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Paradise Street, Liverpool
Road trip southwest USA 2014
Day 6 : I stayed quite late photographing Monument Valley by night. What was planned was sleeping in my SUV near Muley Point. But I found a cheap motel in Mexican Hat (38$ the night), so I slept in a warm bed and took a good shower the following day. That was worth it! I was in perfect shape to start a new day, especially I had 2 parks in the agenda : Arches and Canyonlands!
Shot with Canon EOS 5D Mk. I + Tamron SP AF Aspherical Di LD IF 17-35 f/2.8-4 @35mm (geolocated in Flick'R map)
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The caucasian Alki community was founded in 1851. Before then, the area was maintained as a prairie by Native Americans. Alki is the Chinook word meaning "by and by".
Before I put you to sleep from boredom I must point out the replica of the light (middle right) that began to be lit on the point in 1860's. The lighthouse tower was constructed in 1913 and was fully automated in 1984. The lighthouse keeper job is no more. The Coast Guard manages the lighthouse now and the former keeper mansions are occupied by Coast Guard Commanders.
JimFlix gave me the idea to paddle the entire length of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Leg two of my mission started at the Empire Beach, and ended at the Point Betsie Light. The hot August sun, and the cold Lake Michigan water created hazy conditions that made the horizon nearly disappear.
My two visits to Cobh in July were somewhat constrained because it rained most of the time.
Cobh,known from 1850 until the late 1920s as Queenstown, is a tourist seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and is home to Ireland's only dedicated cruise terminal. Tourism in the area draws on the maritime and emigration legacy of the town - including its association with the RMS Titanic.
Facing the town are Spike Island and Haulbowline Island, and on a high point in the town stands St Colman's Cathedral, one of the tallest buildings in Ireland and seat of the diocese of Cloyne.
On May 17, 1642, on a point of land at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and another, smaller river, Father Vimont held a mass celebrating the founding of Montréal, attended by Sieur de Maisonneuve, Jeanne Mance and their companions. On May 17, 1992, on the very same site, Pointe-à -Callière, the Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History, opened its doors.
Until the Museum opened, only historians knew about the "Pointe à Callière," so named because it was here that Chevalier Louis Hector de Callière, third governor of Montréal, had a home built in 1688. Today, the point has actually become part of the shoreline of the Island of Montréal, but its name lives on and is better known than ever, thanks to the Museum.
The Museum was founded as part of celebrations to mark Montréal’s 350th birthday, and owes its existence largely to the significant archaeological discoveries made on the site during the 1980s. In fact, the Museum and its site are inextricably linked. Rising above evidence of more than 1,000 years of human activity, it houses remarkable architectural remains, displayed in situ with absolute respect for their integrity. Pointe-à -Callière is the only sizeable archaeology museum in Canada. The hundreds of artifacts it houses are grouped into six main sections: the Éperon, a modern building that has won many architectural awards; the archaeological crypt on the lower level; the renovated Ancienne-Douane building (Montréal’s first Custom House), the Youville Pumping Station, the Archaeological Field School and the Mariners House. The museum of a site, a history and a city, Pointe-à -Callière delves into the past to foster a debate on urban issues both local and global, and to encourage visitors to reflect on the future.
The crumbling remains of Boddin Point lime kiln is long overdue its collapse into the sea. The old fishing boats mirror its forgotten working past.
The company I work for had it's first anniversary today and I said I would make a cake. It is only a small family business. Well, at 8 O'clock in the morning, I remembered.
I whip out a frozen Mud Cake - quickly defrost some Chocolate Ganache and cover it. I had an idea already in mind and just had to work with that. ALready had left over coloured fondant from the Superman cake so I was set.
I finished the cake at 9.45 am - just in time to arrive at work on time.
All the boys loved it and had a laugh at the cachous on the switch. Had I had more time, I would have even done the gold wires inside the coloured wiring...
And Yes, I know... the outlet is wrong - But I was in a HURRY!!!!!
Thursday, October 20, 2016. Photo courtesy of Cynthia Sinclair (www.cynthiasinclairphotography.com).
Photo: BLM
Stand in the same spot where Captain Benjamin Bonneville and his expedition party overlooked the valley he named Les Bois, site of the city that today bears the same name Boise. The view takes in the entire Treasure Valley. The site is also an access point for the Oregon Trail and a place to hike, picnic, and view wildlife. A mountain bike trail to Lucky Peak Reservoir also runs nearby.
Point Malcolm lighthouse is on the channel between Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert, and is the only inland lighthouse in the Southern Hemisphere
A great afternoon at West Point - Treats for the cadets a fun lunch formation and a parachute team demonstration.
A rather common photo of a rather dramatic lighthouse location, on the most Westerly point of Skye...
After hurricane Nicole, it was still windy but the sky started to clear beyond the lighthouse at Point Riche on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland.
One of the last remaining Howard Johnson's restaurants formerly operated in Bay City. This one was actually reopened at some point; it'd gone independent in 1985 and reverted to HoJo in the 1990s (maybe in 1997, which was when the Saginaw location closed).
I'd been here for both my 17th and 18th birthday dinner, and I was shocked when Rich Kummerlowe of highwayhost.org informed me of this location's abrupt closure in May 2005! Ever since, it's been sitting abandoned, although the Motor Lodge soldiers on.
Also, that Econo Lodge sign? Pay attention to the next couple pictures.
Here's a wish for a calm Monday for everyone! Taken at Meigs Point in Hammonasset Beach State Park near Madison, Connecticut.