Category Archives: Travels abroad
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Cape Flattery
October 24, 2019 by Rokman61
Cape Flattery is the extreme northwest tip of the contiguous United States. I had never been there, so on a …
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Hawaii, Part 3, Maui
March 27, 2017 by Rokman61
Maui is the ‘next’ island in the Hawaiian chain, just to the northwest of Big Island. Here is the ‘bird’ that brought …
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Hawaii, Part 2, Volcano!
March 11, 2017 by Rokman61
The Geologic setting of Hawaii The Hawaiian Island chain comprises a series of volcanoes, which are essentially stupendous piles of volcanic …
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Hawaiian Adventure, 2017
March 3, 2017 by Rokman61
It seems like nearly everybody I know has been to Hawaii at least once. I had personally visited the Big …
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June 2015 – Eastern Washington and more
July 14, 2015 by Rokman61
My first few days of the month were spent in the State of Washington, as a participant on a guided birding …
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Alaska 2013, Part 2, Glacier Bay and home
Leave a commentJanuary 30, 2014 by Rokman61
Glacier Bay A visit to spectacular Glacier Bay National Park is the highlight of virtually every cruise to the Alaska …
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North to Alaska . . . !
Leave a commentJanuary 28, 2014 by Rokman61
Alaska, Part 1: on board and on shore Norma and I had been thinking about taking a cruise somewhere someday. …
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August 2013
Leave a commentSeptember 3, 2013 by Rokman61
The month started off well when this handsome little Merlin (a small falcon) decided to land right beside me – one of …
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Japan, Parts 1 and 2
1May 28, 2013 by Rokman61
After the Eagle-Eye tour ended in Cambodia, George and I flew on to Japan to continue our adventures. I had …
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Cambodia Part 3, a Bit of Biota
Leave a commentMay 19, 2013 by Rokman61
Starting with some vegetation of note. The very interesting and characteristic trees of the dipterocarp family were introduced in Part …
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