Driving Guides and Trips
Trips
A first for us: we went on vacation in Europe and rented a car. Wow, after all these years, we finally had the guts to drive instead of taking a train, bus, tram or taxi.This everytrail post records, as a badge of honor, our road trips throughout the greater Bavaria area. The region was beautiful and the adventure of driving made the trip even more memorable. Here's a summary of our trips: Munich...
I spent a few days in Medellín Colombia. In car rides between meetings, I was able to snap some pictures and record the GPS tracks of my visit.Medellín sits in the Aburrá Valley surrounded by hills that make up a section of the Andes Mountains. The city is at an elevation 5000ft; just North of the equator, the climate is beautiful -- it never really gets too warm or too cold.My hotel...
Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge - Sunset Drive
Sanibel, Florida, United States
Driving | 7.8 miles
Driving | 7.8 miles
On our first day of vacation at Sanibel Island, we decided to go for a drive through the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. This section of the island is a nature preserve where water fowl, by the hundreds migrate to for the Winter.We paid our $5 fee and followed the normal Wildlife Drive route. Much to our delight, there were 100s of birds! It was low tide and close to sunset and...
Our vacation to Sanibel-Captiva was coming to an end. On way to the airport, we went for a quick drive though the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. I got some really good pictures and I decided to record our drive in an Everytrail trip posting. For this drive, we saw a Reddish Egret, Snowy Egret, Yellow-Crown Night Heron, Osprey, some kind of striped fish, an Ibis, and a night heron nesting deep...
Drive Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, Chilmark, West Tisbury, Gay Head, Menemsha
Hartsville, Massachusetts, United States
Driving | 55 miles
Driving | 55 miles
We borrowed our host's car and went for a driver around the island. We started in Oak Bluffs, drove down to Edgartown, past through Chilmark, and stopped at the Gay Head cliffs in Aquinnah. We then stopped at the beach on Menemsha harbour (Jaws filming location). After that we stopped at the Glassworks Gallery and Studio in North Tisbury, from which we headed back.Along the way, we saw: Cemetery (John Belushi's grave here), Nashaquitsa Pond,...
Drive Oak Bluffs, East Chop, VIneyard Haven, West Chop
Hartsville, Massachusetts, United States
Driving | 18.2 miles
Driving | 18.2 miles
Our hosts gave us their car to go for a siteseeing drive through the North Eastern part of the Island. We started on Seaview Ave, went North to Oak Bluffs, drove to the East Chop light, over the Lagoon Bridge on Beach Road to the Vineyard Haven harbour, up the harbourside road Main Street to West Chop, a brief stop in the downtown area of Tisbury, and then a drive back to...
Sandhill Crane Migration at the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area
Dunns Bridge, Indiana, United States
Driving | 12.6 miles
Driving | 12.6 miles
After paddling the Kankakee River, we drove a short distance to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area where the annual Sandhill Crane migration was filling the sky!We followed the signs, parked and walked to the designated viewing area just as the Sun was setting.The Sandhill Cranes are migrating South and the wildlife area is a rest stop. The birds feed on corn from the near-by farm fields and at night fly to the...
For my business trip to Rio de Janeiro, most of my sightseeing was in the back of the car, driving from my hotel and the office. I snapped pictures along the way and looked them up on Google Maps using the GPS coordinates from the camera.My driving, mostly coastal, passed by the following areas: Barra de Tijuca, Sao Conrado Beach, Leblon Beach, Ipanema Beach, Copacabana Beach, Sugarload Mountain, Botafogo Beach, and Flamengo Beach. IBarra,...
On my way to Auckland, I spent the day in Wellington, New Zealand. I stayed at the Duxton Hotel on the bay. I had no time for sight seeing, so here's the GPS tracks from my taxi rides and walking between office buildings. The weather was great and the natural beauty was striking. Sorry to be here so briefly.
Driving through Sydney Metro Area: North Ryde, Milson's Point, Alexandria, and Darling Harbour
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Driving | 38 miles
Driving | 38 miles
I was visiting Sydney on business. I had very little time for sight seeing or walking around, so I basically took pictures from my taxi cab rides. My hosts took me to dinner at Milson's Point which sits on the South end of the Harbour Bridge across the water from the Sydney Opera House... by far the most memorable part of my visit; just breath taking.
