Category Archives: USA How many parks can claim UNESCO World Heritage status? Yellowstone National Park, the world’s oldest “National Park”, established in 1872 by an act of American congress, has been a designated World Heritage site since 1978. Home to more geothermic activity than anywhere else on earth, Yellowstone is also one of the last, nearly intact, temperate-zone ecosystems, providing a […]  “I want people to be overwhelmed with light and color in a way they have never experienced.” ~ Dale Chihuly I was first “introduced” to Dale Chihuly’s glass installation-artworks in Canberra in 1999. It was while I was wandering around Floriade, Canberra’s festival of spring flowers which is held annually in the park along Lake Burley Griffin, that […]  How will you – or I – be seen in the future; say, one- or two-hundred years from now? What legacy will we leave? How will we stand up against the changes of mores and values that take place over time? I had cause to think about this last week while visiting The Hermitage, the […]  I grew up in the Canadian prairies, not so far from the Alberta badlands. OK – so we lived in the city, but we did have old wagon wheels in the back yard and a wild and overgrown gully behind our home. It was cowboy and Indian country: I have dim memories of watching reruns of […]  I read a travel article some years ago, defending taking the “more travelled” road occasionally. I quite agree: as much as I like to get off the beaten track and away from “tourist spots”, there is something to be said for seeing iconic places for oneself. So it was with Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park’s […] |
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