Author name: PapaMarshall

Maurits Cornelis Escher was born in 1898, in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. His father (a hydrogolic engineer) wanted his son to become an architect. However he was drawn to printmaking. His career as an artist started in Italy where the landscapes inspired him. Returning to The Netherlands at age 37 he missed the landscapes of Italy […]

NOTE: This post contains a whole lot of pictures of art and no much else. You will lose little if any of the story of our trip if you skip this post. We certainly won’t be offended. Tuesday afternoon we visited the Mauritshuis Gallery. Housed in a house dating from the 17th century, the gallery

First, Go back to Day 3 and 4. Check out the photos (and a new video of the flight plan). We finally got phones to communicate (pro tip: When all else fails ‘put their heads together.’ It actually works.) Second, This is a heave museum day. Picking the best of what we say there are

-=-=-=-=-=-Before we begin, a note: We haven’t been able to get AirDrop to work between Diane’s phone and mine. When we do I will be updating this post with more photos, particularly of T and D. Now on with the show.-=-=-=-=-=- We cleared passport control, picked up our checked bags, and wandered thru the “Nothing

Today was travel day – the big one!. Deegs were up and off to the Pocatello Airport at 0-dark:30.Fortunately the fires were under control and the power was back on.Everyone was boarded early so the pilot asked (as you do) “Y’all mind if we leave now?”So they did, and had to wait in Salt Lake

Last night we were in bed by 9:00 so it was a very long night. 0400 I was awake, wide awake. I managed to stay in bed, occasionally dozing lightly, until the alarm went off at 0600. That’s when their breakfast service starts. So we were up and down to join the other half-dozen early-birds.

It seems that it’s never easy to actually leave. And while today wasn’t particularly difficult it began a series of events that, over the course of several days, will eventually, in the fullness of time, GLW-CDR see us board a plane for Europe. So the first Road day saw us begin by heading to Malad.

This is the day we stop putting things off. There are lists and they must be completed. So that’s where we stand at 10:20 when I post this.Next steps: Then maybe I can get to packing.