Israel Day 2: Haifa

Saturday, April 23, 2022

The overnight flight was smooth. When I landed at Ben Gurion International Airport I didn’t have to worry about finding the group in the terminal. They arrived at…

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Israel Day 1: DC to Tel Aviv

Friday, April 22, 2022

Onboard United flight 72 enroute to Tel Aviv. Double security check, biometric screening, a wait in one of the less interesting gates at Dulles, and we are on…

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Cuba 2017 Video

Sunday, August 29, 2021

I remember traveling. I also remember thinking at the beginning of the pandemic that more time at home might mean more time to catch up on editing the…

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Current Gear 2021 Update

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Every so often – as I acquire and/or sell equipment – I do an update to the Gear page so that it’s accurate and up to date. The…

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Moving to Mirrorless: One Year with the Nikon Z6

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Note: The post was originally intended for March 2020, and I thought the COVID-19 stay at home order would provide plenty of time time to pull this together….

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Photographing the International Space Station

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Earlier this week NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken made history by launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and docking their Crew Dragon spacecraft with the…

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Brazil Gear and Workflow Overview

Saturday, February 1, 2020

Note: This post is way overdue. I usually write these post-trip gear and workflow reviews a couple of months after I get home. I’m writing this in May…

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Brazil Day 11: Back Home

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Back a home after a couple of days to unpack and catch up on sleep … Our Saturday night flight departed São Paolo on-time.  And with a direct…

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Brazil Day 10: São Paolo to DC

Saturday, November 30, 2019

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Brazil Day 9: Penápolis to São Paolo

Friday, November 29, 2019

Tomorrow we explore São Paolo before heading to the airport for our flight back to DC.

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Brazil Day 8: Penápolis Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 28, 2019

It’s Thanksgiving day! Donna and I begin the day with a Turkey Trot. There isn’t a 5k here and if there was we wouldn’t be running. But we…

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Brazil Day 7: Penápolis

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

From the poolside kiosk at Maria Helena’s … Today we took it easy. Donna, John, and Juliana did a couple of shopping trips with John and Lori. I…

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Brazil Day 6: Exploring Penápolis

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

The Garden Shopping mall food court A little bit about Penápolis. It’s a city of about 60,000 people located about 5 hour drive from both Säo Paolo and…

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Brazil Day 5: Penápolis

Monday, November 25, 2019

Clube Penapolense Andy in his classroom Clara in her classroom Feijoada Lunch Yucca flour or farofa yucca Soybean field  Soybeans  Socafé!

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Brazil Day 4: Rio de Janeiro to Penápolis

Sunday, November 24, 2019

Final approach into Campinas After lunch we fly from Campinas to Araçatuba on Azul flight 4501. We’re on a turboprop plane for this leg of the journey. It’s…

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