The Adventures of Travel Penguin

Other then the lack of ice filled water ways, the other drawback of nesting in Lexington, Kentucky is a lack of museums. When we get away f...

Happy Birthday to certain fuzzy woodland creatures, find someplace nice and indulge yourself. TR

Hundreds of the finest retail merchants in the world and not a single feather grooming shop in the lot! TR

Deep dish is real pizza , none of the thin cardboard that you have to fold in half to get any traction, but something that is five times as...

This is the view of Chicago from our hotel room. What a city, the things that a bird can get into in that city. I about waddled my feet o...

American Military Cemetery in Normandy A visit to the American Military Cemetery in Normandy changed me. I will never again view Memorial Da...

I am headed to Chicago for a few days in a real city. New pictures and posting inspiration will follow. TR

For those of us stuck forever in coach, there is the mystery of what lies beyond the magic curtain. Legend has it that there are ritual sac...

I was amazed by the wonderful color scheme on this fast little plane in a museum in Florida (yes there were palm trees nearby.) I wonder if...

Even in paradise you have to watch out for the falling coconuts blowing out of the trees. TR

Time to break out your derby hat! TR

I wonder what they do in a hurricane? The lobby of the Caribe Hilton in San Juan is open to the outside on the side that cars drive up on. ...

A production company was filing scenes for a movie (they were using film cameras, so it was almost certainly a movie not television) at the ...

The theory is that if the plane could fly through the terminal and not stop as it picked up and dropped passengers, it could operate more ef...

It felt like a 100 mile an hour wind was rattling the house this morning, but there was no wind, and the rumbling sound was not like thunde...

It has been a very long week, I could really use a nice fluffy bed like this one. Just one more day without hurting anyone and it will be...

Well this appears to be the hottest trend in beach side hotels, giant chess sets. I thought that they made ideal portable perches. TR

And with those lacy feathers and long legs he will never be able to swim! TR

Someone expects DG to work while we are off on these little side trips. It is a cold cruel world, but work he must do if he wants to be pai...