Tourism

Line for the guided Mount Vernon mansion tour. Taking about 25 min., in groups of ~15, the tour visits all the rooms on the first and second floors. Beside the mansion are the colonnades, kitchen, and store house.

Mount Vernon

2026-10-04 Tourism 0

I originally planned to hike the Appalachian Trail from Snickers Gap to the PATC’s Blackburn Trail Center on Monday. But on Friday, I blew out […]

The beautiful woman I did it all for. (At the Sea of Sand.)

Jelbuk

2025-10-02 Tourism 0

Thursday (10/2): Last Christmas, I gave my wife Bernie this “spare no expense” trip-of-a-lifetime to Singapore & Indonesia. She has not been home to Indonesia, […]

Sunrise on Mount Bromo. At the time, I thought it was rising over Mount Bromo. On October 1, the sun rose at a 95° azimuth. So, the mountain the sun actually rose over must have been Mount Iyang-Argapura, 45 miles away.

Mount Bromo

2025-09-30 Tourism 0

Tuesday (9/30): We did not have any activities planned for the day. So, after breakfast, we spent most of Tuesday reading. In my case, “L.A. Confidential”, […]

Looking southwest from our hotel room: Teal-domed Masjid Darus Sholah (left), 580 ft. Bukit Jenggawah hill (distant middle), and Jember Sport Garden Stadium (right). Mount Bromo is much taller ...

Jember & Rembangan

2025-09-27 Tourism 0

Saturday (9/27): We arrived at Juanda Airport around 7:00 p.m. A driver and a tour guide picked us up, taking us to the JW Marriott […]

Stunning sunset over the Java Sea, on our Singapore Airlines flight to Surabaya.

Singapore

2025-09-22 Tourism 0

My wife, Bernie, and I no longer exchange presents. We’re old. We have all we need. But last Christmas, in her card, I left a […]