Travel theme: Paint

Mural in Cuba Missouri

Painting with light, Parthenon in Nashville Tennessee.

Hand painted, from Germany.

Tombs in Okinawa Japan.

Sprayfoam at the carwash.

Painted barn in Pennsylvania.

Osage Beach, Missouri

This is for a challenge by   Where’s my backpack?

Travel theme: Paint

A Walk Thru Hidden Valley Springs Park, Philippines

Hidden Valley Springs

About an hour and a half south of the Makati district of Manila in the Philippines

Hidden Valley is a natural wonder.  It is a wonderful walk through a tropical forest, listening to the crickets and birds.  There are 3 or 4 pools which are fed by natural springs.  If you keep walking through giant trees you will find a waterfall and very scenic stream.    This trip was taken in 2008.

The bus ride is Way Too Comfortable!

Are we there yet?

Let’s start walking

Time for Lunch!

Rested up and ready for the afternoon

And we can’t leave without a stop at the Gift Shop!

I hope you enjoyed the beautiful greenery of this jungle resort. 

It’s time for the drive back north.

Now it’s back to the concrete jungle of Manila.

The walker and photographer for this post is my husband.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Adventure

Travel Theme: Twist

this challenge is hosted by Ailsa at

http://wheresmybackpack.com/2014/07/04/twist/

Daily Photo 2 July

Wandering Iris Tuesday Pik – Week 9

The small town of Seymour, Missouri

Where the Amish do their banking and the old stone theater is still open.

 

UNDER The Erie Canal in New York

Some of its nicknames are:

The Big Ditch, Clinton’s Big Ditch, Clinton’s Folly

The Erie Canal is in the state of New York and was built to connect the Hudson River at Albany to Lake Erie at Buffalo, New York.  The building began in 1817 and the canal was finished in 1825.  The original canal was 40 feet wide and 4 feet deep.  It has been enlarged several times, the first time being in 1836.

 

President Thomas Jefferson would not approve the building of the 360 mile canal, but supporters of the canal idea finally were able to convince the Governor of New York, Dewitt Clinton, that it should be built.  The Governor approved a budget of 7 million dollars and broke ground on the 4th of July, 1817.

 

Many bridges were built to allow people to cross the canal.  The one unique crossing is where a road goes under the canal, about 50 miles east of Buffalo, close to Albion, NY.

 

The Erie Canal about 5 miles west of Albion and 50 miles east of Buffalo.

The Erie Canal in Albion, NY

Wandering Iris Tuesday Pik

Tuesday Pik – Week 1

Every Tuesday I will pick one town that has something that I stopped to take a photo of.

This first week it is Elsberry, Missouri

about 60 miles north of St. Louis along the Mississippi River on Highway 79.

This very old gas station caught my eye.

Devil’s Elbow on Missouri’s Route 66

Devil’s Elbow was named for an awkwardly bad bend in the Big Piney River. There was a large boulder in the river at this point that lumberjacks swore was put there by the devil just to annoy them. Lumberjacks would float logs down the river and they would seem to always jam due to the rock and the bend in the river. The community of Devil’s Elbow started as a logging camp after the civil war.  When Route 66 came through during the 1930s Devil’s Elbow was a resort community with cabins, canoes, and the famous Munger Moss Sandwich Shop which is now the Elbow Inn Bar and BBQ. The Elbow Inn Bar has acquired its own fame because of the hundreds of women’s bras that are hung from the ceiling.  It also has great food and is a wonderful place to stop for lunch. Devils Elbow is located in Pulaski County about 25 miles west of Rolla.  To get to there, take I-44 west to the Hwy J Exit (exit 169).  Turn left on Hwy J and cross the interstate.  Take an immediate right on Hwy Z.  Follow Hwy Z,( a newer four-lane stretch of Route 66), for two or so miles until you get to Teardrop Road.  Turn left here.  Follow Teardrop Road for a quarter mile or so and you will arrive at the Elbow Inn Bar.  The old truss bridge is next to the bar and the town of Devil’s Elbow is just on the other side of the river.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure

The thing I treasure most is

Traveling with my best friend.

Traveling together for 38 years now.

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