Category Travel
Old Orchard Beach Pier II – The All American Meal
I can’t believe they have been able to hold the price if the meal steady for 36 years. It didn’t seem overpriced in 1980 and is the bargain of the summer now. They bill it as the “All American Meal” and there used to be a big banner on the side of the pier advertising […]
Old Orchard Beach Pier
It’s been around since 1898, though it has been damaged by fire and storms and is now only about half its original length. The Pier in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, is a tourist magnet. If you visit the town you just have to walk it from beach end to ocean end. Some sort of compulsion […]
Sunrise
When you vacation in the same place each year some things become ritual. Like sunrises. I try to take a picture of the sun rising over the Atlantic Ocean at least once in my two weeks at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. I’m a natural early riser, which is a good thing. Vacations are supposed to […]
Do You Care?
The Summer Olympic Games officially kick off today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (though some events have already started). Does anyone care? Certainly the athletes do. For many this is the apex of their athletic careers, medal or no medal. But does the public care? Or have we judged the Olympic spectacle to be not […]
Diefenbunker II
There is so much I could say about my trip to Canadian Forces Base Carp, also know as the Diefenbunker, but it’s Sunday and you probably don’t want to hear me blather. So I’m going to let the pictures tell the story.
Diefenbunker
I grew up in a society that prepared for a war that never happened. That is something we can all be thankful for. The Cold War was the longest major conflict of the 20th century, and arguably the one with the fewest casualties – and that’s even when you take into account the battles that […]
The Mill
I lived and worked in Renfrew County for 15 years or so, and never once checked out any of the ghost towns. I knew where they were, half a dozen or so anyway, but I just didn’t make it a priority. Now I’m thinking I missed out on some interesting aspects of local history. And, […]
The General Store
Sometimes the questions go unanswered. Why was some stuff left behind when the general store closed? I can figure out why the store closed – the community died. Passed through Balaclava, Ontario, yesterday. Actually, we didn’t as much pass through as go looking for it. The community is one of several “ghost” towns in Renfrew […]
The Pigs Take A Train
My wife was visiting family in Germany and sent picture of a clipping from the local newspaper regarding the famous Lippstadt pigs that I made the focus of one of my early blog posts in November 2014. The pigs it seems, had gone missing again but been found. Her translation of the article tells the […]
St. George’s Cathedral
I have walked by this church dozens of times in my life, but had never looked inside before last month. It is the oldest Anglican Church in English Canada. That surprised me a little, given that the building was constructed in 1825. I would have expected there to be Anglican churches in what is now […]
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