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  • my USA travel history…

    So much for my 4 day weekend plan to add new pins to my novel locations board… That didn’t happen. I got sidetracked by Hawaii and pinned this photo of Kilauea. Look at the stars and the glow of the lava. Absolutely incredible. And I am going to see that in February! Travel has always…

  • september 1190: volcano sightings

    In a previous post, I described the state of Richard’s fleet & rules & regs for the crews. It wasn’t common to sail the open sea in the 12th century. For the most part, the fleet paralleled the coasts and island-hopped. King Richard frequently went ashore and rode his horse as his fleet skirted the…