Jan 28, 2016 | Wales 2015
we were a little tired after our hike across the sands at newgale sands, and the path ahead of us went up, up, up. when we got to the top, the view was, of course, beautful. and then down, on the conveniently-placed stone steps. what if it’d been raining? i...
Jan 23, 2016 | Wales 2015
that last set of photos took us from a little before seven in the morning up to…about 10:30. yes, picture-taking took up a big portion of our hike. here’s the next three hours, all the way up to lunchtime. this was a lotta steps to climb. another...
Jan 22, 2016 | Wales 2015
that’s a lotta miles! well, not so many for experienced hikers, but a lot for us. we woke up early on saturday morning, before 7 a.m., and it was another beautiful day. here’s the view from our window. breakfast was fresh everything, so delicious....
Jan 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
four and a half inches last night. i’m trying not to think about it, because i don’t have to leave the house til after nine. hopefully the roads will be fine and dandy by then. kevin is out snowblowing. a very good fella. meanwhile…this is just a...
Jan 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
last friday, january 8th, jim’s picture was in the paper on the front page of the city/state section, above the fold! it was a great photo, and jim said the photographer, Dave Spencer, followed him and his buddies around seven holes as they played disc golf....
Jan 15, 2016 | Wales 2015
here’s a video of our second day of hiking. watching the video just now, i saw how close i was able to zoom in on the baby seal way down on the rocks, as he made his way out to the water. there’s also some pretty good footage of a guy parasailing; once...
Jan 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
although it’s so dark outside still that it’s not the most cheerful of days… but so far the winter hasn’t been so terrible. almost no snow, and only a few bitterly cold days. it was fairly warm on monday, and i went down to the dock where the...
Jan 14, 2016 | Wales 2015
we arrived at Little Haven at around three in the afternoon, and were pretty sure we knew where our b&b was, but once we actually got into town we couldn’t quite find it. so we wandered around a bit, finally climbing a steep hill to arrive at the Pendyffryn...
Jan 13, 2016 | Wales 2015
my first set of photos of this second day of hiking only got us one and a half hours into our days’ hike – here are the next bits along the way. here we are, about a half hour past the castle. it’s funny how the castle already looks soooo far away....
Jan 10, 2016 | Wales 2015
This was our second full day of walking, nine miles, from Marloes to Little Haven. because we’d only walked about five miles our first day, and it took such a very long time, i was a little nervous about making it nine miles on this second day. how will i ever...
Jan 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
it’s tuesday, right? my days are in a constant state of confusion lately because now i’m working a couple hours every sunday morning, which makes sunday feel like monday, and then the week is confusing to me. more so than usual. this morning i was the...
Jan 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
the sun is shining this morning, although it’s cold…it’s nice when we have the blue skies, because of the many gray days we’ve already had. just a few more december photos, and then on to 2016! which will be filled with…about 365 days....
Jan 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
i’ll get caught up before the end of the year! hopefully. only a couple more days… ok, i wrote the above a few days ago, and now it’s a whole nother year… i have high hopes for this year! i’ve been thinking about resolutions, and...
