Last Day in Hamilton Apartment
Here I am, right before we leave for the US border from Hamilton, ON....
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The US Border
The Detroit-Windsor border crossing was much tighter than what I am...
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Louisville, Kentucky
Our first morning in the SOUTH!! I have always dreamed of visiting. It...
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Kentucky: Lincoln's Birthplace
Lincoln was born and raised until the age of 9 in Kentucky. Inside this stone...
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Kentucky Outback
We made our way to the Mammoth Caves in a round-about way (ok, we were...
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Kentucky Elections
There were hundreds of signs all over Kentucky roadsides advertising the best...
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Kentucky wildlife!!
These two minature horses shared their pasture with another common sight in...
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Kentucky: Mammoth Caves
Due to our extended tour of rural Kentucky, we were too late for a...
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Tennessee
Wow! As soon as we entered Tennessee, we stopped for coffee and water...
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Tennessee: Kid in a Candy Store!
The picture says it all!
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Memphis, Tennessee
I was totally impressed with this cool car. We spent the night in...
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Memphis
On the road again...
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Arkansas Wild Flowers
I loved Arkansas...what a beautiful state. So green with many flowers....
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Arkansas Crop Dusters
The best photo I got of the dozen or so crop dusters that flew over...
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Arkansas Diamond Mines
Jacques and I tried our luck at the world's only public diamond mine. The...
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Arkansas Diamond
Aaah - just a piece of jasper as we found out later when we delivered our...
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Arkansas Dwellings
I snapped this picture as we stopped to consult our map. We were headed for...
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Texas
We took a water/gas break and found ourselves in a very small town in...
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Dallas, Texas
This pic was snapped from the sunroof of our car as we blazed through...
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Truck Stop, Texas
This place marked our entrance into truly rural America. After this point, we...
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Rural Texas
Another brief stop in a small town. Like Kentucky, Tennesee, and Arkansas, I...
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Lonely road in Texas
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Texas Truck
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Texas Kitty
A skittish kitty hanging out by a gas station dumpster. I checked...
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Texas Oil Fields
These oil drillers were all over the place in the northwest section of...
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Rural Texas
We stopped for a quick break on the side of a Texas highway. As you...
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New Mexico
I fell in love with New Mexico. On our first day we drove the narrow roads...
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New Mexico Desert
Here I am standing by the road in the hot arid desert. I loved it!!
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Carlsbad Cavern
We are inside the park at this point on our way to the caverns. The road was...
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Carlsbad Cavern Vistor Centre
One of the red flowers found in the New Mexico desert.
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Carlsbad Caverns Buildings
On our walk to the natural entrance to the cave, we saw old administration...
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Cactus Flower
One of the beautiful flowers we saw on the path down to the natural...
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Carlsbad Cavern natural entrance
Here is where we entered our adventure into the cave. At nightfall,...
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Entering the cave
As you can judge from the other visitors in this picture, it is quite...
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Last look at the light of day
Here we are about half way into the cave entrance.
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Cave Beauty
We took literally hundreds of pictures in here. Surprisingly the best...
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Cave map
You can see how far we walked inside the earth - about 800 feet below the...
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Stalagmite and Stalactite
Created through thousands of years of dripping water, these rock...
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Quiet cave pools
At some points inside the cave, if you stop walking and just listen,...
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Cave formations
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New Mexico sunset
We saw many sunsets, though none so breathtaking as in the desert.
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Rural New Mexico home
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New Mexico breakfast
Here in the middle of New Mexico, on one of the desolate roads we took to get...
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New Mexico Breakfast
At the same place in 'middle of nowhere' New Mexico
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Meterorite Crater
This was one of the coolest things I saw on this roadtrip. In Arizona, 50,000...
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Outer space, here I come
The Meteorite Crater is privately owned. Nasa uses this area once a year, in...
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Sedona
Our B&B was wonderful...
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Sedona - Jacques and the Mesas
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Sedona Mesas
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Sedona - Red Baron Biplane
A highlight of our trip to Sedona
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Sedona - Red Baron Pilots
The pilot actually sat in the back and we were in the front. Wow, what...
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Red Baron Pilot
Our pilot Scott was really friendly. He threw in the video of our trip...
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Red Baron View
You can imagine our exhilaration!!
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Red Baron
Oh beautiful Sedona. No wonder so many people worship this land!!
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Red Planet Diner in Sedona
My favourite all-American diner of all time! Of course Jacques insisted on...
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Red Planet Diner
The ambience and the food (burgers, fries, milkshakes) were amazing....
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Red Planet Diner
Taken from the counter. Under the counter glass are hundreds of photos of UFO...
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Red Planet
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Red Planet Bathroom
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Red Diner Jukebox
One for every table!!
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Red Planet Diner
We went every day after we discovered this place!!
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Wishing Well B&B
The breakfasts at our B&B took our experience from well above average to...
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A Wishing Well
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Wishing Well B&B
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Wishing Well Breakfast
Another great start to the day!! Even the butter was in the shape of a heart...
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Sedona Mesa Hiking
We climbed to the top of a huge Mesa named Doe Mountain. Not a soul up...
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Doe Mountain Mini Mesa
These were all over the place left by other hikers as markers to the path to...
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Cactus
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Doe Mountain Silt
The top of this mesa was covered in very soft red silt.
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View from Doe Mountain
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View from Doe Mountain
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View from Doe Mountain
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Flying on Doe Mountain
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View from Doe Mountain
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In the name of prosperity
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Mini Mesas
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Local Wildlife
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Daisies on the Mesa
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Local Wildlife
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Local Wildlife
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Grand Canyon
All I can say is WOW!!
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Perspective of Grand Canyon
This is a picture of a look-out point with about 25 people on it....
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Grand Canyon
The camera can't capture its immensity and its awe-inspiring...
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Grand Canyon Visitor Centre
The layers of rock and stone which make up one of the world's great wonders.
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Outside Grand Canyon National Park
Another seedy desert hotel!
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Historic Route 66
Arid, hot, and desolate!!
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Route 66
We spent hours driving on this road which took us through...
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Hoover Dam at night
Wow, what an incredible engineering feat. The security here was quite tight....
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Vegas Rollercoaster
It was called 'Speed'. It was the fastest thing I had ever...
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Circus Circus in Vegas
Our first casino/hotel we visited on the strip.
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Las Vegas
I just love this place!!
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Winning Big in Vegas
I didn't know Care Bears still existed!!
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Las Vegas
Oh bright sun...after hours in dark, smoky casinos!!!
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Venetian in Vegas
This place was being built last time I was in Vegas. Here is Jacques...
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Jenny in Vegas
Me in front of the Statue of Liberty outside the lovely Las Vegas'...
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Las Vegas -J & J
Can you see the hotel that CSI opens with - behind us sits the Mirage??
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Excalibur Casino and Hotel
We saw a Medieval Manor show on Friday night at this hotel. We sat...
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Bellagio Casino and Hotel
One of the higher end casinos in Vegas. This chandelier which dominates the...
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Wedding in Vegas
For only $99. If only I had known....
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Nevada Outback
We stopped here for gas. It boasted and advertised local strip clubs,...
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Death Valley
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Death Valley
Sliding rocks all around us!!
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Death Valley
I can't imagine being out here alone!
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Death Valley
The hottest and driest place in North America and not another soul...
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Death Valley
So hot, even between my fingers was sweating and if I closed my eyes for a...
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Sierra Mountains
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Giant pinecombs
A hour outside of Death Valley and here I stand amongst pinecombs...
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Sierra Mountains
We spent a night up in the mountains. Our plan was to drive through Yosemite...
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California Sierra Mountains
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California Rest Stop
One of the dozens of gas stations we visited on our trip.
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California's Icy Region
One day we are in the hottest and driest place in North America, the...
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Tree stumps and icy lakes
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