310 miles driven, 47 photographs taken, 1 Americano Grande drunk, 0 Starbucks City Mugs acquired Accomodation: Vagabond Inn, Bishop (Good value) Picture: The first view point after starting the descent into Death Valley. The pale coloured rocks in the foreground had been visible as we left the entry fate to the park. At a distance […]
20 miles driven (if you ignore the 7 hours in a tour bus), 196 photographs taken, 0 Americano Grande’s drunk, 0 Starbucks City Mugs acquired Accomodation: Boulder Station Hotel and Casino (Now significantly less than adequate, it took an hour to get someone to take an order on room service, another hour to arrive and […]
90 miles driven, 107 photographs taken, 2 Americano Grande’s drunk, 0 Starbucks City Mugs acquired (Palm Springs), 12 miles walked 2000 ft climbed, stupidity quotient high Accomodation: Big Bear Lake Front Lodge (Good) Picture: This was the fateful decision point. Highest point of the climb with the option to return by the same route or […]
OK the road trip has started and I plan a blog a day for the next couple of weeks, reporting and reflecting on the days activities. The reflection is designed to prevent this being be more than a travelogue and I do plan some other blogs in my normal style. For those who don’t want […]
285 miles driven, 106 photographs taken, 3 Americano Grande’s drunk, 0 Starbucks City Mugs acquired. Accomodation: Caliente Tropics Resort (good) Picture: There was a re-enactment advertised and I will admit I expected something spectacular. We tracked it down to a small group demonstrating rifle fire. A quick dash up the slope of a nearby hill […]
160 miles driven, 65 photographs taken, 1 Americano Grande’s drunk, 1 Starbucks City Mugs acquired (Palm Springs). Accomodation: Caliente Tropics Resort unchanged from previous day Picture: This is a close up of the Ocotillo. Its not a cactus but a thorny, multi-stem shrub. It is both wood and deciduous. It can grow and drop its […]
Its always good to be back in South Africa, and this is a great time of the year up (and yes I mean up) here in Pretoria, with sunny days and frosty nights. South Africans understand Rugby, wine and good food (if you have eaten Springbok or Kudu then ordinary sirloin pales by comparrison). They […]
Atlanta airport is surrounded by Thunderstorms so I may or may not make it back tonight. Either way I can look back on three days with one of the most international of international companies I have worked with. IBM was mostly US citizens and its generally true that a HQ reflects its country of origin, […]
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