Mammoth Hot Springs is a significant geothermal area in Yellowstone National Park, known for its travertine terraces formed by hot spring water depositing calcium carbonate over millennia. This area serves as a great starting point for a variety of hiking trails in Yellowstone, allowing visitors to explore the stunning wilderness and enjoy the outdoors. ClickContinue reading “Todays Images, Mammoth Springs, Yellowstone National Park”
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Todays Images • Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands, Scotland is a popular port of call for a number of Northern European cruise itineraries and for a small place there’s much to see. After our first visit one of our favorite television series became Shetland,, a British police drama. Since Lerwick is such a small town every show included scenes we recognizedContinue reading “Todays Images • Lerwick, Shetland Islands”
Another Cautionary Travel Tale • Groupon Version
More And More That Caution “Buyer Beware” Should Be Considered When Planning Travel If you don’t know Groupon they’re an online company that was originally intended to help local businesses promote their company using discount coupons. Working mostly with restaurants, Groupon promoted the discount with prepaid vouchers online and through emails to subscribers. There haveContinue reading “Another Cautionary Travel Tale • Groupon Version”
Download Our Free Travel Pin Map
Our Christmas Gift To You Every serious traveler needs a pin map! And they make a great gift for the other travelers you know! Years ago, shortly after we put ours up on the wall, we started getting requests from family and friends to make one for them. It became a favorite gift item andContinue reading “Download Our Free Travel Pin Map”
Port of Call Messina, Sicily
Probably one of the most important stretches of water in the Mediterranean is the Straits of Messina that separates the boot of Italy from the island of Sicily. In ancient legend the straight is said to be only an arrows shot wide. With a majority of cruise itineraries going south and east out of Rome’sContinue reading “Port of Call Messina, Sicily”
Iceland’s Amazing Godafoss
Iceland’s Waterfall Of The Gods Driving about sixty miles outside Akureyri through a hilly landscape you arrive at a fractured stretch of countryside marked by rugged volcanic rock with a river flowing through a narrow canyon. Walking a short distance up the canyon rim is an overlook above Godafoss Waterfall. It is one of Iceland’sContinue reading “Iceland’s Amazing Godafoss”
The Intentional Travelers 