by Routes Beyond Tim | Aug 11, 2023 | Close to Home, Memorable Days, North America, Opinion
The Day Our World Changed For over two decades, when meeting new people and the conversation turns to where do you live, it inevitably gets to 9/11. Here is my recollection of that day that changed the world. Life was going pretty well! We lived, still do, in a...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Mar 14, 2023 | Best Train Rides, Memorable Days, North America
Vancouver to Toronto By Train Trees…great scenery, mountains, prairies….trees…history, geography topography…trees…photography, trains, massive trains…trees…multiple 3 course meals, random enlightening conversations, moonlit snow…trees…searching for Northern Lights...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Apr 4, 2022 | North America
Puerto Rico – Nature is Everywhere. Further Photographs can be seen at TimRoebuck.photos A Complex WebHours of work IguanoIn majestic pose A crab……its the eyes that surprise And again Hiding And coming in to land PelicanAmazing diving Sky at nightAnd...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Aug 23, 2021 | North America
Movers & ShakersThe owners moved into politics pretty quickly and for a long time played pivotal roles in early American Independence and they clearly all moved in the same circles. Berkely Plantation was the home of President Harrison (he is the one who delivered a...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Apr 1, 2021 | Close to Home, North America
War ProductionDuring the American Civil War (1861-65) Scranton produced much of the iron needed to fight the war as well as weaponry from the ammunition factory (which to this day produces drones for the Army). The early Iron Ore production building is shown and is...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Nov 3, 2020 | North America
Beautiful healthy Maine FoxCarrabasset Valley ME Narrow GuagePhillips ME River streamRiver stream Water FountainWater Fountain Rangeley LakeSunset Rangeley LakeSunset and stars Milky Way and moreRangeley ME Do Not Get In My WayKingfield Maine FireySunset...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Oct 12, 2020 | North America
Pine Creek Rail TrailThere is a 62 mile cycling trail along the bottom of the valley, from the curiously named town of ‘Jersey Shore’ to the gem of a little town, Wellsboro at the northern end. Being an old rail line it is flat and well surfaced and along the way...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 8, 2020 | Best Train Rides, North America
San Francisco A Private Trip A Cracking Cable RideMidweek, late January travel has its benefits. The weather of San Francisco’s winters is famously mild and so I had pottered down to the starting point of the Powell Mason Cable Car in Fishermans Wharf and I...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Feb 18, 2020 | North America
Presidio and Golden Gate Bridge Much of the Presidio and Golden Gate Bridge area is run by the National Parks Service, NPS,(so it is well explained, signed and easy to get around) with free, (yes free) Shuttles from the nearby city center. We were going to walk...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Oct 8, 2019 | Memorable Days, North America
Above: Rime Ice forming and nearing the summit. First Steps!I had been slow to accept the invite to climb Mt Washington as when my daughter was in Elementary School a friend’s father had perished on it during a winter climb. Finally though, knowing I was in the...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Sep 29, 2019 | North America
Maryland’s Atlantic CoastThink of Maryland’s Atlantic 79 mile Coastline? Likely the playful Ocean City, first comes to mind, with its 12 or so miles of wide beach, hotels and all sorts or entertainment. As fun and as American as this all is there is more, starting...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Sep 13, 2019 | North America
Tsuyuko Hironaka and Other VisitorsIn the 1880s a few hundred Japanese came to Kauai in search of work and ended up working in sugar plantations. Clearly families developed and stayed. I photo’d one gravestone in the Japanese Cemetery at Eleele, that of Tsuyuko...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 10, 2019 | North America
Explore Early MontrealOld Port of Montreal: if you are visiting outside of the pleasant summer period you might well gain a new respect of the hardships early settlers experienced – my, it gets really cold in Montreal in winter! From experience I can tell you it is...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 2, 2019 | North America
Arcadia National Park. Maine North America PostsThe Canadian! Puerto Rican Nature James River Virginia Plantations Scranton, Pennsylvania Missouri – Show Me! The Grand Canyon PA San Francisco Off Peak Mount Washington Climb Maryland’s Atlantic Coast Alexander Hamilton...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Feb 19, 2019 | Close to Home, North America
Paterson NJ? Ask anyone in New Jersey or in the region and a day trip to Paterson, will not likely be towards the top of anyone’s list, for an interesting travel idea for a day trip! The main place of interest is the Great Falls Complex. Yet it is worth straying...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Feb 7, 2019 | Close to Home, North America, Travel Ideas
West Point The best known location on the west bank of the River Hudson is West Point, it is well worth a visit (even if you are not going to one of the many sporting events held there. I once went to Army vs Navy Football and quite a pageant it was too!). The...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jan 9, 2019 | North America, Travel Ideas
The Clinton Trail If so inclined you can trace the early years of President Bill Clinton. Born near the rail tracks in Hope (now an NPS Visitor Center), you will find his boyhood home. ‘Hope’ seems a pretty inappropriately named town nowadays, as the...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Nov 6, 2018 | North America, Travel Ideas
Above: LBJ Presidential Library. Well worth an afternoons visit Left: The Capitol Austin Before You Go Check out to see what is on in Austin. It hosts a range of events from the American Forumla 1 Racing, ACL ,‘Austin City Limits’, loads of concerts...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Aug 20, 2018 | Close to Home, North America, Travel Ideas
The Hudson Valley: A Parade of Views Getting Out of New York If visiting New York City from outside the country or from another State, it is well worth taking time out to travel up the east side of the River Hudson. It all starts no more than than 70 miles north of...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 3, 2018 | North America, Travel Ideas
First Things First. When to go? Since 1916 visitor numbers have grown so that today in summer it can be really, really congested. Even in mid June, when some sights are not even open, many of the popular parking lots (eg at lighthouses & headlands) were full. ...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Feb 26, 2018 | North America, Travel Ideas
Scultures galore! Nassau Hall Briefly Home to the Nations Government Princeton is part of the short list of towns that were home to the nations Government, because in 1783, Congress decided to move from Philadelphia to Princeton for about 6 months. This was...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jan 6, 2018 | North America, Travel Ideas
Newport – Off Peak Rationalizing the Gilded Era. New Year in Newport, New Year in Newport, Rhode Island. Known for its sailing, America’s Cup and the Tennis Hall of Fame (which is actually open year round) Newport proved to be a surprisingly easy,...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Nov 4, 2017 | Memorable Days, North America
The Great Saunter The George Washington Bridge My Team at the end of The Saunter! Booking.com Preparation! 3 Tips A bit of training for when trying to do 25 to 32 miles in a day is a good thing! Good, tested walking sneakers/trainers and those socks with thicker...
