The World Traveler



     Inspiration can come from the most unusual places.  Changing my point of view and meeting new cultures one-on-one gives life to new ideas I never knew I had.                                                


Trevil Fountain, Italy

A wish made at the
Trevi Fountain, Rome.
Fuzzy Little Bufalloes, GO CU!!!!!


Love my alma matter-- GO CU!!!
(University of Colorado, Boulder)
La Belle, Paris

Ah, Paris!
Ah, refreshing!


An afternoon in Central Park with friends, NY

I will never mock mountain goats again...

Giant's Causeway, Ireland
(And yes, these hexagonal
rocks are  natural!)
It's like walking into a storybook


Leeds Castle, the most picturesque
medieval castle in England
(ex: swans floated in the moat, and baby sheep played in nearby meadows.  Aww!!!)

How gorgeous is this!!!!


The Gardens of Versailles, France
(Where classical French music fills the air everywhere you go.
Yes, I faceplanted into this glacier.

Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska
(The first of TWO glaciers
I faceplanted in)
Kuaui


Horseback riding along the beaches of
Kuaui, Hawaii



NYC, baby!


The hustle and bustle of Times Square, NYC

Yes, we DID go out in public like this


Halloween at the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party
Anybody see Nessie?



Loch Ness & Drumnadrochit Castle, Scotland
Another piece of the puzzle...



My parental units at
Sea World, FL

Class Five, baby!!!!

White water rafting in Idaho Springs, CO
(And no, I didn't fall out.)
So much history here.


Totem National Park in Sitka, Alaska
Now where did I put my Tardis...

The obligatory London phone booth shot.
Cute & Fuzzy by Day, Evil Monster by Night

My Oliver
(This picture was published in the ASPCA book Hopefull Tails, available at www.borders.com)
Look out for pigeons!!!!

St. Mark's Square, Italy

Reaching for the Sky

Humpback whale breeching in Juneau, Alaska
No words can describe the majesty of this place...

The Sistene Chapel, Vatican City
I cried the entire time we were here!

The Western Wall-- Jerusalem, Israel
You can definitely feel the lay lines standing here

Stonehenge
Tiki Torches Make Everything Better!

Watching the sun set over Hawaii
Go on a ghost tour--trust me!

A day in St. Augustine, FL
(The oldest, and most haunted, US city)

The Swimming Lesson

Watching a newborn moose calf's first swim in the middle of an eagle preserve--Haines, Alaska
I've never seen this color blue anywhere else in the world.

The Blue Grotto--Capri, Italy
(Where you have to lie on your back like a corpse just to get under the cave opening.)
Carnivale!

The Art of Venice

Our first stop in this ancient land

Looking over Tel Aviv, Israel
Harder than it looks!

Celebrating a birthday on Segways at Epcot
Dudes, I LIVE here!!!

"Wishes" over Magic Kingdom, FL

Yes, I am a Ren Fair Nerd!

My writing group at the
Tampa Bay Renaissance Festival
So beautiful here...

Rosh Hanikra, Israel
We're not worthy!!!!

The Bard's House
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England


It's HUGE!!!

The Colesseum



I miss fall foliage!

Autumn at Bear Lake, NY
I LOVE the beach!!!!

Winter in Florida on St. Pete Beach