My Journey in Pictures

A sampling from my travels described in my memoir, One Reason to Live.
(My animal companions have their own page.)
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Check out my Google Map of the places I visited during my adventures.
(Many more travel photos on Instagram)

Me as a pack mule, although I did pare this down a little more before I left.
First week of my European Adventure.
Me & Janet enjoying a vegan gelato at Amorino’s
London. October 2015.
Jack. My first new friend.
London. October 2015.
Oxford Street.
London. October 2015.
Christine Rose, October 2015
New hair color with silver streaks for my ME day.
(Formerly known as my wedding anniversary).
London. October 2015.
Butterfly Semicolon Tattoo
My new butterfly semicolon tattoo.
London. October 2015.
Beautiful unicorn carving on
a 16th c. dressing screen.
Sterling Castle, Scotland. November 2015.
First birthday after my husband left.
Crying, but it didn’t stop me from celebrating me!
Milnathort, Scotland. November 2015.
Loch Shiel, aka “The Black Lake”
Harry Potter Filming Location.
Glenfinnan, Scotland. November 2015.
The Kelpies.
Falkirk, Scotland. November 2015.
Me @ Tower
Ice skating on the Tower of London’s moat!
London. December 2015.
Bartolucci’s Pinocchio Shop.
Rome, Italy. December 2015.
Michelangelo’s breathtaking David.
Florence, Italy. December 2015.
Seagulls in Santa Marco Piazza.
Venice, Italy. December 2015.
Covered pedestrian bridge.
Innsbruck, Austria. December 2015.
Snowshoeing on Stubaier Gletscher.
Tyrol, Austria. New Year’s Day 2016.
Snowshoeing on Stubaier Gletscher.
Tyrol, Austria. New Year’s Day 2016.
This is how I felt!
“Die Pietá” by Anna Chromy.
Salzburg, Austria. January 2016.
Mozart Footbridge.
The Sound of Music filming location.
Salzburg, Austria. January 2016.
Griffin statue at the Viennese Parliament.
Vienna, Austria. January 2016.
Remarkable carved stone pillar, one of many!
Budapest, Hungary. January 2016.
Snowshoeing in the Bavarian Alps
Near(ish) Münich, Germany. February 2016.
Rembrandt’s “Nachtwatch” in 3D
Amsterdam. February 2016.
The crocuses I passed every day.
Lancaster, England. March 2016.
The Glorious English Lake District.
Cumbria, England. March 2016.
Hiking in the Arnside Knott.
Cumbria, England. April 2016.
A lone sheep on the hike to
Wordsworth’s Allan Bank home.
Grasmere, England. April 2016.
Me & Ula, before my first Lake District hack.
Coniston, England. May 2016.

Gorgeous seagull sculptures.
Morecambe, England. May 2016.
Riding well enough to go on a full day hack!
Coniston, England. May 2016.
The WWII bullet I found
during an archaeological dig
that lead to a huge discovery!
Behind Lancaster Castle. June 2016.
I did not know beauty until I saw Glencoe.
Ballachulish, Scotland. July 2016.
Surrounded by puffins!
Isle of Staffa, Scotland. July 2016.
About to shoot arrows from a galloping horse!
Centre for Horseback Combat.
Hemel Hempstead, England. August 2016.
The sunset from the lake house.The sunset view Buster and I enjoyed together.
Glenhaven, CA. August 2016.
And I Rise! Phoenix tattoo for my 47th BD.
Albany, NY. November 2016.
Scott Cawood’s brilliant sculpture
Frostburg, MD. November 2016.
Snowshoeing on a frozen lake.
Ft. Collins, CO. December 2016.
Glorious view of the Swiss Alps.
Luzern, Switzerland. February 2017.
Exquisite statues on a tomb
at the Enzenbühl Cemetery.
Zürich, Switzerland. February 2017.
Snowshoeing beneath The Matterhorn.
Zermatt, Switzerland. March 2017.
French Alps, taken while snowshoeing.
Chamonix, France. March 2017.
Kayaking on Lake Windermere.
Cumbria, England. June 2017.
A lone piper in Glencoe haunty beauty.
Ballachulish, Scotland. July 2017.
Kayaking around Eilean Donan Castle.
Chamonix, France. March 2017.
Going over the Glenfinnan Viaduct
on The Jacobite Steam Train.
(The Hogwarts Express)
Glenfinnan, Scotland. July 2017.
Me and my beautiful companion
after a lovely ride together.
Norwich, England. August 2017.
A Cauldron Cake for my 48th birthday!
Trip to Disneyland & Universal Studios with mom.
Hogsmeade. November 2017.
New Year — New Me!
Ashland, OR. January 2018.