Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand is recognized by Guinness World Records as the steepest street in the world. It is 350 meters in length. The lower end of the street is covered in asphalt while the steepest and top end of the street is concrete instead of asphalt. During hot summer days the road used to melt and run down the hill. Concrete proved a better solution. It is a residential...
Another short post today. Yesterday we drove from Prineville to Cottage Grove, passing through lava fields and in the afternoon driving around to see covered bridges. We're staying the night at a lovely resort called Village Green. We have our own private garden plus...
The internet link is really slow today but I think I can load one photo. We visited the John Day Fossil Beds yesterday, which were really fascinating. Scientists are still discovering new species of plants and animals on a regular basis. This is a shot of one of my...
No photos today since I'm tired and can't summon the energy to download my camera to my laptop. Last night we stayed at Grand Lake - actually outside Grand Lake - at a campground called Elk Creek in some darling little cabins. Mr. Munro has been very clever with our...
We're in New Mexico at the moment and visited Santa Fe yesterday. It's a beautiful old town and my credit card received a bit of a work out since the shopping was excellent. I'm crossing my fingers that I win lotto because there are a few other things I would have...
Thirteen Things about The Real MIDDLEMARCH 1. Middlemarch is a small country town, in Central Otago, New Zealand. It is about 80 km West of Dunedin. It's located in the Strath Taieri Valley. 2. Several suggestions exist about how the township was named. One is that...
My special guest today is Samhain author, Lorelei James. She's talking about family trees and books. Over to Lorelei and her Western men! Shelley contacted me after she’d finished, TIED UP, TIED DOWN, the latest book in my Rough Riders series from Samhain Publishing,...
