Duns is an historic Castle built around a 1320 Pele (L-shaped) Tower and given by King Robert the Bruce to the Earl of Moray. Since 1696, it has been owned and occupied by the Hay family and still remains a private home.
Architecturally, the castle is highly
Day three began with a trip into Duns to sign papers with the registrar at the local government center. It was a simple process and the registrar didn't seem too very concerned about getting the details correct. Fortunately, our planner was there to talk her
Woke up a little groggy but excited despite having lost an entire day sitting in an airport. Tracey was morning-cheerful and ready to explore. We made our way down to breakfast and greeted our guests and started to devise a plan for the days excursion. We
My trip began with an unplanned ten hour layover at Charles DeGaulle International Airport and an additional two hour delay before I finally arrived in Edinburgh. I lost an entire day as a result. The only saving grace of being stranded in Paris was that I
I don't recall if it was Thomas Moran or John Muir or another famous outdoorsman artiste who made the statement, "The Tetons are what mountains are supposed to look like", but I could not agree more. This 40 mile long mountain range is stunning beyond
I am a relatively fastidious person. In terms of my own personal org skills, I know, for the most part, where things are. Like keys, my wallet, and so forth. The only thing I cannot seem to keep track of is lip balm. I loose a tube once every week or so, and
Charleston is a beautiful town. We stayed in a B&B smack dab in the middle of the Historic district on Tradd St. Diane, the owner, moved to Charleston from Ohio 25 years ago. She lives in a big, but not massive, 2-story home with a servants home attached.
As a student at the University of Utah, I learned about a work of art, called the Spiral Jetty, that broke new ground in the art world. Robert Smithson created one of the first "Earth Works" or examples of "Environmental Art" in 1970. The Jetty is located in