you have them saved on the device you're using to access sf?

I wish I could share some, but I have photos and slides from back in the 80's. I may try and see if I can scan some.

I could share photos of living in Europe for five years, maybe even Sinop, Turkey, etc., etc.

 

[Sevven]

I wish I could share some, but I have photos and slides from back in the 80's. I may try and see if I can scan some.

I could share photos of living in Europe for five years, maybe even Sinop, Turkey, etc., etc.

Printed photos are so valuable. I love compiling albums and not just having everything digital!

 

[tlaud]

I would like to share a few photos I stole online, and maybe I'll dig into my collection down the road to find the ones I have hidden in a box. Please don't blame me for plagiarism.

- Not much I can share about the Sphinx and Giza.

- Martin Luther, in Worms, Germany said, "Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise," first protestant church.

- Niebelungen is an old German legend, Richard Wagner's opera Der Ring des Nibelungen

- Sinop, Turkey is where Ulysses blinded the Cyclops after the Trojan War.

- Cathedral is in Worms, Germany, built in 1150 A.D.

 

[LonelyHiker]

Here's the tarantula vs pepsis. wasp picture, taken near the lodge I was staying at in Davis Mountain State Park, west Texas (not far from Marfa and Big Bend National Park

Wasp - 1
Tarantula - 0

 

[LonelyHiker]

For those of you interested in nerdy stastics about the wasp pictured above, one of the penultimate badasses of the insect world:

Tarantula hawk

 

[Brân]

Oohhhh sorry - I didn't see this thread otherwise I'd have shared my trip here - I'll add . I'm currently in West Wales just exploring some weirdness. Here are some oddly placed/fallen rocks - there are signs warning people not to sunbathe underneath the cliffs because they've been dropping lately hah.

 

[LonelyHiker]

Beautiful photos! I really want to visit the UK someday...

 

[KM76710]

For those of you interested in nerdy stastics about the wasp pictured above, one of the penultimate badasses of the insect world:

Tarantula hawk

It can be a kick to watch Coyote Peterson get bit and stung by everything under the sun including the tarantula hawk and others, he is in agony and the guy with him doing the filming: Are you OK?

I can imagine working a hospital and he walks in: Oh shit, you again? What was it this time? LOL

 

[sinking_ship]

Here's the tarantula vs pepsis. wasp picture, taken near the lodge I was staying at in Davis Mountain State Park, west Texas (not far from Marfa and Big Bend National Park

Wasp - 1
Tarantula - 0

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[sinking_ship]

Before my computer so rudely posted prematurely...I was gonna say.

Ooh, awesome! Tarantula hawks are so neat. Though I wouldn't' wanna piss one off!

 

[Sevven]

Here's where we landed today

 

[sinking_ship]

That's gorgeous @Sevven!

 

[Sevven]

A nice autumn walk in the rain today

 

[Lane]

Went to a state park in Pennsylvania today. I tried to get creative with some leaves and shells and garbage I found.

 

[Lane]

Temperature was in 70's in November 🙃😁

 

[Lane]

Final pics. Thanks for checkin them out.

 

[KM76710]

Those look great. The view from here recently.

Tractor and plow ready and a pickup standing by.

 

[Lane]

Those look great. The view from here recently.

Tractor and plow ready and a pickup standing by.

The swing chair looks super comfortable @KM6710. Good luck with plowing

 

[LonelyHiker]

Final pics. Thanks for checkin them out. View attachment 40149 View attachment 40150 View attachment 40151 View attachment 40152

Nice! Is that Lake Erie?