Tag: Travel

Tokyo, Pan Am, the SST and Hawaii

On By mvschulzeIn 1980's, Adventure, Airplanes, Beach, Career, Hawaii, Photography, Pondering, Travel5 Comments

          As a follow-up to my previous post here back in the 1980’s, I departed from Narita Airport in Tokyo on an overnight and almost empty PAN AM 747 to Hawaii. I would meet my wife, Jeanne, as she arrived from New York, where there was a glimpse of the British Airways Concorde Super Sonic Transport, at that time providing regular transatlantic service at over 1300 MPH (~ 2100 kph.) 

Above: British Airways SST as seen landing at JFK, NY, March, 1981
Above: From the waiting room at Narita Airport, …my overnight ride to Hawaii.
Sleep, stretched out on empty seats, was easy on the overnight, above  …and  approaching Honolulu, below.

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Above: Jeanne arriving from the mainland, later that afternoon.
Above: From our balcony in Waikiki. Rainbow courtesy of “Pineapple Showers.”

Thanks for viewing, …and comments are always welcome. M 🙂

Yosemite Falls – Silhouette

On By mvschulzeIn 1970's, California, Close Up, driving, Exploring, Family, Geology, Hiking, History, National;Parks, Photography, Road trip, Summer, Telephoto, Travel2 Comments

Offering a break from winter blues, below is a late summer image of the top of one of the world’s most photographed waterfalls – during the dry season.

August, 16, 1972
Cascading 2,425 feet (739m) into Yosemite Valley, California, water flow reaches maximum volumn during late spring snow melts.

EXA SLR 35mm film camera, 200mm Vivitar, f 3.5 lens

          Thanks for viewing, and comments are always welcome. M 🙂

Swiss Army Knife meets Mt. St. Helens

On By mvschulzeIn 1980's, driving, Explore, Family, Geology, History, Mt. St. Helens, National;Parks, Photo, Photography, Pondering, Telephoto, Travel, Vacation, Volcano, Washington StateLeave a comment

         Lately, I seem to be hung up on Swiss Army Knives. See here.  Originally, in that post, I wanted to compare the enormous display with my real knife. Unfortunately,  I couldn’t find the knife. But …here it is. I had used it as contrast to the ash from the Mt. St. Helens explosion, nine years earlier.  The two pictures below, from our vacation in August, 1989, were taken on the banks of the Toutle River some 30 miles downstream from the catastrophic event which literally blew the top off the mountain.

ABOVE: A few miles east of the Mt. St. Helens Visitor Center in Washington State, Rt. 504 crosses the Toutle River, (located near “Toutle” on the satellite image below.)  BELOW: Topless Mt. St. Helens is visible from Interstate 5, about 35 miles away.


                    The Visitor Center is between “Castle Rock,” and “Toutle.

                     Thanks for viewing, and zoom in for a closer look. M 🙂

 

 

A Rainy Day in Georgia, – Fla, SC, NC, Va., Md, De, and NJ

On By mvschulzeIn Photography, Road trip, Travel, Weather4 Comments

Some images from our rainy three-day drive from Disney World, Florida, to New Jersey. The weather system intensified on the last day as we withstood 8′ seas on the Cape May (NJ)-Lewis (Del.) car ferry, an 80-minute open sea transit of 17 miles.  

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Leaving Disney World
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Virginia Beach, 40 F deg, (4.4 C) and a mean Atlantic Ocean
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This series shows the pitfalls of an embarrassed seagull on a wet railing – Virginia Beach.

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“Humph!”
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On the ferry, walking was impossible after leaving the dock.

Thanks for viewing, and comments are always welcome!  M 🙂

 

No Particular Place to Go – On the Road in Florida

On By mvschulzeIn humor, Photography, Road trip, Vacation2 Comments

Tooling around Florida after the wedding, (see previous post here) the two of us would spend some time on St. Petersburg Beach…

DSC_0547 - Version 6Our son and Grandson flew in for the wedding and would spend the next day with us afterward. Here, the art of “catching” is demonstrated… in this case, either a small seagull or a tennis ball!

Then, visiting friends, and eating out on Long Boat Key, and Punta Gorda…

IMG_7066An alluring on-water restaurant, (Mar Vista) sitting amongst sprawling Silver Buttonwood Trees, Whitney Beach, Long Boat Key

And then, two nights inside Disney World, doing the entire day in between within Epcot, each of us walking about 22,000 steps (about 10 miles – 16 km!)

DSC_0621A last-minute call for any available room on this Spring Break weekend succeeded in getting a very reasonable “yes” in the Pop Century resort. 🙂
IMG_7128The iconic “Spaceship Earth,” Epcot

The last post in this series will cover our rainy drive back to New Jersey.

Thanks for viewing, zoom in for a closer look, and comments are always welcome. 🙂

On the Road: Saint Simons Island, Georgia

On By mvschulzeIn Lighthouses, Photography, Road trip, Vacation7 Comments

Our March 2019 Vacation continues …Saint Simons Island

Above, looking across inlet to Jekyll Island. Note the horses!

Saint Simons Island is about 60 miles south of Savannah, Georgia …just north of Jekyll Island

“Google Maps”

Thanks for viewing, zoom in for a closer look, and comments are always welcome. M 🙂