Kresna Gorge at sunset

Borders-Greece & Bulgaria

Bulgarian Countryside

Epirus

Crossing the Pyrenees

Muíños

In the Rias of Galiza, you can always count on there being wind; the electricity is not as reliable but you can bet, winter or summer, there will be some wind. So a recent addition to the natural landscapes of the mountains are rows of windmills only accessible by unpaved windy one-lane 2-way roads. The windmills get the best views of the countryside. Every time I see windmills in other countries (Ireland, Greece) my mind always jumps back to the Galician mountains.

In the Distance

I have to admit that I spent most of my days plastered to the sides of the ship. If you asked the color of the rug in our compartment I cannot answer but the chairs on the balcony were blue...I couldn't get over the sheer natural beauty that was revealed at a slow pace. This is a landscape untamed...or rather, far from as tamed as the farmland (or former) of europe.

Mendenhall Glacier

Freshwater glacier

pieces washed up on the shore
a couple of summers ago, I took a cruise to Alaska. as horrified as I still am when contemplating the consumerist/environmental absurdity of huge cruise ships and the accompanying "shore excursions", I was enthralled with Alaska itself. since it was not the height of tourist season, even going to small places was pleasant.


This glacier holds the distinction of being the only freshwater glacier I've ever seen. You can imagine the glee with which I picked up a freezing cold chunk of glittery glacial rock, right? You see, we would be told, over and over again, about the special crystallization pattern of glacial ice since it is condensed snow, but to actually pick a piece from the ground and give myself afterimages from the sun glinting off the circular pits was something else.

Mt. McKinley

panorama of Alaska range with Mt. McKinley remarkably clear near the center to the left

What Lake?

at the Great Salt Lake

Blue

Denali National Park, Alaska

Peaks

Sunrise

Disappearing

Glacier Bay

Lone Bit of Humanity

of 32 hours of Montana, we saw maybe 20 people at the most from the train

College Fjords

panorama

Mountains from the Sky

I moved today. I'm highly disorganized. Thus, some more oldie but goodies.

Above Ground- Shenandoah National Park and Luray

47 bell strong bell tower

some color

expired 35mm...the only color print the developer deigned to give me of Mygdalia Hill

Mygdalia Hill- Brownie

taking pictures of the trench with the workmen looking/talking on (double exposure)

Andreas-the-one-man-super-excavating-machine

the trench

inland

Corinth

looking up to the fortified mountain top

the canal