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September 24, 2024 - April 2024 Trip France Trip 2024 #03– Lyon to Viviers This travel log is for a trip to France in April of 2024. This tr...

July 17, 2024 - April 2024 Trip France Trip 2024 #02 – Paris to Lyon This travel log is for a trip to France in April of 2024. This tri...

July 08, 2024 - April 2024 Trip France Trip 2024 #01 - Paris This travel log is for a trip to France in April of 2024. This trip includ...

March 23, 2024 - October 2023 Trip Four Corners October 2023 - #04 Goosenecks, Forrest Gump and Bridges This Four Corners series of art...

March 09, 2024 - October 2023 Trip Four Corners October 2023 - #03 Monument Valley This Four Corners series of articles is for a one wee...

January 17, 2024 - October 2023 Trip Four corners October 2023 - #02 Canyon de Chelly and Chinle This Four Corners series of articles is f...

December 04, 2023 - October 2023 Four corners October 2023 - #01 Barstow to Chinle This travel-blog is for a one week driving trip we took...

August 05, 2023 - Apr 2023 Japan Apr 2023 - #07 Naoshima, Hiroshima, Miyajima This travel-blog is for a 3 week trip we took to Japan at t...

July 05, 2023 - Posted July 2023 Japan Apr 2023 - #06 Takamatsu to Naoshima This travel-blog is for a 3 week trip we took to Japan at t...

May 30, 2023 - "Awa Apr 2023 Japan Apr 2023 - #05 Tokushima & Iya Valley This travel-blog is for a 3 week trip we took to Japan at the...

May 20, 2023 - Apr 2023 Japan Apr 2023 - #04 Kyoto to Mt. Koya This travel-blog is for a 3 week trip we took to Japan at the beginning...

May 14, 2023 - Apr 2023 Japan Apr 2023 - #03 Kyoto day 2 This travel-blog is for a 3 week trip we took to Japan at the beginning of Ap...

May 08, 2023 - Mar-Apr 2023 Japan Apr 2023 - #02 Kyoto (Day 1) This travel-blog is for a 3 week trip we took to Japan at the beginning...

May 04, 2023 - Mar-Apr 2023 Japan Apr 2023 - #01 Hachioji, Cherry Blossoms and Karuizawa This travel-blog is for a 3 week trip we took...

February 03, 2023 - JULY 2022 Scotland July 2022 - #07 – Isle of Skye This travel-blog is for a trip we took to Scotland in July of 2022. O...

December 31, 2022 - JULY 2022 Scotland July 2022 - #06 - Glenn Affric, Golden Retrievers, Balmoral Castle, Tartans and Plockton This travel...

November 23, 2022 - JULY 2022 Scotland July 2022 - #05 Inverness. Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle This travel-blog is for a trip we took to S...

October 22, 2022 - JULY 2022 Scotland July 2022 #04 - Black Isle and Aigas This travel-blog is for a trip we took to Scotland in July of 2...

September 17, 2022 - JULY 2022 Scotland July 2022 - #03 Culloden and Cawdor This travel-blog is for a trip we took to Scotland in July of 20...

September 10, 2022 - JULY 2022 Scotland July 2022 - #02 Edinburgh to Strathpeffer This travel-blog is for a trip we took to Scotland in July...

August 15, 2022 - JULY 2022 Scotland July 2022 - #01 Edinburgh This travel-blog is for a trip we took to Scotland in July of 2022. Other...

April 09, 2021 - MARCH 2021 4 Days on the Central California Coast (Big Sur) #01 This travel-blog is for a 4 day trip from our home in t...

November 27, 2020 - MARCH 2020 Desert Southwest #04 – White Sands & Petrified Forest This is part 4 of a 3,246 mile driving trip we took in...

October 12, 2020 - MARCH 2020 Desert Southwest #03 – Tombstone & Carlsbad Caverns This is part 3 of a 3,246 mile driving trip we took in e...

September 19, 2020 - MARCH 2020 Desert Southwest #02 – Joshua Tree NP This is part 2 of a 3,246 mile driving trip we took in early March 202...

September 04, 2020 - MARCH 2020 Desert Southwest #01 – Lone Pine, Alabama Hills, Manzanar This is part 1 of a 3,304 mile driving trip we too...

August 12, 2020 - OCTOBER 2019 Canadian Maritimes #04 –Cape Breton Part 2 This is part 4 of a trip we took in October of 2019 to the sout...

July 31, 2020 - OCTOBER 2019 Canadian Maritime’s #03 –Cape Breton Part 1 This is part 3 of a trip we took in October of 2019 to the sou...

June 22, 2020 - OCTOBER 2019 Canadian Maritimes #02 –Prince Edward Island (PEI) This is part 2 of a trip we took in October of 2019 to...

May 26, 2020 - OCTOBER 2019 Canadian Maritimes #01 –Halifax This is part 1 of a trip we took in October of 2019 to the southeastern po...

April 11, 2020 - APRIL 2019 Greece #7 –Islands of Syros and Aegina This is part 7 of a trip we took in April of 2019 to Greece. Except...

March 15, 2020 - APRIL 2019 Greece #6 – Delos and Mykonos Islands This is part 6 of a trip we took in April of 2019 to Greece. Except fo...

February 13, 2020 - APRIL 2019 Greece #5 – Santorini Island This is part 5 of a trip we took in April of 2019 to Greece. Except for some da...

January 23, 2020 - APRIL 2019 Greece #4 –Islands of Poros, Folegandros, Paros This is part 4 of a trip we took in April of 2019 to Greece.

December 23, 2019 - APRIL 2019 Greece #3 – Areas Near Athens This is part 3 of a trip we took in April of 2019 to Greece. Except for a few...

November 14, 2019 - APRIL 2019 Greece #02 – Athens (Part 2) This is part 2 of a trip we took in April of 2019 to Greece. Except for a few d...

September 07, 2019 - APRIL 2019 Greece #01 – Athens (Part 1) This is part 1 of a trip we took in April of 2019 to Greece. Except for a few d...

August 21, 2019 - FEBRUARY 2019 Anza-Borrego State Park (CA) This travel log is for a short excursion we took down to Anza-Borrego State...

August 15, 2019 - Synching Keywords from LR Classic to LR Cloud August 2018 (valid as of LR8) [REVISION 1 - revisions in blue] June 2024...

August 10, 2019 - AUGUST 2018 Western Europe #09 – 4 towns Near Amsterdam This is part 9 - and the final segment - of a trip we took thro...

August 06, 2019 - AUGUST 2018 Western Europe #08 Amsterdam Part 2 This is installment 8 of a trip we took through Northwestern Europe in...

July 30, 2019 - AUGUST 2018 Western Europe #07 Amsterdam (part 1) This is part 7 of a trip we took through Northwestern Europe in Augus...

June 05, 2019 - AUGUST 2018 Western Europe #06, Amiens & Bruges This is part 5 of a trip we took through Northwestern Europe in August...

May 26, 2019 - Western Europe #05– Vesly, Bizy Chateau, Vernon, Beauvias This is part 5 of a trip we took through Northwestern Europe i...

May 06, 2019 - AUGUST 2018 Western Europe #04– Jumièges Abby, Giverny, Gisors This is part 4 of a car trip we took through Northwester...

March 02, 2019 - AUGUST 2018 Western Europe #03– Rouen This is part 3 of a trip we took through Northwestern Europe in August of 2018....

January 16, 2019 - AUGUST 2018 Western Europe #02– American Cemetery & Bayeux This is part 2 of a trip we took through Northwestern Europe...

January 07, 2019 - AUGUST 2018 Western Europe #01 –St. Malo & Mont St. Michel This is part 1 of a trip we took through Northwestern Europe...

January 02, 2019 - LR Classic Files to Backup and Restore Published January 2019: This is a re write and replacement of Blog LR002 – Before...

December 21, 2018 - MARCH 2018 SE Asia #06 – Angkor Wat and Other Siem Reap Area Temples This is part 6 and the final episode of our South...

November 28, 2018 - MARCH 2018 SE Asia #05 – Mekong River, Laos This is part 5 of our South East Asian tour of 3 countries and covers our j...

November 08, 2018 - MARCH 2018 SE Asia #04 – Luang Prabang, Laos This is part 4 of our tour of South East Asia consisting of 3 countries an...

September 29, 2018 - MARCH 2018 SE Asia #03 – Ha Long Bay This is part 3 of our tour of 3 South East Asian locations and covers Ha Long Bay.

September 18, 2018 - MARCH 2018 SE Asia #02 – Outside Hanoi This is part 2 of our tour of 3 South East Asian locations and covers areas arou...

August 28, 2018 - MARCH 2018 SE Asia #01 – Hanoi This is part 1 of our tour of 3 South East Asian locations. On this trip we visited sect...

July 21, 2018 - July 2018 Revised Feb 2019 HOW TO REMOVE JPG’S FROM LR IF YOU IMPORTED RAW+JPG In Lightroom, the default setting for s...

July 08, 2018 - How to use Lightroom Cloud together with Lightroom Classic January 2019 update. Added section on what is and isn’t sync...

June 22, 2018 - November 2017 Moab Excursion #03 – Canyonlands, Dead Horse Point and Professor Valley During our trip, we also visited...

June 22, 2018 - November 2017 Moab Excursion #02 – Moab & Arches National Park Moab After our afternoon in Capital Reef, we drove on to...

April 20, 2018 - Create JPG with extra space around image There are many situations where you want to create a jpg image from LR (Lightro...

March 02, 2018 - November 2017 Moab Excursion #01 – Palo Alto to Capital Reef In early November, 2017 we once again headed out to the Am...

December 29, 2017 - May 2017 Western Canada #07 – Kootenay and Glacier This installment is the final for our trip to western Canada and Gla...

December 07, 2017 - May 2017 Western Canada #06 – Columbia Ice Fields Pkwy One day we decided to drive the Columbia Ice Fields Parkway into...

December 05, 2017 - LR006 – Show images buried in stacks when using LR Filters Stacking Overview (updated 9/26/2022) One very nice feature o...

December 05, 2017 - LR CLASSIC Vs. LR (Cloud) Updated 6/2024 How to decide which version to get HISTORY Adobe Lightroom (LR at that time...

October 30, 2017 - May 2017 Western Canada #05 – Lake Louise After Crossing the Continental Divide at Kicking Horse Pass we headed down th...

October 12, 2017 - May 2017 Western Canada #04 – Vancouver to Continental Divide After leaving Granville Island in Vancouver, and navigati...

October 04, 2017 - May 2017 Western Canada #03 – Vancouver After 3 nights staying in a farm B&B outside of Victoria, we headed out to the...

September 25, 2017 - May 2017 Western Canada #02 – Victoria This installment includes a few sights in Victoria, BC. These include the Royal...

September 19, 2017 - May 2017 Western Canada #01 – Port Angeles & Butchart Gardens This is the first of a set of travel logs for a driving t...

August 27, 2017 - February 2017 New Zealand #10 – Over the Southern Alps & Wellington In this segment we fly from Queenstown northward al...

July 20, 2017 - February 2017 New Zealand #09 – Queenstown & Area After seeing Milford Sound we drove on over to Queenstown as describe...

June 30, 2017 - February 2017 New Zealand #08 – Antarctica Center and Fiordland National Park Our last stop in Christchurch was a visit...

May 21, 2017 - February 2017 New Zealand #07 – Banks Peninsula, Christchurch & Earthquake (Part II) Our route West side of Banks...

May 05, 2017 - February 2017 New Zealand #06 – Kiwi & Earthquake This installment of my New Zealand Travel log is going to be a bit di...

April 16, 2017 - February 2017 New Zealand #05 – Rotorua & Waimangu Volcanic Valley Rotorua to Waimangu Volcanic Valley Taupo Volca...

April 05, 2017 - February 2017 New Zealand #04 – Auckland, Huntly and Waitomo Glowworm Caves In this installment we’ll get more informat...

March 27, 2017 - February 2017 New Zealand #03 – Auckland North Shore & Waiheke Island In this installment we’ll explore Lake Pupuke in...

March 04, 2017 - February 2017 New Zealand #01 – Auckland Getting to New Zealand From North America, New Zealand is a long way. In f...

January 16, 2017 - October 2016 NORTHWEST COAST #02 – Oregon Coast Map showing route from Crescent City to Portland This installment o...

December 30, 2016 - October 2016 NORTHWEST COAST #01 – North CA Coast Map showing route from Santa Rosa to Crescent City Humbolt Redwo...

December 22, 2016 - Get the most out of LR Keywords Keywords are one of the most powerful features of image management in Lightroom but many...

December 14, 2016 - September 2016 EASTERN SIERRAS IN THE FALL #5 – Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest From Bishop, the Ancient Bristlecone Pi...

December 11, 2016 - September 2016 EASTERN SIERRAS IN THE FALL #4 – Fall Color near Bishop The next day we headed up into the eastern si...

December 08, 2016 - September 2016 EASTERN SIERRAS IN THE FALL #3 – June Lake Loop & Laws Railroad Museum On the next day of our September...

November 22, 2016 - September 2016 EASTERN SIERRAS IN THE FALL #2 – Bodie Historic Park Map – Bridgeport to Bodie On our trip to the Ea...

November 19, 2016 - September 2016 EASTERN SIERRAS IN THE FALL #1 – Mono Lake Map – Palo Alto to Mono Lake CA-108 & US-395 In Septembe...

November 10, 2016 - February 2016 A WEEK IN RED ROCK COUNTRY #6 – Bryce Canyon National Park Bryce Canyon Our main destination for this...

October 31, 2016 - February 2016 A WEEK IN RED ROCK COUNTRY #5 – Scenic Byway 12 Map On the supplied map, the blue line represents the...

October 28, 2016 - February 2016 A WEEK IN RED ROCK COUNTRY #4 – Red Canyon Day 3 Map (Continued) In the map, Zion National Park is c...

October 22, 2016 - February 2016 A WEEK IN RED ROCK COUNTRY #3 – Zion National Park Day 3 Map Zion National Park After spending the nig...

October 11, 2016 - A WEEK IN RED ROCK COUNTRY #2 – Valley of fire Where’s lunch? As you read in segment 1 of this travel log, we spent t...

September 16, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND - #16 – Aran Islands Map of route for Day 16 Aran Islands The Aran Islands are a g...

September 07, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND #15 – West Clare Loop Map of route for Day 15 St. Brigid’s Well In the 19 th century...

August 31, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND #14 – Co. Kerry to Co. Clare Map of route for Day 14 Today was our final “travel” da...

August 24, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND #13 – Town of Dingle Map of route for Day 13 According to the rules for bus drivers,...

August 14, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND #12 – Dingle Peninsula Map of route for Day 12 REASK MONASTIC SITE Our first sto...

August 07, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND #11 – Skibbereen to Dingle Map of route for Day 11 This was another travel day for...

July 31, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND #10 – Alter Wedge Tomb to Mizenhead Map of route for Day 10 Today we ventured out t...

July 26, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND #09 –Famine & Drombeg Stone Circle Map of route for Day 9 Today started out with a...

July 23, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND #08 – Cork & Skibbereen Map of our route (Bunratty to Skibbereen) ADARE (again)...

July 17, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND #07 – Connemara to Kinvara Map of our route route (Connemara to Kinvara) JUST HEA...

July 12, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND #6 – Adare and ride North Map of our route GETTING A CHARGE Every great trip sta...

July 09, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND #05 – Kilkenny Castle and Rock of Cashel Map of our route KILKENNY CASTLE From G...

July 08, 2016 - May/June 2016 ESCAPE TO IRELAND #04 – Wicklow to Limrick Map of our route WICKLOW MOUNTAINS After a good nig...

July 02, 2016 - August 2016 ICELAND ADVENTURE - DAY 6 – SKAFTAFELL NP & ICEBERG BEACH Day 6 map We continued our westward trek (wel...

May 08, 2015 - OUT OF DATE - MUCH OF THIS INFORMATON IS OUT OF DATE The screen shots containing logos and icons are no longer accurate...