New York, New York
April 28th, 2010
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SOUTH AFRICA (by way of DC)
March 17th, 2010
Note before going to S. Africa: Make sure you have ONE WHOLE PAGE free in your passport, or you’ll wind up spending an extra day getting pages stapled into it, as we did. But we enjoyed our off-season day in DC–walked around the White House and Washington Monument, and visited the Folk Art Museum and the terrific Phillips Collection, a little museum with wonderful stuff, such as the “Boating Party” and interesting Van Gogh and Impressionist paintings. Saw a traveling exhibit of Georgia O’Keefe’s abstracts and some of Stieglitz’s portraits of her–wonderful stuff, but no pix allowed.
At the White House
Canada Geese
Geese & Monument
Renoir
At Last
18.5 hours
Very long journey to get there, but what a place! Table Mt. forms the backdrop for the city, and the beautiful cape sweeps out below. The cloud bank up top is called–what else?–the table cloth. Doug was speaking at Design Indaba, a fascinating international conference, and we were pampered, to say the least. Lots of great food for thought as well as for tasting. One of the highlights was dinner at a local’s house, in our case an industrial designer and architect couple. Amazing food, a mix of countries and professions, and great conversation. We’re missing our Japanese friends in the photo below…
Table Mt. from Hotel Bar
Up We Go
Cape Town-Robben Island off Coast and New World Cup Stadium at End of Ridge
Blooming Up Top
Another Bloomer
Conference Interviews
Dinner Party-Partial Group
Winery Farewell Lunch
Martha Was a Speaker, Too
Road on Wildlife Reserve
Yeah, We Were Roughing It...
Saw a Journey of Giraffe
A Crash of Rhinos (7 here)
Lone Rhino Male
Springbok...Tasted Good!
Had a great farewell lunch at a winery and then drove our rental to a wildlife reserve for a VERY short stay (one night and one 4-hour safari)–all we could afford anyway! But we did see animals–hippos, giraffe, rhinos, springbok and other types of “bok.” No white lions or elephants, though….
Penguins Moved Here in 1983
Basking
Before we boarded for home, we took a quick drive down the cape to see the penguins. A perfect send-off. We hope to return soon!
Copyright 2010 Diana Rathe Pray
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Skiing this Winter
March 7th, 2010
David Rathe
Lake Tahoe from Heavenly Valley
Still Frozen
February 21st, 2010
Lower Wisconsin River looking west.
Upper Mississippi River looking NW.....
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ARUBA
February 19th, 2010
The Calm Side of the Island
Ruth on a Rock
Had a great trip with Ruth, who was down there for a medical conference. Strange place–one side of the island is packed with high-rise hotels and white powdery beaches, and the other side is empty lava-strewn desert with treacherous waves. About a fifth of the island is a national park. The people were incredibly friendly, and even the tourists were nice! It’s Dutch-owned, and many of the tourists were European. We snorkeled, hiked, and ate great food.
Our Chariot
North Side of Island
Wild Waves
Divi-Divi Tree
Small Natural Bridge
Hotel Denizen
Local Lizard
Butterfly Farm
It Finally Landed...
500+ Steps to the Top
Top of the Haystack at Dawn
Copyright 2010 Diana Rathe Pray
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Everglades Canoe Trip 2010
January 30th, 2010
Check out the photo gallery and blog post from our most recent sojourn into the wilds of South Florida!
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AFTER THE STORM(s)
January 24th, 2010
Yes, we’re not used to storms much here in LA. Five inches of rain–oh my! But this time of year is magical. I never thought I’d live in LA, let alone love it here. But I do…just not in September.
After Storm #3
Just up the street is a wonderful spot to view LA to the south and north. Most people don’t realize LA is backed by snow-capped mountains for a brief period in the winter. The mountains behind Doug and Jeff, however, rarely have snow–very low elevation. I restrained my impulse to head for the hills. As expected, there was a major traffic jam of people trying to get to the snow…
Doug & Jeff on Kite Hill
Copyright 2010 Diana Rathe Pray
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Fern’s 80th Birthday
January 5th, 2010
I’ve started a gallery of photos from the big day!
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