My Yellowstone Photo in the 2012 Nature Conservancy Calendar

May 09, 2011  •  Leave a Comment
Time for a little brag..... My photo of the Solitary Tree was chosen out of over 20,000 entries as one of the finalists for the 2010 Nature Conservancy Photo Contest. As a result of this, it will also be featured in their 2012 calendar of which they're printing 2 million copies.
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Trip to Bavaria 2007 - Rothenburg, Nuremberg and Rhine River

November 23, 2009  •  Leave a Comment
On day 6 we left the big city of Munich and headed North out of the Danube Valley to medieval Rothenburg, with its ramparts and towers, cobbled lanes and 16th Century houses. Rothenburg is still Germany's best-preserved walled town. In the Middle Ages, when Frankfurt and Munich were just wide spots in the road, Rothenburg...
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Trip to Bavaria 2007 - Munich

November 23, 2009  •  Leave a Comment
Before leaving Oberammergau we had a specially arranged private tour of the Passion Play Theatre. We were shown the backstage area with its thousands of costumes and a local guide gave us many interesting tidbits of information such as…: The "Hair Decree" – On Ash Wednesday in the year of the play, all the men in Oberammergau taking part in the pla...
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Trip to Bavaria 2007 - Oberammergau, Neuschwanstein Castle and Garmish

November 23, 2009  •  Leave a Comment
The first morning in Oberammergau we enjoyed a buffet breakfast at the hotel and then drove to Neuschwanstein Castle. The tour included a horse drawn wagon ride up the mountainside to the castle. A local guide walked us through mad King Ludwig’s fairy-tale castle on its craggy outcrop high above a sparkling lake and told us the stories of Bavaria’...
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Trip to Bavaria 2007 - Frankfurt to Oberammergau

November 23, 2009  •  Leave a Comment
This next morning we had our wake-up call at 6am, had a buffet breakfast and departed Frankfurt at 8am for a scenic drive to the Black Forest on our way to Oberammergau. The German countryside along the way was dotted with many beautiful tiny villages. Sheryl told us about German life, the history and pointed out important sights along the way....
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