Newport, Oregon
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Julie makes lunch at Baskett Slough wildlife refuge, en route to coast
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This is a very tasty sandwich
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This is Julie, grinning
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This is me. We found cold weather. Very exciting.
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Julie, 'midst cold weather.
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Julie, with big tree.
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Julie, in alder and hemlock forest.
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Hike on Cascade Head Nature Conservancy site, at coast.
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Julie, Cascade Head.
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Julie, Cascade Head, ocean.
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Looking south down coast.
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Looking west out to sea.
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Me, Cascade Head.
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Ocean from Cascade Head.
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More flowers and scenery.
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Still life with hotel room furniture, purse.
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Backhoe hood ornament.
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Local pride - even in Newport (which has a functioning harbor), the fish comes from Alaska.
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Julie, still staring at engagement ring.
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Bridge on U.S. 101 over Yaquina Bay.
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Sea lions in harbor.
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Sea lions redux.
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Sea lions redux.
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Sea lions, cormorant, on rocks.
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Sea lion resting.
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Sign on harbor fence.
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Bridge, once more.
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Seagulls on fence posts by beach.
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Me, with hats on.
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Me, bald and gleaming.
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Monster seagull, dwarfing puny humans and distant lighthouse.
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Julie at beach.
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Yaquina Bay - the Newport Marathon runs along this bay for about ten miles each direction.
Oregon miscellani
me on beach.JPG
me on beach.JPG 2007-06-11
lagoon, driftwood.JPG
lagoon, driftwood.JPG 2007-06-11
Mickey on beach.JPG
Mickey on beach.JPG 2007-06-11
driftwood iii.JPG
driftwood iii.JPG 2007-06-11
to Canada - Julie cooks.JPG
to Canada - Julie cooks.JPG 2007-06-14
sign on ferry.JPG
sign on ferry.JPG 2007-06-11
Jim, Ebie Island.JPG
Jim, Ebie Island.JPG 2007-06-11
Susitna on bookshelf.JPG
Susitna on bookshelf.JPG 2007-06-15
Susitna on another box.JPG
Susitna on another box.JPG 2007-06-15
Susitna on boxes.JPG
Susitna on boxes.JPG 2007-06-15
Susitna, again, on a box.JPG
Susitna, again, on a box.JPG 2007-07-06
Susitna and boxes.JPG
Susitna and boxes.JPG 2007-07-06
julieandgavindressup.jpg
julieandgavindressup.jpg 2007-07-06
julieone.jpg
julieone.jpg 2007-07-06
julietwo.jpg
julietwo.jpg 2007-07-06
me at dinner.JPG
me at dinner.JPG 2007-07-06
meonbench.jpg
meonbench.jpg 2007-07-06
hydrangeas.JPG
hydrangeas.JPG 2007-07-06
self-portrait iii.JPG
self-portrait iii.JPG 2007-07-06
AK '06
view from window.JPG
end of street.JPG
end of W. 64th
trees in bog.JPG
view down W. 64th.JPG
W. 64th Ave..JPG
W. 64th redux.JPG
yellow leaves.JPG
house from bog.JPG
street signs.JPG
Connor's Bog ii.JPG
Connor's Bog
Connor's Bog iii.JPG
Connor's Bog
ducks on lake.JPG
Connor's Bog
bog iv.JPG
Connor's Bog
bog v.JPG
Connor's Bog
moss.JPG
Connor's Bog.JPG
Connor's Bog
en route to MP 129.8.JPG
en route to MP 129.8, through the rain
Mat. Peak from road.JPG
Pioneer Peak.JPG
from the car, headed north
snowy mountains.JPG
from the car, headed north
AK Range.JPG
Takoshas
AK Range ii.JPG
Alaska Range, west of Denali
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Ari Lake grasses
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Ari Lake
beaver chew.JPG
Beaver chew, by Moosmire Lake
beaver dam site.JPG
Site of former beaver dam at south edge of Ari Lake
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Cabin
cabin.JPG
Cabin
caulk sign.JPG
created ca. 1984
Gavin helps the beavers.JPG
Gavin helps the beavers
Gavin wants to be a beaver.JPG
Gavin wants to be a beaver
Gavin pretends to be a tree.JPG
Gavin pretends to be a tree.
me and Pound.JPG
me at Ari Lake.JPG
me at cabin.JPG
me at Moosemire Lake copy.JPG
me at Moosemire Lake, with new haircut
me near Moosemire Lake.JPG
Moosemire Lake.JPG
more beaver chew.JPG
mountains.JPG
outhouse.JPG
license plates.JPG
still life with fruit.JPG
Susan and reflection ii copy.JPG
Susan and reflection, Ari Lake
Susan and reflection.JPG
Susan and reflection, Ari Lake
Susan at Moosemire Lake ii.JPG
Susan at Moosemire Lake.JPG
Susan at table.JPG
Susan walks.JPG
Susan walks some more.JPG
Susan with beaver stump.JPG
Susan with beaver stump.JPG 2006-10-08
Susan with Scrabble board ii.JPG
Susan with Scrabble board.JPG
Takoshas from Ari Lake.JPG
Takoshas.JPG
MP 129.8.JPG
Susan's new car.JPG
Macedonia and Greece
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Skopje, capital of Macedonia
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Susan, Julie, and Marga, our guide; Skopje
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Futuristic post office; Skopje
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Mosque and medieval/Turkish fortress; Skopje
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Fortress; Skopje
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Medieval inn/waypoint; Skopje
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Street sign: No horns
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Lake Ohrid, SW Macedonia
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Fortress above Ohrid, Macedonia
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Susan and Julie in classical theater; Ohrid
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Ohrid from above
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Light on Lake Ohrid
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Julie in fortress
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Fortress and Macedonia flag
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Lake Ohrid from fortress
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Fortress walkway
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Lake through fortress window
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Mosaic, early Christian church, 4c CE
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Mosaic, early Christian church, 4c CE
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Sv. Pantelejmon ("Saint Panteleimon") Monastery, Ohrid
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Susan by 14c "dining room" (so said the sign), grounds of Sv. Pantelejmon
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Sv. Pantelejmon detail
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Ohrid roofs
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Lake Ohrid, as seen from our hotel balcony
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Early-morning rower
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Ohrid from the lake
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Our truly waterfront Ohrid hotel
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Sv. Jovan Kaneo ("Saint John of Kaneo," the local region) monastery
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Sv. Jovan Kaneo
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Ohrid from the water
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Drinking and card-playing in the harbor, 10:30 a.m.
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Sv. Jovan Kaneo
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Sv. Jovan Kaneo
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Aquaduct -- either Roman (2-5c CE) or Turkish (14-19c CE); no one could quite tell us with certainty
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Aquaduct; Skopje suburbs
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Aquaduct
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Skupi, Roman colony, on edges of modern-day Skopje
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"Ancient Theater, Skupi" (the theater itself is apparent, but does not photograph particularly well)
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Mio, our favorite taxi driver
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Susan in a restaurant, Skopje
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Cats in a restaurant, Skopje
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Julie looks glamorous, Skopje
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Minaret and Turkish bath, Skopje
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Hillside above Skopje
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Sv. Pantelejmon (a different one), Vodno, above Skopje
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Brick stamp on marble threshold, Sv. Pantelejmon
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Sv. Pantelejmon
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road sign: Men at Work/Man Opening Umbrella
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Goat drinking from a fountain, Sv. Pantelejmon
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Theotokos ("Mother of God") monastery; Lake Matka, near Skopje
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Theotokos monastery
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Road sign: No mechanized or non-mechanized transport
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Julie hikes, Lake Matka
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Lake Matka, near Skopje
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Signs in the woods, Lake Matka forest
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Susan and Julie read, Lake Matka
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Theater, (Macedonian) Heraklea, near Bitola in southern Macedonia
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Julie in theater, with mountains
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Julie in theater, with trees, Roman support structures
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Detail of lion's foot, Heraklea theater
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Detail of theater - Greek theatre retrofitted by the Romans to let animals come out for gladiatorial-style combat
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Waterfalls; Edessa, Greece
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Susan and Julie cool off, Edessa
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Fields, as seen from a gas station; northern Greece
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"Air/Water," plus corn, immediately by the gas station, northern Greece
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Monasteries on top of large rock formations, Meteora, Greece
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Meteora
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Rocks, Meteora
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Susan in a monastery, Meteora
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Monastery, Meteora
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Detail of ladder (the pre-stairs method of access), Meteora
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Monastery, Meteora
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Moni Megalou Meteorou ("Grand Meteoran Monastery"); note people going in below, coming out above
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Osteophulaikon (ossuary), Meteora
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Meteora
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Stork amidst ruins; site of Ancient Dion, Greece
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Susan and Julie amidst ruins; Dion
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Dion (the site was famous as a spring even in antiquity)
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A rare picture of the photographer: Gavin stands on something, Dion
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Gavin stands on something else, Dion
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Carving of feet, Dion
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Statue / Ozymandias moment, Dion
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Toilet with extant plumbing, Dion
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Cardus (main road), Dion - note ruts in road, beneath tree
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Cow, mosaic, Dion
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Gavin stands on columns, beneath Mt. Olympus; Dion
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Theater I, Dion
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Susan and Julie in Theater II, Dion
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Julie proclaims in Ancient Greek, Dion
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Our neighbor, the Hotel Themis - no guess on what the Greek goddess of custom would have to say about this monument
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Julie in "Macedonian tomb," Vergina, Greece
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Upper palace, Vergina
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Greek theater, Vergina
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Farmer cultivating peaches, Vergina
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Anastylotic (having undergone anastylosis, i.e., stood back up) columns in agora, Pella, Greece
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Mosaic, Pella
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Agora, Pella
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Street scene, resort town of Paralia, Greece
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Pizza Aktaion, Paralia
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Back to Macedonia - detail of Roman theater, Stobi
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Theater, Stobi
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Susan on top of seats, Stobi
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Seats with names - the Romans, anxious to keep their prime seats, wd subscribe to season tickets, then mark their spots
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Gavin in theater, Stobi
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6c CE mosaic, Stobi (the peacock and duck are on the modern-day 10-denar bill)
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Mosaic, Stobi
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Column pieces in the grass, Stobi
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Entablature detail, Stobi
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"Circular temple," Stobi
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Theodosian Palace, Stobi
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Women's baths, Stobi
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Women's baths, Stobi
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Mosaic, Stobi
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Julie feeding a mother dog, Stobi
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Brick stamp, Stobi
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Our daytrip to Bulgaria: Hermes, guardian of the Bankomat
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Russian Orthodox Church, Sofia
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Alexander Nevsky church (full name - "St. Alexander Nevsky Patriarchal Cathedral Stauropigial Memorial Church"), Sofia
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19c griffins detail, marble, Sofia
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10c-11c lion detail, red clay, Sofia archaeological museum
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Julie and Gavin, outside Bulgaria Archaeological Museum
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4c Rotunda of St. George, surrounded by the 20c Sheraton but still being used for services, Sofia
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Sofia governmental building
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Back to Greece: Mikre agora ("mini-mart")
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Julie in the water, Hanioti, Greece
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Gavin in the water, Hanioti
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Kassandra Peninsula, Chalcide region of Greece
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Kassandra Peninsula
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Susan, Kassandra Peninsula
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Julie and Gavin self-portrait, Kassandra Peninsula
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Julie on the beach, Kassandra Peninsula
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Small harbor, tip of Kassandra Peninsula
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Gavin and Julie in the water, Hanioti
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Julie concentrates, Hanioti
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Julie, Hanioti
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Julie, Hanioti
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Jan and her raft, Hanioti
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Susan and the raft
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Julie and Victor Hugo, Hanioti hotel
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Julie, Hanioti
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Julie, Hanioti
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Kavala, Greece, from hotel balcony
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Balcony, Kavala
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Fortress above town, Kavala
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Boat to Thassos
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Julie in the ancient agora, Thassos
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Boat from Thassos
Ireland
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Gavin with Joyce, Dublin
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General Post Office, Dublin
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Julie and River Liffey
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Julie at Trinity College, Dublin
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Student Union and dorms, Trinity
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Gavin entering the trench of the Death Star
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
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Julie and Galway Cathedral
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Interior of Galway Cathedral
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Interior of Galway Cathedral
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Galway across the bay
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Gavin at Galway
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Galway Cathedral
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Galway Cathedral and River Corrib
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Swans at Galway Bay
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Swans at Galway Bay
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Julie and Eel mural, Galway
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Nora Barnacle's house, Galway (James Joyce's friend)
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Colored row houses, Letterfrack
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Connemara National Park
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Connemara National Park and bay
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Julie walks in Connemara National Park
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Kylemore Abbey)
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Kylemore Abbey grounds
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Moat of Hogwarts (Lake by Kylemore Abbey)
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Chapel at Kylemore Abbey
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Victorian walled garden at Kylemore Abbey
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Living room at Old Monastery Hostel, Letterfrack
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Connemara National Park
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Julie reads map at Connemara National Park
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Julie at Connemara National Park
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Ben Brack, Connemara National Park
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Trees!, Connemara National Park
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Connemara National Park
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ponies at Connemara National Park
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Galway street scene
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Julie on boat to Inis Oírr
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Galway shoreline
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Inis Meann
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Inis Meann
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Inis Meann
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Gavin on ferry to Inis Oírr
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Inis Oírr
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Boy with fish and bicycle, Inis Oírr
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world's loneliest basketball hoop, Inis Oírr
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Church of St. Caomhan, Inis Oírr (c. 10th Cent.)
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Julie and Inis Oírr cemetery
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Gaelic tombstone
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Arch of Church of St. Caomhain
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Stone walls and O'Brien Castle
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Julie in front yard of hostel, Inis Oírr
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Road sign ("Irish-speaking region"), Inis Oírr
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Road sign, Inis Oírr harbor
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Cows and stone walls
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Julie and well-traveled peanuts [Pat: this is where your peanuts ended up]
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Cow, stone walls, lighthouse, Cliffs of Moher
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Lighthouse
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Looking towards America
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Striated rocks
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Gavin on south edge of Inis Oírr
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Cow, stone wall, castle
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View from hostel room
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View inside hostel room - Julie reads Flaubert
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Evening light, Inis Oírr
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Our hostel (on left, behind Guinness sign)
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Boats
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Coast
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Stone walls, castle
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Pub sign, Inis Oírr
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Julie photographing sheep
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Julie and sheep
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Noble sheep on ridgeline
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More sheep
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Inis Oírr coastline
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Cute cows
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Tourist trap
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Julie and castle
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O'Brien Castle, Inis Oírr
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Yet more stone walls, Inis Oírr
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Stone walls redux/looking down on town of Inis Oírr
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Julie and Gavin
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Julie at Inis Oírr lighthouse
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Cliffs of Moher
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Road sign by airport, Inis Oírr
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View from hostel - horse in yard, Inis Oírr
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Sheep by Inis Oírr airport
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Gavin throws stones in the water, in the eleventh (?) country in which he's done so
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House and stone walls, Inis Oírr
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Julie and horses, Inis Oírr
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Wreck of the very much grounded Plassy
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Julie and the Plassy
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Julie on Inis Oírr, with sheep on bicycle in background
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Boat ride back to mainland
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Donegal Castle, Co. Donegal
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Donegal abbey
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Donegal abbey
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View from hostel, Glencolmcille, Co. Donegal
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Julie and old stone cross, Glencolmcille
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Archaic cross, Glencolmcille
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Shepherd and sheep
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Sheep above Glencolmcille
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More lofty sheep
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Julie looks heroically windswept
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Julie by ocean
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Early 19th-century signal tower, to warn against feared Napoleonic invasion (!)
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Light on ocean
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Rocks in ocean
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Sheep on the edge of the world
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Ocean and headlands
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Julie and evening light
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View from the hostel, ii, Glencolmcille
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Evening in Glencolmcille
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Gavin by signal tower
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Large rock, more sheep
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Gavin on a warm summer hike
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Rocks along Glencolmcille coastline
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Green headland, more sheep
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Sandy beach, Malin Beg
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Our Irish benefactors, Sean and "Bilbo" (responsible and competent locals who gave us a ride)
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Julie and pile of harvested peat
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Gavin and peat
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Cotton, and other ground cover
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Road out of Glencolmcille
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Piles of cut peat
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Road sign, Co. Sligo
Kilimanjaro
Warmup hike
Warmup hike near Mt. Meru
Mount Meru
Mount Meru in morning light
more Mount Meru
Same view, slightly to the west
Kibo
First view of Kilimanjaro, from Mt. Meru Camp
Flowers
These are pretty red flowers
Susan and Dylan
Susan and Dylan, on the first day of hiking
Bob hikes
Our fearless leader
Lunch stop on Day 2
Alex and Marcy
Dylan surveys the trail ahead
Lawrence, with umbrella
Shira One Camp
Shira One Camp, 11,300', as the clouds roll in
Stream by Shira One
Kili from Shira One
Tent and Kili
Marcy and coffee
(Note to people not on the trip: Yes, they brought us tea and coffee in our tents each morning. Yes, it was excellent.)
Dylan at Shira One
The porters come past
Those are probably eggs that he's balancing there
Coming ever closer
Giant lobelias, ca. 12,500'
Clouds from Fischer Camp
More clouds
Sunset from Fischer Camp
Mt. Meru from Fischer Camp
Morning cloud over Kili
More Mt. Meru
... looking out over Shira Plateau, which we crossed on our way to this camp
NY Bob and Dylan
On the hike up to Sheffield Camp
Star and Susan
Marcy and Skip
Rest-stepping with style
Sheffield Camp, 14,800'
Looking down from our rest step hike
Skip, Marilyn, Susan, and Alex
Dylan peers over the edge
Taken at the top of the Lava Tower
Susan, Dylan, and I
On top of Lava Tower
Sheffield Camp, pre-sunrise
Sheffield Camp, post-sunrise
Luk, Marilyn, Susan, and Marcy greet the sun
Still getting closer
Looking down on Lava Tower
Dylan and I, Arrow Glacier Camp
Arrow Glacier Camp: 16,000'
White-shouldered ravens
True to form, they were digging around in the rocks for left-behind food and trash
Porters in the fog
Kilimanjaro's shadow
Again, this is looking west-ish, over Shira Plateau and our route up the mountain
Mt. Meru above the clouds
Sunrise at Arrow Glacier Camp
The Western Breach...
We went up this, basically up the center of the frame, towards approximately the low spot on the ridgeline
Western Breach / Arrow Glacier
Susan on Summit Plateau
(Slightly misleading; it's the plateau beneath the summit. The summit itself is slightly to the left of Susan's head.)
Dylan on Summit Plateau
To the Ash Pit!
Bathroom with a view
As taken from the tent at Upper Glacier Camp, at 18,500' on the Summit Plateau
Dylan brushes his teeth
(Behind him: One of the planet's odder glaciers, bathed in evening light.)
Requisite summit shot
7:35 a.m., Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Blurry group summit shot
That's (clockwise from left) half of Alex, Luk, me, NY Bob, Skip, Marilyn, Texas Bob, Star, Marcy, Dylan, and Susan
Susan, Dylan, and I
Alex
Southern Icefields
(As seen from the summit)
Mawenzi rises above the clouds
Mawenzi is the third peak in the Kilimanjaro massif, along with Shira and Kibo (whence this picture was taken).
Looking NE, across the crater
Mob scene at the summit
Ironically, Uhuru Peak -- the hardest point on the mountain to reach -- was by far the most crowded spot on our climb.
Looking NW, across the crater
Marcy and I on top
Mawenzi from Kibo
Dylan and Leonard on the descent
Skip looks back at where we were
... one hour and 3,000' of scree ago
Kibo from Mweka Camp
... one day and 9,000' ago
Jephata (my porter) and I
Maasai and zebras
This would be the start of the safari portion of the trip
Oldupai Gorge
Wildebeest and clouds
Zebras
Acacia trees and clouds
Elephants
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Elephant eating
Elephant butts
More trees, clouds
Harem of gazelles
Accompanying male gazelle
Baby giraffe in road
Baby giraffe with mother
Superb starling
Elephant with acacia tree
(Being used as a scratching post)
Giraffe with acacia tree
Cheetahs in the morning
More cheetahs
Topis (?) locking horns
Cheetah
One very full lion
Another very full lion
Traffic jam
Hopeful vultures
Full lion trying not to spew
Marcy on the way back to camp
Susan and I with Richie
Sunset
Camping on safari
Wildebeest on the march
Many wildebeest, one hyena
Bob in camp, with spears
The Great Rift Valley
Marcy and Ole Dorop converse
Grasshopper
Ole Dorop and nephew
On the rim of Ngorongoro Crater
Scenery shot on crater rim
Cape Buffalo
Hippo out of water
Marcy and zebras
Zebras
Warthog
Lion in the shade
Lioness
Hippo rolling over
Lion rolling over
Lions
(Part of a pride of eighteen lions)
Black rhinos
Flamingos on Lake Makat
Maasai cows in the road
Rain over Ngorongoro Crater
Still our fearless leader
Birds at sunrise
(The ridge here is the Great Rift Escarpment, the edge of the Great Rift Valley.)