Last Friday we left off with Andy and I walking around the Peace Lines/Wall in Belfast. We walked down Cupar Way. This collection will continue down Cupar Way and then start on the murals that are on Northumberland Street. Have a looksie: Preach! Too bad we’ve destroyed most of the… Read More »Ireland Day 3: Belfast Peace Lines
After we left the Titanic Museum our next step before heading back to Dublin was to visit the Peace Walls. If you don’t know what the Peace Walls are, here is some info: The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate… Read More »Ireland Day 3: Belfast Peace Walls
Last Friday when we left off Andy and I had boarded the final remaining White Star Line ship in existence. The Nomadic. This collection will be the final collection of images from the area of the Titanic Museum, but very far from the end of the Day 3 images. Very… Read More »Ireland Day 3: Nomadic
We woke up in a hotel in Oklahoma City. It was one of those sweet spot hotels that had free breakfast. We knocked down some tasty vittles and then hit the open road for our final day on Route 66. Here are are the cell phone pictures from the final… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 6 Snaps
The Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest entries should all be on display by now. Which means you can now vote for the People’s Choice Award! You can do that by scanning the QR Code in the flyer below: Or you can click on the link below: People’s Choice Voting If you… Read More »Ireland Day 3: 1,517 Lost Souls
Day 5 began in a hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The hotel was too fancy pants to serve a free breakfast so we just hit the road and saw some of my top Route 66 items right away. The Land of the Giants! Here are the cell phone pictures from Day… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 5 Snaps
Today is 9/11. It has been 25 years since the terrorist attack on our country. For those of us who lived through it, it was one of the strangest and most horrific days in our lifetime. One of those days where I can remember about everything about the day. And… Read More »Ireland Day 3: Walk of Shame
Day 4 of the Route 66 Road Trip – Phase 1 we woke up in the bougie RV Park Beagle Bay. The previous day the temperature had eclipsed triple digits. It didn’t cool off much at night. With no air conditioning and no air movement I would swear that temperature… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 4 Snaps
This is the final collection of images from Day 2 of my trip to Ireland with Andy. Last Friday we left off with pictures of people crossing the Carrick-a-Rede Bridge. We will start right up in the same place. This made me miss the old swinging bridge in McHose Park.… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Conclusion
Time to share the cell phone pictures from Day 3 of the Route 66 Road Trip – Phase 1. We started the morning at the Meramec Caverns Campground. It had rained all night. In the morning it was nice and cool. We had breakfast at the Meramec Caverns diner as… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 3 Snaps
Last Friday when we left off we had just crossed the Carrick-a-Rede bridge over to Carrick-a-Rede Island. Here are the pictures: Ireland is just so amazingly beautiful! These steps are much scarier than the bridge, by a long shot! Only one more collection of pictures from Day 2 in Ireland… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Carrick-a-Rede Bridge
By the time this publishes, I will have my entries for the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon in my possession. So I can reveal what pictures I entered this year. Here they are: Selected for Display Not selected for Display Selected for Display Not Selected for Display Next year I… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 2 Snaps
Our last stop up on the North Atlantic Coast before heading for our hotel was Carrick-a-Rede. This is a place that is most famous for a rope bridge that is suspended over the Atlantic Ocean. Here is some information about it from the National Trust website: The famous Carrick-a-Rede rope… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Carrick-a-Rede
A couple of weeks back Andy and I hit the open road in an attempt to drive half of the Mother Road. Route 66. America’s highway! While I took a ton of pictures with the “real” camera, I’m not ready to show those. Not by a long shot Chet. But… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 1 Snaps
After Andy and I left the Giant’s Causeway, we ended up in a nearby village named Bushmills. We wander it’s business district for a bit as we killed time before we went to our next destination. Which was another grueling workout. But more on that in the future. Here are… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Bushmills
This is the final collection of images I took while Andy and I visited the Giant’s Causeway. But it is far from the final collection of images I took on Day 2 of our trip to Ireland. Here are more pictures: Hey jerk, you are standing in my light… oh… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Leaving the Causeway
Last Friday when we left off, had left the Giant’s Causeway part of the Giant’s Causeway and were starting the trail to The Amphitheatre. This part was a fantastic workout! We definitely got our steps in on this day! And this wasn’t the last trail we would hit up. Here… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Amphitheatre Trail
Last Friday we left off at the beginning of the actual Giant’s Causeway. It dawns on me that maybe people don’t know the story about the Giant’s Causeway. Why is a collection of the most unique looking rocks extending into the Atlantic Ocean called the Giant’s Causeway? Don’t worry I’ll… Read More »Ireland Day 2: More Giant’s Causeway
Last Friday we left off with Andy and I arriving at the Giant’s Causeway and working our way down the trail to the Giant’s Causeway. You might notice that you won’t see Andy in many of these pictures. You might wonder why? Andy is a great travel companion for a… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Giant’s Causeway
On Day 2 in Ireland we got up bright and early and hit the road for Northern Ireland. It was about a 3 hour drive from Dublin to our first stop: The Giant’s Causeway. There were a handful of must see things for me on our trip. The Giant’s Causeway… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Road to Giant’s Causeway
This is the final collection of images from Day 1 of my trip to Ireland with Andy. It also includes one more filming location from the movie ONCE. Last Friday we left off we were admiring a busker and a couple of children that were dancing to their music. We… Read More »Ireland Day 1: Fair Play to Ya
