New York to Seattle via: Half Moon Cay- Bahamas, Ft. Lauderdale- Florida, Cartagena-Columbia Panama Canal Puntarenas & Poas National Park- Costa Rica Puerto Quetzal-Guatemala Huatulco, Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas- Mexico Los Angeles- California Vancouver BC 18 April to 13 May 2007
Around New York City: Brooklyn Bridge, Ground Zero, Times Square, Rockefeller Center UN General Assembly, Museum of Natural History, Cross (in St. John the Divine) Statue of LibertyLaveta, saying goodbye to ManhattanThe M/S Noordam (at Half Moon Cay) On Board the Noordam: Elevator. Library, ClubroomPoolside Bar, Lounge, Promenade Deck So much wine… so little time. (Wine tasting on the Noordam) Half Moon Cay Determining our position the old fashioned way.Life aboardCarol with a mean looking alligator, Everglades– FloridaDeparting Port Everglades– FloridaCarol: American IdolModern Cartagena Cartagena: Old Town, Bolivar Square and Church of Pedro Claver Limon Bay, GatunLocks and Laveta and I at MirafloresLocks– Panama Canal Poas Volcano National Park– Costa Rica Shopping in Puerto Quetzal– GuatemalaFellow TravelersThey pray first… then jump. Cliff Divers- AcapulcoFinger Licking’ good! Acapulco.Lands End, Cabo San LucasDinner AboardThe Queen Mary- Long Beach HarborRodeo Drive in Beverly Hills- CALaveta and Carol, The Getty Museum, Los AngelesReflections of Carol (and Me) Getty MuseumEarly Morning Arrival in Seattle
RV West 2006
The 5th Wheel belongs to Jim and Carol, the Motor Home is ours. (Photo taken just north of Monument Valley)
Departing Tacoma, Washington State, 14 September 2006Carol and Laveta – Coeur D’ Alene, IdahoAt the Continental Divide, WyomingBear genitalia (at our RV park in West Yellowstone) Old Faithful– 15 minutes lateBison fording the Yellowstone RiverMt. Rushmore National MonumentLaveta- near the entrance of Wind Cave National Park, SDThe Crazy Horse monument, under construction, Black Hills, SDMe- Rapid City, South DakotaA Picnic with Obi-Wan (Jim) in the Black HillsThe Devil’s Tower Wyoming We hiked all the way around.Garden of the Gods, Colorado SpringsHats: Me, Laveta, Carol, Jim – Colorado SpringsPikes Peak via cog train, Colorado SpringsSt. Francis Cathedral and downtown art, Santa Fe, New MexicoBandelier National Monument, New MexicoLaveta & Fat Man, Bradbury Science Museum, Los AlamosAT-400A Pit storage-transportation container cutaway, Los AlamosRest stop near Lemitar, New MexicoMission San Miguel, SocorroAt the Owl Bar & Grill, San Antonio, New MexicoRV life, San AntonioCarol, Lincoln County New Mexico (home of Billy the Kid)` Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. We walked down and around- about 2 1/2 hours, then took the elevator (750 ft.) back to the surface.Texas is not the issue here (GWB is)Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TexasWow- no feet! White Sands National Monument, NMMe and Laveta again- White SandsThe Trinity Site (in White Sands Missile Range New Mexico) where the first nuclear explosion took place, on 16 July,1945. It’s only open to the public two days a year. The House is The McDonald ranch house where the Plutonium pit was assembled with its initiator (neutron generator) There was lots of security at the site- guess they didn’t want anyone to get lost.Thunderstorm, near four-corners, Colorado (one handed shot while driving) Mesa Verde National Park, ColoradoArches National Park, UtahThe just magnificent, Monument Valley, Navajo Nation, ArizonaBrice Canyon National Park, Utah The geological features are called "Hoodoos" Zion National Park Utah.Jim – early morning, Ely NevadaOn US-50, Nevada.Burns RV Park and adjacent (across the street) countryside, Burns Oregon.The Three Sisters (& Jim’s trailer) on Hwy-20, OregonBridge over the Columbia at our RV park, The Dales, Oregon
—-We arrived back home in Tacoma (University Place) on 22 October 2006—
