Twelve Mile Circle
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Select Beaches in Saint-Martin
Island of Saint-Martin / Sint Maarten (March 2011) There are more than twenty beaches on the island of St. Martin / Maarten, a space only a little larger than thirty square miles. Naturally that offers plenty of options. I’m not really a beach person and we remained almost entirely on the French side of the…
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Highlands and More
Various Points in Scotland (January 2000) We used to be able to take spur of the moment trips before we had children. Thus, all the way back in 2000, one of the airlines offered an absurdly low fare for a last-minute trip to Glasgow, Scotland. I think it was something really crazy like $120. But…
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Neolithic Henge, Cairns and Standing Stones
Kilmartin Glen, Argyll, Scotland (January 2000) The Kilmartin Glen contained an impressive collection of neolithic sites. The richest cluster in the valley included Temple Wood Henge and the various Nether Largie artifacts. Conveniently they all sat within close proximity of each other (map). A circular structure set off from the surrounding landscape by an earthwork…
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Dunadd
Kilmartin Glen, Argyll, Scotland (January 2000) There are few places in Scotland with such an incredible collection of archaeological sites as Kilmartin Glen. There are hundreds of monuments, fortresses, cairns, standing stones and carvings between Lochgilphead and Kilmartin (map). They range from the prehistoric all the way to the early days of the original Scottish…
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Scottish Breweriana
Breweriana from Scotland (January 2000) I like good beer, and we found plenty of exceptionally good beer in Scotland. We conducted a fair amount of research to find a representative sample of breweries and pubs recognized for their Real Ales. Additionally, we took great pride in not drinking a single massed-produced beer during our visit.…
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Wintertime in Corolla, Part 2 (Not Water)
Sure, I enjoyed the sand and the waves during our brief hideaway on North Carolina’s Outer Banks (map). However I couldn’t spend the entire time just staring out the window or walking along the beach. We did some other things too. Everything seemed so weird though, partially because of the pandemic and partially because we…
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Wintertime in Corolla, Part 1 (Water)
My travel took a beating in 2020. Little did I know. Little did any of us know. True, I did manage a proper vacation to Bermuda just before the pandemic struck. Then we hid for brief periods away from everyone else at lakes in Pennsylvania and in Michigan. That helped. Hopefully someone reading this page…
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Azores Index
The Azores (Açores), Portugal (March 2001) We traveled to four of the nine principal islands of the Azores during our way too brief trip. I’d love to go back someday and catch the rest. Island of Faial Horta Street Scenes Horta Waterfront Ferry Between Pico and Faial Island of Pico Ferry Between Pico and Faial…
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Monte Brasil
Terceira, The Azores (Açores), Portugal (March 2001) Monte Brasil is an odd appendage hanging off of Terceira’s south central coast (map). It forms a bay and a natural harbor with its teardrop shape. Additionally it deflects prevailing winds that come from the west and the southwest. Its heights allowed defensive positions that protected the land…
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