Earthly Musings - My Travel and Geology Blog

We arrived in Buenos Aires in a summer heat wave - 94 degrees upon landing at Ezeiza International Airport. However, overnight there was hug...

Our Explorer jet on the tarmac at Foz do Iguaçu Airport. This 757 is nice! A close-up view of two people standing on the platorm - which see...

Our group took a cruise on the river to the "Wedding of the Waters", where the muddy Solimoes meets the tea-colored Rio Negro. Her...

South America! Evoking visions of tanned womens dancing with bananas on top of their broad-brimmed hats. Monkeys swinging from tree to tree....

Wayne shoveling snow at home. This picture was taken by Helen. We got 18 inches of fresh new snow in downtown Flagstaff on January 7!

Helen and I walked down to Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the Grand Canyon to celebrate the coming of the New Year. The weather was cold and...

Many of you may have heard that on November 23, the MV Explorer sank while sailing near the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. For those ...

It just kept coming down. Just like the old days! Lovin' it!!

Our whirlwind trip "Around The World" came to a fitting end while cruising in the Galapagos Islands. It was here in 1835 that Char...

Our first stop in the southern hemisphere is the old capital of Brazil, Bahia de Salvador. Once the port for the slave trade and the sugar f...

I hope you won't mind if I do not write too much. The trip is nearing its end and to tell you the truth, I am exhausted. Remember that I...