Here are some pictures from my 0.8 mile hike to Alberta Falls.
Alberta Falls
Summer2014
Getting ready for Colorado. Decided to stay in the states for this trip.
Photos of mountains tomorrow.
Saint Patrick’s Day parade
Had a nice time at the Dallas parade today. The rain held off until late afternoon.
Welcome home
I got home from my trip to the UK and Ireland last night. A 9hr flight that on the clock was only 4 hours. I was able to watched movies all the way. It was a pretty good flight.
Getting off the plane, the weather reminded me I was no longer on vacation. Welcome to Texas and 96° at 8:45pm
Spending the rest of the day doing laundry at my sister’s before heading home tomorrow.
London last day
So I’m sitting outside the London Science Museum waiting for it to open. Getting here, I just had a nice walk through Hyde Park from my Hotel. On the way I’ve seen lots of cyclists, joggers and moms pulling or sometimes pushing small children on scooters. Strangely I’ve not seen any roller blades, skateboards or roller skates.
Updated on the lack of skateboards, just saw a guy on one, and it was motorized so that may not really count.
The Science Museum was pretty cool, well the levels that were not crawling with school children. I just avoided the floors that had the “hand’s on” activities.
Old Steam engine
Examples of polyhedra
An old calculating machine
The National Art Museum was very interesting. I can see why some painters are famous. Some of those paintings could pass for a photo from a distance. Sadly you can’t take photos in the museum so I have nothing to show. But I liked the work of Paul Ruben and Monet. I bought a 95 piece puzzle of “Water lilies” by Monet. They have a cartoon by Da Vinci that seems to have been the beginnings of a painting idea that never got painted. The painting “Sunflowers” by van Gogh was on loan to a Museum in Amsterdam. I only mention that cause of the van Gogh paintings in the museum, it was the only one I like 😦
View of Trafalgar Square from the steps of the Art Museum
On the way back from the Art Museum I tried to stop by and see Sherlock, but as you can see the queue was a bit long.
The line to get into 221B Baker Street.
Salisbury Plains
Today is the last day of the tour. We are heading to the Salisbury Plains and then London by 4pm. My trip won’t be over though, I still have an extra day in London before returning to the States. Time to see the other free museums of London, but more of that tomorrow.
First stop Glastonbury and King Arthur’s tomb (yeah right, it did today what it did in the past separated a pilgrim and his money and left it with the Abby.)
King Arthur’s grave.
Glastonbury Abby
Next stop Stonehenge.
Stonehenge parking lot (will be gone by winter of 2013)
There is a new visitor center being built about half a mile up the road. This old one is going to be torn up and then grassed over to resort more of the original circle of Stonehenge. Its scheduled to be open the Winter of 2013. There will be a shuttle bus that takes you to the site. If you plan on trying to get into the stone circle, you are only allowed to do that during the summer or winter solstice. You will just have to deal with the crazy druids preforming their “ancient rituals”. Back in Glastonbury there was an actual witches store and more than 1 store that sold “magical” items.
Me in front of Stonehenge, hard to smile in the bright sun.
Stonehenge
I think this is the location of the Summer Solstice.
The spacing of each archway coincides with the sun rising between the opening of each month.
5468 km traveled as the trip comes to an end.
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