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September 10, 2022
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Alaska – Ketchikan’s Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary
Travel
Holland America Lines offers several excursions for each port where we stop. We chose a hike in the Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary. Many trees were covered with Old Man’s Beard Lichen. It will eventually kill the tree, but this is part…
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September 9, 2022
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Alaska – Entering and Visiting Ketchikan
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Our ship sailed into Ketchikan early Tuesday morning with partly sunny skies. There was still a bit of morning color as the fog lifted. The color faded, but the views were still great. Finally, some signs of civilization.…
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September 8, 2022
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Alaska Day 2 – Cruising the Beautiful Inside Passage
Travel
We woke up to the sound of a fog horn from our ship. You had to look down to see anything, but wake of the ship. There was no sky, not even a horizon. Socked in with FogSo, we looked…
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September 7, 2022
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Alaskan Cruise Day 1 – Vancouver
Travel
Rose and I finally were able to take our Alaskan cruise. We started planning in 2019 and had the trip postponed twice due to Covid. This was the year. It was a wonderful trip. I will share some photos from…
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July 22, 2022
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Traverse City Botanical Gardens
Northwest Michigan, Uncategorized
Back in late June, we visited the Traverse City Botanical Gardens at the Historic Barns Park. We wandered around the grounds a bit and then headed for the Koeze Stable Garden. The grounds are beautiful, but the stable garden is…
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July 21, 2022
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Flower Close-Ups
Southwest Michigan
I was inspired by the flowers in our front garden and pulled out my macro lens. I haven’t used this one for a while, so it was fun to experiment with it again. This lens lets me get really close…
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July 10, 2022
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An Evening Visitor
Orchestra Camp Colony
We had an evening visitor last night. A young screech owl was sitting on the back of a bench on our porch at the cabin. I was able to sneak out the back door, make my way to the front,…
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June 25, 2022
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Birds, Turtles, and Water Lilies
Orchestra Camp Colony
We finally got back on the lake this morning. It is going to be a warm day, so we wanted to get out early. We had beautiful sunshine and a bit of breeze that turned our flat-water start to seeing…
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June 11, 2022
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Flat Water
Orchestra Camp Colony
We are back at the lake and got out in the kayaks last evening with a friend. It was a wonderful evening to be on the water; no wind, flat water, and loons. As we started, we saw this interesting…
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June 3, 2022
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Pink Lady’s Slippers
Orchestra Camp Colony
We found a beautiful wild flower on the common property of Orchestra Camp Colony this week, pink lady’s slippers. They may have bloomed every year, but this is the first we’ve seen them. They are a member of the orchard…
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