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Tag Archives: travel

Paddling the Lumber River with my Dad (September 30-October 2, 2019)

Posted on October 17, 2019 by JeffApril 23, 2020
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A high bluff along the western bank of the Lumber River just south of US 74, Pea Ridge is a lovely spot. We arrive early enough to enjoy it. For a wilderness site that is only accessible to the public … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Travel | Tagged kayaking, rivers, travel | 17 Replies

Between Full Moons (A photo saga)

Posted on September 18, 2019 by JeffApril 23, 2020
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It’s been a while since I had a post on my activities, so I decided I’d do a full moon to full moon post. The August full moon occured on the 15th, and I was at Cumberland Falls, Kentucky. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Travel | Tagged bicycling, bike, Kentucky, rivers, trails, travel, Virginia | 23 Replies

Riding the “International” (Butterworth, Malaysia to Bangkok, Thailand)

Posted on July 29, 2019 by JeffApril 23, 2020
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This is another “recycled blog post” from an old blog from my journey from Indonesia to Europe taken during a sabbatical in 2011. I am concentrating on my travel blogs (mostly by train) instead of the others where I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Travel | Tagged Asia, Malaysia, Thailand, train, travel | 9 Replies

Malaysia’s Northeast Line: The Jungle Train (Saturday, June 16, 2011)

Posted on July 10, 2019 by JeffApril 23, 2020
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This post is from an older blog of mine from when I was on a Sabbatical and traveled overland trip from Southeast Asia to Europe. As much as possible, I traveled by trains.    We pull out of Singapore’s Tangong … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Travel | Tagged Islam, jungle train, Malaysia, Muslim, Singapore, train, travel | 7 Replies

Coming Home on the Southwest Chief

Posted on April 30, 2019 by JeffApril 23, 2020
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This was originally posted in my other blog and written in January 2012, shortly after making this trip.    The air is crisp and Orion has dropped into the western sky as we make our way into the Flagstaff train … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Travel | Tagged Chicago, desert, family, train, travel, United States | 9 Replies

An Overnight Adventure (with pictures)

Posted on January 15, 2019 by JeffApril 23, 2020
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Needing some “me” time, I took off Sunday afternoon and paddled over to Little Tybee Island, where I camped, returning on Monday. The weather was marginal, as it had rained in the morning and was still gray at 3:30 PM, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Travel | Tagged camping, fog, hammock, kayak, travel | 13 Replies

Santa Claus, Coca-Cola, and the Strip

Posted on December 15, 2018 by JeffApril 23, 2020
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A version of this article of mine appeared in the Presbyterian Outlook, volume 181, #42 (December 20, 1999. The elevator inside the over-sized Coca-Cola bottle whisks us up to the fourth floor. As we step out and back into the 1930’s, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Travel | Tagged article, Coco-Cola, Las Vegas, lessons, Presbyterian Outlook, travel | 4 Replies

Cumberland Island (September 22-24, 2018)

Posted on December 12, 2018 by JeffApril 23, 2020
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I was scheduled to preach at an anniversary service for a church in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Sunday, September 23. Unfortunately, I was not able to make it as all the roads had flooded thanks to hurricane Florence. Furthermore, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Travel | Tagged camping, Georgia, island, kayak, travel | 9 Replies

Crossing Java by train

Posted on September 20, 2018 by JeffApril 30, 2020
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I will be away for the next two weeks, so I thought I’d leave you with a blog post that I wrote in June 2011, when I was on Sabbatical and traveling mostly by train across Indonesia and then from … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Travel | Tagged Indonesia, Java, train, travel | 10 Replies
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