tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97737002011-12-24T10:12:06.499-08:00not really a blog -- just a few picturesDennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-14282816180390100142011-12-24T10:10:00.001-08:002011-12-24T10:12:06.508-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gHmzcwmMwbs/TvYV4saM1_I/AAAAAAAAAkg/QTO0pctGVOk/s1600/heinz_chapel.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gHmzcwmMwbs/TvYV4saM1_I/AAAAAAAAAkg/QTO0pctGVOk/s320/heinz_chapel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689759242967111666" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-byPgpWEsURQ/TvYV4uEdgmI/AAAAAAAAAkY/4rxrL1ZvEu0/s1600/software_engineering_institute.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-byPgpWEsURQ/TvYV4uEdgmI/AAAAAAAAAkY/4rxrL1ZvEu0/s320/software_engineering_institute.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689759243412800098" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-1428281618039010014?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-19436214680419255742011-12-02T12:53:00.001-08:002011-12-02T12:55:19.868-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wY1sxYpmYZs/Ttk7AfK2mhI/AAAAAAAAAj0/sW1i1rMrL-A/s1600/bascom.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wY1sxYpmYZs/Ttk7AfK2mhI/AAAAAAAAAj0/sW1i1rMrL-A/s320/bascom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681637284457650706" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2pow0ueaH4/Ttk6_I69HeI/AAAAAAAAAjo/9Z5UCx1PZog/s1600/observatory.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2pow0ueaH4/Ttk6_I69HeI/AAAAAAAAAjo/9Z5UCx1PZog/s320/observatory.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681637261305519586" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yb2MLec0hk0/Ttk6-ip0PGI/AAAAAAAAAjc/ymNUGpxV4dI/s1600/capitol.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yb2MLec0hk0/Ttk6-ip0PGI/AAAAAAAAAjc/ymNUGpxV4dI/s320/capitol.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681637251033087074" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BOdVuRMmmME/Ttk6-QovOtI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/uPUyQ2O4coc/s1600/humanities.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BOdVuRMmmME/Ttk6-QovOtI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/uPUyQ2O4coc/s320/humanities.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681637246196726482" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-1943621468041925574?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-66974552587176668232011-05-15T19:39:00.001-07:002011-05-15T19:42:01.043-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1pSbY5-PbOI/TdCOr5g1LYI/AAAAAAAAAiY/yk2mRWZ1zLY/s1600/yosemite_falls.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1pSbY5-PbOI/TdCOr5g1LYI/AAAAAAAAAiY/yk2mRWZ1zLY/s320/yosemite_falls.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607138420900310402" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RjEAi8emOA8/TdCOrn-1yTI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/DRefWEQ_fqo/s1600/lower_yosemite_falls_clear.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RjEAi8emOA8/TdCOrn-1yTI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/DRefWEQ_fqo/s320/lower_yosemite_falls_clear.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607138416194341170" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Yosemite Falls and a closer shot of Lower Yosemite Falls.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXLS9zzmtuU/TdCOrcOl0SI/AAAAAAAAAiI/M7mwF9mv_2I/s1600/halfdome.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXLS9zzmtuU/TdCOrcOl0SI/AAAAAAAAAiI/M7mwF9mv_2I/s320/halfdome.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607138413039178018" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Half Dome.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-6697455258717666823?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-66172762148925366182011-04-10T11:29:00.001-07:002011-04-10T11:32:53.795-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bcX_t0abT5Q/TaH3SS4NANI/AAAAAAAAAhY/VWgFtiQbg9Q/s1600/pinnacles1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bcX_t0abT5Q/TaH3SS4NANI/AAAAAAAAAhY/VWgFtiQbg9Q/s320/pinnacles1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594024105848144082" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MaPnADwzf3U/TaH3SMtBkDI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/2-QfJWm2GoQ/s1600/pinnacles2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MaPnADwzf3U/TaH3SMtBkDI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/2-QfJWm2GoQ/s320/pinnacles2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594024104190644274" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EBy751s0Kgs/TaH3R8uMtFI/AAAAAAAAAhI/4qTMmU-0NJ8/s1600/pinnacles3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EBy751s0Kgs/TaH3R8uMtFI/AAAAAAAAAhI/4qTMmU-0NJ8/s320/pinnacles3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594024099900601426" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>These shots were taken from the High Peaks Trail.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-6617276214892536618?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-42622492145537923052011-03-13T10:20:00.000-07:002011-03-13T10:26:54.756-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7NpsO38QRm8/TXz9fhJ7ScI/AAAAAAAAAhA/o8SBLBRUPcE/s1600/mission.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7NpsO38QRm8/TXz9fhJ7ScI/AAAAAAAAAhA/o8SBLBRUPcE/s320/mission.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583616355950348738" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8tBkGshon_Y/TXz9fZbAf_I/AAAAAAAAAg4/nCDx8NdqJws/s1600/santa_clara.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8tBkGshon_Y/TXz9fZbAf_I/AAAAAAAAAg4/nCDx8NdqJws/s320/santa_clara.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583616353874509810" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X-VEQ-5r4XI/TXz9fHBXkyI/AAAAAAAAAgw/BbFawdqadb0/s1600/altar.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X-VEQ-5r4XI/TXz9fHBXkyI/AAAAAAAAAgw/BbFawdqadb0/s320/altar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583616348935131938" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The Mission Santa Clara is another Spanish mission established by Junipero Serra.</div><div>The mission was founded in 1777 but the current building was built in 1928.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-4262249214553792305?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-68435956847477954552010-12-04T16:32:00.001-08:002010-12-04T16:45:28.316-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreW7IDFfI/AAAAAAAAAfg/hzhPxQWlP54/s1600/00_tulum.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreW7IDFfI/AAAAAAAAAfg/hzhPxQWlP54/s320/00_tulum.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546990376470124018" /></a><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><span id="internal-source-marker_0.8711658499669284" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The Castillo at Tulum, a Maya trading center on the Caribbean coast. Tulum was occupied around 1200 A.D. and was still inhabited when the Spanish arrived in 1518, but was abandoned by 1600.</span></div><p></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreWiJFMeI/AAAAAAAAAfY/s0hTKJBSr4U/s1600/01_chichen_itza.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreWiJFMeI/AAAAAAAAAfY/s0hTKJBSr4U/s320/01_chichen_itza.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546990369763570146" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreWTNK8YI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/0s_Kt3JSZGA/s1600/02_chichen_itza.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreWTNK8YI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/0s_Kt3JSZGA/s320/02_chichen_itza.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546990365754192258" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><span id="internal-source-marker_0.8711658499669284" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The Castillo and Caracol at Chichen Itza. The Caracol was a “proto-observatory” with lines of sight to astronomical events. Chichen Itza was founded between 750-800 A.D. and dominated the Yucatan from about 850-1100 A.D.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><span id="internal-source-marker_0.8711658499669284" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><br /></span></div><p></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreOgVexyI/AAAAAAAAAfI/kn5P18fd9MA/s1600/03_merida.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreOgVexyI/AAAAAAAAAfI/kn5P18fd9MA/s320/03_merida.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546990231839754018" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><span id="internal-source-marker_0.8711658499669284" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Montejo’s House on Merida’s town square, 1540 A.D. The facade depicts the Spanish conquering the Maya, who are in “pain or terror”. The Montejos conquered the western Yucatan in 1542, and founded Merida and Campeche.</span></div><p></p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreOETBSDI/AAAAAAAAAfA/tN5vn_ianxw/s1600/04_uxmal.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreOETBSDI/AAAAAAAAAfA/tN5vn_ianxw/s320/04_uxmal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546990224313239602" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreN9fb2WI/AAAAAAAAAe4/QQ1YjOJti7A/s1600/05_uxmal.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreN9fb2WI/AAAAAAAAAe4/QQ1YjOJti7A/s320/05_uxmal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546990222486264162" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The Governer’s Palace in Uxmal is “the finest example of Puuc architecture” (9th-10th centuries). From there you can also see the top of the Magician’s Pyramid (35 meters high, 6th-10th centuries) above the tree tops.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreN0_vGII/AAAAAAAAAew/mU6fU4ARebs/s1600/06_edzna.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreN0_vGII/AAAAAAAAAew/mU6fU4ARebs/s320/06_edzna.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546990220205824130" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><span id="internal-source-marker_0.8711658499669284" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The Building of the Five Levels at Edzna. Edzna was inhabited in 400 B.C. and abandoned around 1500 A.D., and is famous for its canal system, used for irrigation, drainage, and defense.</span></div><p></p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreNm-cuQI/AAAAAAAAAeo/bykC5dBQuzg/s1600/07_campeche.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TPreNm-cuQI/AAAAAAAAAeo/bykC5dBQuzg/s320/07_campeche.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546990216442329346" /></a><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><span id="internal-source-marker_0.8711658499669284" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The draw bridge in the Spanish fort of San Miguel (1771 A.D.) in Campeche, which overlooks the Gulf of Mexico.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-6843595684747795455?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-7036320103318205082010-07-10T11:46:00.001-07:002010-07-10T12:17:08.542-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TDjCyD7b4DI/AAAAAAAAAdo/HWMqJ-Jh-yI/s1600/federal_hall.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TDjCyD7b4DI/AAAAAAAAAdo/HWMqJ-Jh-yI/s320/federal_hall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492353910882164786" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Federal Hall was the first U.S. capitol building and George Washington was inaugurated there in 1789. But, the current building is a customs house built in 1842. The site is near the stock exchange.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TDjCx3TVVuI/AAAAAAAAAdg/eEfIx-9qXpI/s1600/hamilton.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TDjCx3TVVuI/AAAAAAAAAdg/eEfIx-9qXpI/s320/hamilton.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492353907492738786" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Alexander Hamilton's grave is in Trinity Church's churchyard, also near the stock exchange.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TDjCxTlK1XI/AAAAAAAAAdY/b9gC8ysdI2I/s1600/grant_tomb.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TDjCxTlK1XI/AAAAAAAAAdY/b9gC8ysdI2I/s320/grant_tomb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492353897903871346" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>U.S. Grant's tomb is near Columbia University.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TDjCRbh1eJI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/npgZCBBFIsQ/s1600/ellis_island.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TDjCRbh1eJI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/npgZCBBFIsQ/s320/ellis_island.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492353350281558162" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The Registry Room on Ellis Island, where immigrants were processed from 1900 to 1924.<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TDjCRNDXqQI/AAAAAAAAAdI/Y3H2D5iHpNM/s1600/liberty.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TDjCRNDXqQI/AAAAAAAAAdI/Y3H2D5iHpNM/s320/liberty.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492353346395678978" /></a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TDjCQ2HyrgI/AAAAAAAAAdA/PHyvYIP1sA8/s1600/dakota.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TDjCQ2HyrgI/AAAAAAAAAdA/PHyvYIP1sA8/s320/dakota.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492353340240211458" /></a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Dakota apartment building, John Lennon's home.</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-703632010331820508?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-23061827130899124612010-06-06T16:17:00.001-07:002010-06-06T16:29:37.880-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TAwsnpGLP2I/AAAAAAAAAcI/tN9c0247GUI/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TAwsnpGLP2I/AAAAAAAAAcI/tN9c0247GUI/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479803906161327970" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><p></p><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TAwsnXxk6rI/AAAAAAAAAcA/IHy0Vv4yD9k/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TAwsnXxk6rI/AAAAAAAAAcA/IHy0Vv4yD9k/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479803901511527090" /></a><br /></div><p></p><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TAwsnI7V4xI/AAAAAAAAAb4/K0PA8mkYg4M/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/TAwsnI7V4xI/AAAAAAAAAb4/K0PA8mkYg4M/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479803897525953298" /></a><br /></div><p></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-2306182713089912461?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-73251273666758202412010-01-02T15:37:00.001-08:002010-01-07T19:26:09.581-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/S0ag_bOD4hI/AAAAAAAAAbY/CdDxVvGGipQ/s1600-h/mohamed_ali.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/S0ag_bOD4hI/AAAAAAAAAbY/CdDxVvGGipQ/s320/mohamed_ali.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424199812713275922" /></a><br />The Mosque of Muhammad Ali (1830-48 AD) dominates the Cairo Citadel (1176-83 AD). Saladin built the Citadel to protect Cairo from the Crusaders and it was Egypt's seat of government for 700 years. <P><P><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/S0ag_BF_KYI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/4Boe4JutAn8/s1600-h/sultan_hassan.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/S0ag_BF_KYI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/4Boe4JutAn8/s320/sultan_hassan.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424199805700090242" /></a><br />The Madrasa (school) of Sultan Hassan (1356-63 AD) is next to the Citadel. It was built using confiscated estates of victims of the Black Death.<P><P><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/S0ag-9xk__I/AAAAAAAAAbI/VtfeRbWihos/s1600-h/al-ghouri.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/S0ag-9xk__I/AAAAAAAAAbI/VtfeRbWihos/s320/al-ghouri.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424199804809183218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/S0ag-Q-nQ0I/AAAAAAAAAbA/usj3wl5xSyc/s1600-h/al-ghouri-minbar.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/S0ag-Q-nQ0I/AAAAAAAAAbA/usj3wl5xSyc/s320/al-ghouri-minbar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424199792784261954" /></a><br />Top: The al-Ghuri Complex (1505 AD) includes twin buildings on each side of al-Mu'iz Li-din Allah Street, the avenue through Cairo's medieval walled area and the Khan al-Khalili market. Bottom: The mosque in the al-Ghuri Complex.<P><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/S0ag-CbHtkI/AAAAAAAAAa4/iGYQM0KJW9o/s1600-h/al-azhar.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/S0ag-CbHtkI/AAAAAAAAAa4/iGYQM0KJW9o/s320/al-azhar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424199788877297218" /></a><br />The al-Azhar Mosque (970 AD).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-7325127366675820241?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-48139813374428014012010-01-02T15:30:00.000-08:002010-01-06T18:41:58.658-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_YAs86x8I/AAAAAAAAAYI/WzD87n5kSk0/s1600-h/luxor_temple.jpg"><img style=" margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_YAs86x8I/AAAAAAAAAYI/WzD87n5kSk0/s320/luxor_temple.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422289982955636674" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a id="c0ns" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Temple" title="Luxor Temple" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: none; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Luxor Temple</span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (1400 BC) in </span></span><span><a id="gmtf" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor" title="Luxor" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Luxor</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">was dedicated to the Theban triad of gods, Amun, Mut, and Chons.</span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_YASZowUI/AAAAAAAAAYA/ZyQxV4pXzyA/s1600-h/hatshepsut.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_YASZowUI/AAAAAAAAAYA/ZyQxV4pXzyA/s320/hatshepsut.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422289975828332866" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The m</span></span><a id="ybuc" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortuary_Temple_of_Hatshepsut" title="The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: none; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ortuary temple of Hatshepsut</span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (1498-83 BC) is on the Nile's west bank, across from Luxor. Hatshepsut ruled during the New Kingdom but built her temple next to the much earlier </span></span><a id="sorr" href="http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/mentuhotept.htm" title="mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">mortuary temple of Middle Kingdom founder Mentuhotep II</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><p></p></span></span></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_YAGAf08I/AAAAAAAAAX4/RnFkVeRVqXs/s1600-h/ramesseum.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_YAGAf08I/AAAAAAAAAX4/RnFkVeRVqXs/s320/ramesseum.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422289972501664706" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The mortuary temple of Ramses II, the </span></span><span><a id="dbfw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesseum" title="Ramesseum" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ramesseum</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (13th century BC)</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, is also on the west bank.</span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_X_-aTyMI/AAAAAAAAAXw/Rh2Lv_5gREM/s1600-h/abydos.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_X_-aTyMI/AAAAAAAAAXw/Rh2Lv_5gREM/s320/abydos.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422289970462443714" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana;font-size:13px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A relief in the </span></span><a id="zn8l" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abydos,_Egypt#Temple_of_Seti" title="Temple of Seti I" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: none; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Temple of Seti I</span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (ruled 1294-79 BC) in Abydos, 135 kilometers north of Luxor. Abydos was the cult center of the god of the dead </span><a id="nc0t" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Osiris</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, but the temple has shrines for seven gods. The temple is famous for the </span><a id="k:ty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abydos_King_List" title="Abydos King List" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Abydos King List</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, which gives the cartouches for the pharaohs through Seti, and is a "Rosetta stone" of Egyptian history.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_X_aIl5TI/AAAAAAAAAXo/AQTpUMmZcy0/s1600-h/edfu.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_X_aIl5TI/AAAAAAAAAXo/AQTpUMmZcy0/s320/edfu.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422289960724456754" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana;font-size:13px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The sanctuary of the </span></span><span><a id="wlw9" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Edfu" title="Temple of Horus" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Temple of Edfu</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (237-57 BC), which was dedicated to the falcon god </span><a id="znmj" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus" title="Horus" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Horus</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. Edfu is </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">115 kilometers south of Luxor.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_X09wXMMI/AAAAAAAAAXg/hXyuJ7LrHJk/s1600-h/philae.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_X09wXMMI/AAAAAAAAAXg/hXyuJ7LrHJk/s320/philae.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422289781307945154" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The santuary of the </span><a id="cxhs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philae" title="Temple of Philae" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Temple of Philae</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, which was dedicated to </span><a id="bj_:" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis" title="Isis" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Isis</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, the goddess of life, magic, and motherhood. The temple is near Aswan, 180 kilometers south of Luxor.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-4813981337442801401?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-35453588088323802322010-01-02T15:27:00.001-08:002010-01-06T18:24:53.385-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_Whemeb9I/AAAAAAAAAWo/8xAEqP4RifY/s1600-h/fort_quatbey.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sz_Whemeb9I/AAAAAAAAAWo/8xAEqP4RifY/s320/fort_quatbey.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422288347015835602" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Verdana;"><p><a id="v:2b" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_of_Qaitbay" title="Fort Quitbay" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Fort Qaitbey</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1477 AD) was built using stones</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> from the ruined </span></span><a id="kln3" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_of_Alexandria" title="Lighthouse of Alexandria" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Lighthouse of Alexandria</span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.</span></span></span></p></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-3545358808832380232?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-60145261956818061302009-09-27T10:28:00.001-07:002009-09-27T10:29:24.301-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sr-g2V-yZKI/AAAAAAAAATo/2omp8PbS0tc/s1600-h/yosemite_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sr-g2V-yZKI/AAAAAAAAATo/2omp8PbS0tc/s320/yosemite_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386200534832276642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sr-g10acsWI/AAAAAAAAATg/M9q051KOHMg/s1600-h/yosemite_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sr-g10acsWI/AAAAAAAAATg/M9q051KOHMg/s320/yosemite_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386200525821489506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sr-g1Vk66BI/AAAAAAAAATY/q_f0MYp0tCU/s1600-h/yosemite_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sr-g1Vk66BI/AAAAAAAAATY/q_f0MYp0tCU/s320/yosemite_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386200517543913490" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-6014526195681806130?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-65978645885246482212009-09-13T10:26:00.001-07:002009-09-13T11:04:36.264-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sq0skSUKUUI/AAAAAAAAAS4/TYxE_ab70c8/s1600-h/mission.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sq0skSUKUUI/AAAAAAAAAS4/TYxE_ab70c8/s320/mission.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381006131680923970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sq0sjsNfMxI/AAAAAAAAASw/OJGz5nBjjcY/s1600-h/memorial.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sq0sjsNfMxI/AAAAAAAAASw/OJGz5nBjjcY/s320/memorial.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381006121452385042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The San Carlos Borromeo Mission: In February I visited San Diego, and one of the oldest things there is the Mission San Diego de Alcala, which was founded in 1769 by Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded an entire chain of missions in what is now California. In 1770 he founded The San Carlos Borromeo Mission much further north in Carmel, where he is buried.<br /><br />The second photo shows the memorial sarcophagus, but he's actually buried under the main sanctuary (chapel) floor.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sq0sjVU9GdI/AAAAAAAAASo/sHZs5rvrKYo/s1600-h/point_lobo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sq0sjVU9GdI/AAAAAAAAASo/sHZs5rvrKYo/s320/point_lobo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381006115309689298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In Point Lobos State Reserve.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Sq0rmyuPiQI/AAAAAAAAASA/MhhZEgUi6LI/s1600-h/point_lobo.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-6597864588524648221?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-45711395829331601712009-07-25T18:20:00.001-07:002009-07-25T18:38:51.247-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Smuwxy0TePI/AAAAAAAAAQg/R1kT01evM8o/s1600-h/bar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Smuwxy0TePI/AAAAAAAAAQg/R1kT01evM8o/s320/bar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362574150815938802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Smuvfwbg1fI/AAAAAAAAAQY/5JZV9y3nBmQ/s1600-h/foo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Smuvfwbg1fI/AAAAAAAAAQY/5JZV9y3nBmQ/s320/foo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362572741425812978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Temple of Dendur and the Queen Hatshepshut room. The temple was commissioned by Augustus Caesar in Nubia to placate Egyptian locals and the reliefs depict him as a pharaoh making offerings to Egyptian deities. The statues of Hatshepshut were reconstructed from fragments and show her as a man.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SmuvfkTxvvI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/AXKmwHJAIBo/s1600-h/bar.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-4571139582933160171?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-82955696290596115092009-07-25T18:06:00.000-07:002009-07-25T18:11:05.206-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SmusI5-Rb4I/AAAAAAAAAQI/rUY_XoStWUA/s1600-h/goats_visit_google.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SmusI5-Rb4I/AAAAAAAAAQI/rUY_XoStWUA/s320/goats_visit_google.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362569050315648898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Goats visited the Googleplex on April 27th. But, still no sign of the goat-pilotable VTOL I was promised back at the Robotics Institute.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-8295569629059611509?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-67449432428545692372009-06-06T18:21:00.001-07:002009-06-06T18:22:21.309-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SisWO_tfVVI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Ta8yOGVxe90/s1600-h/for_friends2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SisWO_tfVVI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Ta8yOGVxe90/s320/for_friends2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344389829681435986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SisWOk5abVI/AAAAAAAAAP4/6cb8P1H8KL4/s1600-h/for_friends1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SisWOk5abVI/AAAAAAAAAP4/6cb8P1H8KL4/s320/for_friends1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344389822483688786" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-6744943242854569237?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-80232791936742230142009-02-07T15:09:00.000-08:002009-02-07T16:30:29.501-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SY4WCx9hmiI/AAAAAAAAAMc/9r7Gb7BY9nA/s1600-h/ballast_point.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SY4WCx9hmiI/AAAAAAAAAMc/9r7Gb7BY9nA/s320/ballast_point.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300198048488593954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SY4V63GwxJI/AAAAAAAAAMU/HOBlndlE7t4/s1600-h/point_loma_lighthouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SY4V63GwxJI/AAAAAAAAAMU/HOBlndlE7t4/s320/point_loma_lighthouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300197912430560402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Above: The peninsula with the gray ship nearby is Ballast Point, where historians think the Spanish under Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo might have first landed in California in 1542. There's a submarine base on the peninsula now. Below: The Old Point Loma Lighthouse near there, in Cabrillo National Monument, dates to 1855.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SY4VxerQ5rI/AAAAAAAAAMM/EG4cIOK3CHg/s1600-h/mission_bells.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SY4VxerQ5rI/AAAAAAAAAMM/EG4cIOK3CHg/s320/mission_bells.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300197751253952178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SY4Vre-7ORI/AAAAAAAAAME/DPBY29d3S0s/s1600-h/mission_room.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SY4Vre-7ORI/AAAAAAAAAME/DPBY29d3S0s/s320/mission_room.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300197648257202450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />After Ballast Point, the next oldest place I could find in San Diego was the Mission San Diego de Alcala (above). The mission was founded in 1769 by Junipero Serra, who traveled from Mexico with Spanish looking to establish outposts against Russian encroachment. It's still a functioning Catholic church -- there was a marriage there the day I visited. The second photo is Serra's room at the mission.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SY4Vj3lr3VI/AAAAAAAAAL8/u4w2j32t3dE/s1600-h/battlefield_site.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SY4Vj3lr3VI/AAAAAAAAAL8/u4w2j32t3dE/s320/battlefield_site.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300197517423271250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SY4Vf6vDTWI/AAAAAAAAAL0/UCAqCeEg9Vk/s1600-h/battlefield_monument.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SY4Vf6vDTWI/AAAAAAAAAL0/UCAqCeEg9Vk/s320/battlefield_monument.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300197449548385634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The site of the (minor) Battle of San Pasqual from the Mexican-American War, 1846, is on the far side of the highway. One monument on the near side of the highway describes Kit Carson and Edward Beale's role in the battle.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-8023279193674223014?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-11392694045482003892008-10-14T18:59:00.001-07:002008-10-14T19:07:04.712-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SPVQRaDlWJI/AAAAAAAAAGo/Eh2ZPONKrKc/s1600-h/air_show_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SPVQRaDlWJI/AAAAAAAAAGo/Eh2ZPONKrKc/s320/air_show_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257196400007272594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SPVOnzQMJoI/AAAAAAAAAGY/hx6Ov3M4upA/s1600-h/air_show_2.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-1139269404548200389?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-46440737092720437962008-10-04T14:13:00.000-07:002008-10-04T14:14:16.484-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SOfcoETCpII/AAAAAAAAAFw/fBM8EIno8hQ/s1600-h/green_pepper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SOfcoETCpII/AAAAAAAAAFw/fBM8EIno8hQ/s320/green_pepper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253410071257457794" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-4644073709272043796?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-10953716282800703142008-05-10T15:54:00.000-07:002008-05-10T17:11:47.806-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SCY5sIu0TCI/AAAAAAAAAD8/3KlsJXTd008/s1600-h/IMG_0514_resized.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SCY5sIu0TCI/AAAAAAAAAD8/3KlsJXTd008/s320/IMG_0514_resized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198906250266692642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SCY5sYu0TDI/AAAAAAAAAEE/ZH5eUSe1eSE/s1600-h/IMG_0543_resized.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SCY5sYu0TDI/AAAAAAAAAEE/ZH5eUSe1eSE/s320/IMG_0543_resized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198906254561659954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SCYoN4u0TBI/AAAAAAAAADc/YI9hq3YIFFE/s1600-h/IMG_0543_resized.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-1095371628280070314?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-15407758924332266282008-04-04T13:47:00.001-07:002008-05-10T17:37:42.159-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/R_aUHPiiOcI/AAAAAAAAAC8/G-tUJlI_2BQ/s1600-h/resized_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/R_aUHPiiOcI/AAAAAAAAAC8/G-tUJlI_2BQ/s320/resized_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185494873115081154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/R_aUZfiiOdI/AAAAAAAAADE/qkUfL3pTXvo/s1600-h/resized_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/R_aUZfiiOdI/AAAAAAAAADE/qkUfL3pTXvo/s320/resized_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185495186647693778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SCY_vYu0TFI/AAAAAAAAAEU/CnLdQqR3MIU/s1600-h/resized_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/SCY_vYu0TFI/AAAAAAAAAEU/CnLdQqR3MIU/s320/resized_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198912903171034194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/R_aUyviiOeI/AAAAAAAAADM/03S8PUG9MFk/s1600-h/resized_3.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-1540775892433226628?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-67629582674521369382007-07-13T18:44:00.001-07:002007-07-13T18:52:15.726-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/RpgquknWYiI/AAAAAAAAABE/v153h7tzWmo/s1600-h/sequoias.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/RpgquknWYiI/AAAAAAAAABE/v153h7tzWmo/s320/sequoias.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086862758706045474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Rpgqv0nWYjI/AAAAAAAAABM/AdMJArS5T9s/s1600-h/general_sherman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Rpgqv0nWYjI/AAAAAAAAABM/AdMJArS5T9s/s320/general_sherman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086862780180881970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The bottom image is the "General Sherman" tree -- the largest tree in the world by volume. To get a sense of the scale, notice that there are tiny ant-like people around the base of the tree that you can barely make out.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-6762958267452136938?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-20237496713497368852007-07-13T18:33:00.000-07:002007-07-13T19:54:22.460-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/RpgoU0nWYfI/AAAAAAAAAAs/MGDIQT4vTz0/s1600-h/IMG_0277.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/RpgoU0nWYfI/AAAAAAAAAAs/MGDIQT4vTz0/s320/IMG_0277.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086860117301158386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/RpgoVEnWYgI/AAAAAAAAAA0/QGnEtWfJvLA/s1600-h/IMG_0288.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/RpgoVEnWYgI/AAAAAAAAAA0/QGnEtWfJvLA/s320/IMG_0288.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086860121596125698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/RpgoVUnWYhI/AAAAAAAAAA8/PtPxmOSTx8E/s1600-h/IMG_0297.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/RpgoVUnWYhI/AAAAAAAAAA8/PtPxmOSTx8E/s320/IMG_0297.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086860125891093010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The top image is the cell house at Alcatraz. The middle one is me in "the hole." It's even more profoundly peaceful in there than I thought solitary confinement could be. Have you ever seen me that happy, healthy, content? I wish I could rent it for a weekend.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-2023749671349736885?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-64412553265234071192007-06-21T09:42:00.001-07:002007-07-13T19:14:12.774-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Rnqqm2MJNwI/AAAAAAAAAAc/ZVvIUV2B6mo/s1600-h/IMG_0152.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Rnqqm2MJNwI/AAAAAAAAAAc/ZVvIUV2B6mo/s320/IMG_0152.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078559114171856642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/RpgvQknWYlI/AAAAAAAAABc/wMLQh_iTxeI/s1600-h/IMG_0166.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/RpgvQknWYlI/AAAAAAAAABc/wMLQh_iTxeI/s320/IMG_0166.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086867740868108882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Top: A view from Nicollet Avenue. Bottom: The inside of Fort Snelling, the pre-civil-war-era fort that overlooks the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/RnqqnGMJNxI/AAAAAAAAAAk/tz3LpnXdlYg/s1600-h/IMG_0164.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-6441255326523407119?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-2498057209145187072007-03-30T21:03:00.000-07:002007-03-30T21:09:20.568-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Rg3eoRGIakI/AAAAAAAAAAU/W6KyRw0m0uU/s1600-h/manhattan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Rg3eoRGIakI/AAAAAAAAAAU/W6KyRw0m0uU/s320/manhattan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047935540717447746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Rg3ehRGIajI/AAAAAAAAAAM/p9zCtqsDVOw/s1600-h/bridge_cropped.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T2uwYVyhJQY/Rg3ehRGIajI/AAAAAAAAAAM/p9zCtqsDVOw/s320/bridge_cropped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047935420458363442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-249805720914518707?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-1168871635229644722007-01-15T06:28:00.000-08:002007-01-15T06:37:49.214-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/1600/864763/fox_river.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/320/253972/fox_river.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/1600/512421/mill.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/320/518432/mill.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/1600/397856/lawe_street_bridge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/320/332544/lawe_street_bridge.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/1600/608733/rail_bridge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/320/979878/rail_bridge.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/1600/62799/station.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/320/657735/station.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-116887163522964472?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-1167701858559167182007-01-01T17:35:00.000-08:002007-01-01T17:47:57.836-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/1600/765794/pacific2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/320/655235/pacific2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/1600/258053/pacific1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/320/462666/pacific1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/1600/158153/pacific3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/320/541767/pacific3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The first two were taken from the same spot near San Gregorio; the second from Bean Hollow State Beach.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-116770185855916718?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-1166903128866366042006-12-23T11:40:00.000-08:002006-12-23T11:49:00.056-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/1600/755125/disk%20drive.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/320/894324/disk%20drive.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/1600/454124/tunnels%20of%20doom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7689/726/320/480057/tunnels%20of%20doom.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The disk drive and <span style="font-style: italic;">Tunnels of Doom</span> have arrived. I dropped the disk drive hard on the floor unpacking it, I hope it still works!</span></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-116690312886636604?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-1162599933189162942006-11-03T16:22:00.000-08:002006-11-03T18:17:32.576-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/peb.2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/peb.2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My TI 99/4 peripheral box has arrived, which is the first component I need to play <span style="font-style: italic;">Tunnels of Doom</span>. It's battleship gray and weighs in at 23.5 pounds empty -- that's a hundredth of a metric ton!<br /><br />I am <span style="font-style: italic;">totally </span>the man. Just admit it: I <span style="font-style: italic;">am</span> the man. You have to admit it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-116259993318916294?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773700.post-1148171677084638172006-05-20T17:02:00.000-07:002006-05-20T18:24:45.276-07:00Hi all,<br /><br />Here are a few of the pictures from my drive from Minneapolis to<br />California in April. I can give you more info in person sometime.<br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><a href="http://www.nps.gov/pefo/">Petrified Forest National Park</a>, Arizona:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/001_petrified_forest.2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/001_petrified_forest.2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.meteorcrater.com/">Meteor Crater</a>, Arizona, somehow still in private hands:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/002_meteor_crater.2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/002_meteor_crater.2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nps.gov/grca/">The Grand Canyon</a>, Arizona:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/003_grand_canyon.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/003_grand_canyon.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/">Hoover Dam</a> was one of my favorite parts of the trip. Here's the<br />view looking towards the dam...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/004_hover_dam_looking_in.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/004_hover_dam_looking_in.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />...and looking out from the top of the dam:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/005_hover_dam_looking_out.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/005_hover_dam_looking_out.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The dam is close to Vegas (details omitted). I stumbled on the<br />Patton museum on the way to Joshua Tree park:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/006_patton_museum.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/006_patton_museum.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nps.gov/jotr/">Joshua Tree National Park</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/007_joshua_tree_cholla_cactus_garden.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/007_joshua_tree_cholla_cactus_garden.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/008_joshua_tree_joshua_trees.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/008_joshua_tree_joshua_trees.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nps.gov/deva/">Death Valley</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/009_death_valley.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/009_death_valley.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/010_death_valley_sand_dunes.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/010_death_valley_sand_dunes.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Sierra Nevada region:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/011_sierra_nevada_stream.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/011_sierra_nevada_stream.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/012_sierra_nevada_open_pass.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/012_sierra_nevada_open_pass.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And finally, the Golden Gate bridge!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/1600/014_golden_gate_bridge.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7689/726/320/014_golden_gate_bridge.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9773700-114817167708463817?l=strelow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dennis Strelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06990092797591254074noreply@blogger.com0