There are no lousy pictures of Switzerland. Even a person like myself, who manages to get a finger or a thumb in almost every picture, can get some decent shots. And so, without further ado, here we go!
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I discovered Ajay’s Montana Bananas beef jerky at a market just outside of South Lake Tahoe. As you may know, I am despondent about what has transpired in the beef jerky industry of late. (fyi…there’s no way you would know this.) Continue reading “The Beef Jerky Report – Ajay’s Montana Bananas” »
Forget Megapixels. We’re talking Gigapixels; which is a term, I must admit, I’ve never heard of. This image of Machu Picchu was taken at a resolution of 15.9 gigapixels. Which means, I think, if you print it out, you could perhaps see earthworms burrowing through the Peruvian dirt. (I’m no scientist.) Continue reading “Machu Picchu As You’ve Never Seen It (Unless You’ve Seen It)” »
I met Pat Liddy at Davy Byrnes Pub. He’s wearing a suit and tie, with white hair brushed back, looking like the distinguished professor he is. And, since this is Dublin, he’s drinking a Guinness. Continue reading “On A Walking Tour of Dublin, Nothing Is As It Seems” »
You could take your employees for a week in Vegas. Sure, they’ll bond. But some might end up in prison. Continue reading “Team Building on a Swiss Farm” »
Great Kiva at Pueblo Bonito
I’ve driven from California to Colorado and back almost every Christmas for the last fifteen years. Continue reading “Seeing the Four Corners with Crow Canyon – Part 1” »
Not everything goes according to plan. Like this James Bond pitch. It started out as a reasonable pitch; it even made sense, what with the new James Bond movie, Skyfall, coming out. But then I went bonkers. Continue reading “My James Bond Pitch” »
So I just got back from Europe. And, man, what they do to blue jeans over there should be criminalized. Continue reading “Terrible Things Happen To Jeans When They Go To Europe” »
From time to time, the Gallivanting Explorer likes to respond to its readers. This is one of those times. Continue reading “The Gallivanting Explorer Responds To Reader Comments” »
I posted it to Facebook and the Twitter and Linked In and Youtube and in emails to people and, in all that time, I forgot to mention it here! What a bozo! Continue reading “In This Post, The Editor Blatantly Promotes Himself; Or, Hey! I Was In The San Francisco Chronicle!” »