Winter Begins...27 degrees

Chaalston

Folly Beach Fishing Pier

"Anticipation", Martha Mihm, Pastor, Groom (Adam Mihm), Best Man

Here Comes The Bride

The Wedding Party Waiting For Pictures

Mayor of Charleston

Sassy at Magnolias...mmmm!

One Of The Many Beautiful Entryways In Historic Charleston

West Coast Meets New Orleans in Charleston (this was in the French Quarter)

UFO

There I was in the hot tub when I caught the color orange out of the corner of my eye.

The Next Morning

At least we didn't get the 2' they got across the river!

...and now for something completely different...

Yesterday and last night we got 7-8" of snow. Most of Kingston lost power from the heavy snow breaking leafed tree limbs. We did not lose power.  In my mind I am on the beach in St. Martin.  Must be the zolpidem...or the snow.

Snow Crow

This will stick in crow's craw!

The Crow Takes Wing (first big outing)

We went to Wilderstein on the Hudson for an outdoor sculpture exhibit. This was the home of Daisy Suckley, FDR's cousin, paramour and confidante.

This is an exact replica of my knee implant.

(First of three pics)
Keep an eye on this guy's knee replacement.

(#2)

(#3)

Sunday Morning...D-day..(departure that is)

Tow path on Regent Canal

Camden markets

Thames at low tide

Our bus rear-end another bus

caw

Lots of Saturday cricket matches around Bath

Cool Bath street

2000 yr. old lichen?

Can't imagine how Bood and Betty went around the world. Traveling is hard work. Although we jammed a lot in, there's such a learning curve wherever you go even within the same proximity.  After 9 days we feel like we can get around/in/out of London pretty well. We have walked, run (hobbled in my case),biked,cabbed,boated,ferried,punted,trained,tubed(subway),bused and flown.

Homeward bound

Regent Canal, NW Central London

Camden Markets at the end of the canal ride. Nope...not kiddin'.

Night bike tour. A German family of 3, a German college student and The Crows.

Ultra-elite area close to Westminster. Mostly members of parliment. Very rare gas-lit street.

Canal (out of order)

That's a full moon on the rise.

Bath...2000 yrs. old

Cool display using holograph with 2000 yr. old pool.

What a great trip today and a great day to finish.  Last night was fantastic. Ian, our Irish bike-tour guide was tremendous. What a great way to see London. Today we spent the day in Bath. Just great. Got home at 10:00 pm and I made a gourmet meal with the food we had left.  Stanley is still with us and like all things London, takes the same routes and is on time.  Loved our time here and can't wait to get home.

Museums...

Took this shot of The Stones before I was told no photos in The National Portrait Gallery

Trafalgar Square

Cool 'John Heidecker' wall outside National Gallery

A group of French tourists being entranced by a squirrel...nuff said.

Map room at Churchill War Museum...everyone walked out and left the rooms as/is until 1970. Almost everything is as they found it.

10 Downing

Royal Albert Hall. We saw the London Symphony Orchestra and a brilliant Croatian pianist, Dejan Lazic.

  Covered a lot of territory today: The British Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, The National Gallery, The Winston Churchill War Room and a concert at The Royal Albert Hall. We left the concert at Intermission 'cause our "dogs" were just too tired to stand any longer. We stood because the only available tickets were 'Arena' for 5Lb.  We're now listening to the second half live on BBC 3.

Tea With The Queen

Nope, not home...Union Jack displayed

Harrads

They love their "crackers", as in fire crackers? Filled with goodies.

Aunt Jamima Syrup, yum yum.

Scotch egg, Inari,Vegetable tempura,onion Bhaji,shimo

  The Queen's got some nice digs but we didn't get invited for tea.  Two things that struck me, (one) The castle sits right in the village...I thought it would be surrounded by lawns, gardens, etc. It's virtually "right there", on about half its exposure. The other half is acres and acres. (two)Windsor is directly in the flight path of Heathrow take-off.
  We rented bikes and rode the countryside around Windsor and had a picnic lunch on the Thames.
  Stopped at Harrads on the way home. We got "take-away" for tea.(dinner)  We've signed up for a Friday night-time bike tour of London IF the riots don't cancel it. Tonight's tour was canceled. Arrests are now quelling a lot of the riot enthusiasm.  16,000 bobbys on duty instead of the usual 2000.  Remember, they only carry a stick...except for the new armor plated riot vehicle that they drive into the crowd.  Testing it out soon.
  The weather has been perfect!
  Happy Birthday Boody!!