Stories, photographs, travel notes, and safari reflections from Doug & Marcy

PLEASANT CAFE, SAINTE MÉRE EGLISE, NORMANDY, FRANCE

May 2017 Kaleidoscope of France Tour – Gate1 ​ PFC Clifford Maughan landed in this spot in  Sainte Mére Eglise via parachute at 01:45 am on 6 June. He was promptly taken prisoner by a German Soldier billeted in the building behind – who then turned around and surrendered to PFC Maughan!

ALLEZ À GAUCHE NE VONT PAS À DROITE

May 2017 Kaleidoscope of France Gate1 Tour This is a tale of jet lag, and I hope I have my French correct.   The title is supposed to say “Go to the left, do not go the right”  Our Tour of France adventure began Saturday, May 20th as we departed home at noon for the […]

MEMORY LANE

43 years ago, we came to San Francisco on our honeymoon. We loved it then and still love it now! Our jam-packed week in California comes to an end tomorrow as we head back home at 6:00 am. Just a few pics from today…

CALIFORNIA DREAMING …

I had the opportunity to attend a conference in San Francisco, and Marcy and I decided to add a couple days to the trip and “pop over” to Fresno so we could visit Yosemite, King’s Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.   Google Maps declared that it was about a 3 1/2 hour drive from the […]

THE AMALFI COAST

It has been several months now since our excursion to Amalfi from Sorrento, but we remain committed to finishing video highlights of our trip.  Some of our productions came fairly easy, but we labored over this one for well over a month.   We were long in production for a number of reasons.   I […]

SORRENTO

It is hard to believe that it has been two months since I last posted in this blog space.  Marcy and I were busy with the holidays and we spent most of our free time out taking pictures in the Smoky Mountains.   We still have many video projects in the works from last travel […]

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