Monthly Archives: July 2025

As diverse as the mountains themselves are the environments they produce. Mountains make weather: they create localized and stratified climates. Climate change due to altitude is an obvious factor, but the mountain landscape also creates endless variations in climate and … Continue reading →

I’m not sure what this says about me, but Nomad Mania runs my life. When you examine the Series General Ranking, it appears to be a significant factor in many travellers’ lives. There are six NM travellers with over 17,000 … Continue reading →

Gallery of Gruel – The First Winter Traverse of the Purcells Three years after an epic grunt along the length of the Selkirks, four British Columbia ski mountaineers lay claim to an equally arduous first-ever ski traverse of the neighbouring … Continue reading →

Feb 15-20  – COLUMBIA – The Trip  Feb 20-Mar 17 – PERU – Amazon, Central Sierra & Madre Dios, Lima, Mar 17-22 – BOLIVIA – Santa Cruz & Sucre Mar 23-Apr 18 – ARGENTINA – Jujuy, Salto & Tucuman, Santiago … Continue reading →

Day 70/3 Mon Aug 11 MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Springfield, Salem, Worcester) ROCKPORT The Paper House, Rockport. This was the summer home of Ells Stenman, built in 1922. It is framed in wood (and now covered in 2024). The insulation consists of … Continue reading →

USA – Maine to home August 9-30, 2025 MAINE (Portland, Augusta, Bangor, Presque Isle) Cross the bridge, and the border station is at the end. Immigration was fast. Price of gas: Use convertgasprice.com to convert USD/gallon to CAD/litre. I bought … Continue reading →

Is It Wrong to Tell Kids to Apologize? Some parents argue that forcing children to say they’re sorry is useless or even harmful. The reality is more nuanced. By Stephanie H. Murray Harold M. Lambert / Getty May 6, 2024 THE … Continue reading →

Day 74/7 Sun Aug 15 Congregation Kneses Tifereth, Port Chester. A rectangular box with a round brick entrance lobby. Modern. Architectural Delight ON McDonald’s in Port Chester  Day 75/8 Sat Aug 16 NEW YORK CITY & LONG ISLAND NEW YORK METROPOLITAN … Continue reading →

NEW BRUNSWICK (Saint John, Moncton) Day 57   Wed July 23 New Brunswick Botanical Garden, Edmundston is a provincial park on 7 hectares and is the largest arboretum east of Montreal. There are exhibits on butterflies, a vegetable garden, rhododendrons, roses, … Continue reading →

JAPAN – KANSAI WESTERN Japan (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe) World Heritage Sites Himeji-jo* Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)* MOZU-FURUICHI KOFUN GROUP: MOUNDED TOMBS OF ANCIENT JAPAN WHS. Located on a plateau above the Osaka Plain, this … Continue reading →