The Adventures of Travel Penguin

I pointed out to DG that he has his cities and bridges mixed up. Here is a picture of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence that was taken on my tri...

My wandering wings are getting ready to go. This will be my forth trip to Europe in as many years, what a lucky bird. The picture is from Ch...

There are Texas stars everywhere at the Texas State Capital, even on the massive hinges on the doors. Here I am standing on the gates wonder...

Here I am on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. It is faster to drive to Nashville from home than it is to fly, so...

Two years ago we went to Chicago for a few days in late May and hit the most delightful weather. It was bright and sunny and warm enough to ...

Here I am on a visit to the Illinois State Railway Museum . The museum is about 75 miles west of Chicago, very much out in the middle of now...

News reports say that the pilots union and Delta Airlines have reached an agreement that will avoid a looming strike. Three weeks from this ...

It is 73 degrees outside this morning; just before 10:00 AM local time. It reminds me of spring time in the Great Smokey Mountains. We live ...

Who built Stonehenge? How did they build it? Why did they build it? What does it mean? Who did what here? Why are we drawn to it? There just...

I have just returned home, as chronicled in comments on “ Woodchuck Wisdom” Northwest tried to turn me into roasted penguin in Memphis on Mo...

I just flew home from a few days in Philadelphia. Though we had many important meetings to attend we did sneak in a few minutes to play tour...

Here I am at the Gateway Arch of Westward Expansion in St. Louis, Missouri. The Arch is symbolic of the importance of crossing the Mississip...

Here I am in front of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. The defenders of the Alamo lost to the invading army, but they held until the last ma...

The “Travel Channel” had a feature about San Diego on this morning and I was thinking about my visit there. We trekked around the city for a...

Last fall I had the opportunity to ride Amtrak from Washington, DC to Wilmington, Delaware and back. For an American who lives outside of th...

A few summers ago one of my companions had the opportunity to go in search of family History. His great grandmother had come to live with hi...

Little Bob and I went to EPCOT a couple of years ago during spring break. This picture was taken outside the bakery in the World Showcase “F...

My earliest memories of the cable cars in San Francisco are television commercials for the “San Francisco Treat.” Every time I arrive in San...

We drove to Breckenridge from Denver, three of us in a Suzuki Swift. The Swift is not what the name might lead you to believe; it is a tiny ...

Here I am visiting my cousins at the San Francisco Zoo. This was taken in January of 2004. Not bad weather for January. The San Francisco Zo...