“Life’s too short to be spending all your waking hours doing something you’re not excited about." - John Knoll
As we get ready to start a new year, I've been reflecting on what has been a seismic year of change for us here at Thumbnail Traveler.
Times change. Things change. All we can do is continue to move forward while casting a fond glance in the rearview mirror.
Here then, is a photographic history -- in no particular order -- of our last fifteen years on the road.
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| The Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, Alaska |
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| Sunrise atop Mt. Haleakala on Maui, Hawaii |
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| The Las Vegas Strip from atop the Palms Place resort |
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| Early morning, Lincoln Ave. Calistoga, California |
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| Foggy farmland in North Carolina |
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| The Paris Metro |
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| Loading for a boat trip down the Na Pali Coast, Kauai |
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| Mt Vesuvius |
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| The El Yunque rainforest, Puerto Rico |
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| Kilauea volcanic crater, Big Island of Hawaii |
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| Nat's Place, Anguilla |
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| Polar Bears outside Churchill, Manitoba |
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| Driving down the Florida Keys |
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| The Wind Surf, Rovinj, Croatia |
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| Looking down on old Dubrovnik |
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| Nice, France |
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| The Casino du Monte Carlo, Monaco |
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| Pike Marketplace, Seattle |
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| Taormina, Sicily |
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| Korcula, Croatia |
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| Santa Barbara |
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| Snowed in, Philadelphia |
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| The Grand Canyon |
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| Hanalei Bay, Kauai |
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| Looking out over the bay, Korcula, Croatia |
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| St Jean Bay, St Barth, FWI |
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| The Washington Monument, Washington, DC |
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| Everglades National Park, Florida |
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| New Orleans |
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| Long Beach |
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| Sunset, Key West |
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| Washington Dulles Int'l Airport |
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| Annapolis, Maryland |
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| Mt Saint Helens |
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| Swimming with manta rays, Hawaii |
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| Meteor Crater, Arizona |
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| Boulder, Colorado and Rockies |
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| Playa del Carmen, Mexico |
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| The Vatican |
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| Legion of Honor, San Francisco |
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| The Seattle Underground |
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| Tour Eiffel at night |
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| Gondola ride. Venice, Italy |
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| Red rocks, Sedona, Arizona |
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| Epcot Center, Orlando, Florida |
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| Valley Forge, Pennsylvania |
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| Refreshments. Cortona, Italy |
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| On the beach in Positano, Italy |
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| The Columbia River Gorge, Oregon side |
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| Capala, Mexico |
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| California coastline south of Big Sur |
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| Joshua Tree National Park, California |
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| Wine tasting. Napa Valley |
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| Portland |
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| The San Juan Islands, Washington |
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| Wailua Falls, Kauai |
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| Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona |
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| Highway 40 stopover, Arizona |
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| St Francis Cathedral, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Galleries Hubert, Brussels |
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| Emerald Isles, North Carolina |
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| The Colosseum. Rome |
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| Houses of Parliament, London |
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| Hollywood & Vine |
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| Verona, Italy |
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| Swimming with dolphins in Puerto Vallarta |
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| Washington, DC |
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| Transiting the Channel Tunnel |
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| Paramount Pictures back lot |
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| USS Midway, San Diego, California |
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| Boot Hill, El Paso, Texas |
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| Haunted hotel, Jerome, AZ |
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| Top of Mt Blackcomb, Whistler, BC |
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| Cruising aboard Carnival Pride, Mexico |
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| Gettysburg National Battlefield |
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| Getting rained on, Sydney Opera House |
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| Canal Rocks, Western Australia |
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| Sydney Harbour |
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| The Great Barrier Reef |
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| Drying off, Great Barrier Reef |
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| The Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, Australia |
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| Blue Mountains, NSW |
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| Our plane. Kailua-Kona airport |
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| Live music, Austin, Texas |
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| Wall Drugs, South Dakota |
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| Hometown, Long Beach, California |
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| Leaving Honolulu |
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| Hemingway House cats |
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| Atlanta light rail |
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| Plane to Pocatello, Idaho |
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| Harbor entrance, Ensenada, Mexico |
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| Amsterdam canals |
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| Intercourse, Pennsylvania |
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| Monument Valley |
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| Perth, Australia |
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| Fish in Molokini crater, Hawaii |
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| Saint Martin, FWI |
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| Miami Beach |
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| Xel-Ha, Mexico |
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| Virginia wine country |
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| Rocky Mountain National Park |
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| CalNeva Lodge dividing line |
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| Downpour, Dallas-Fort Worth |
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| Drought-stricken Lake Powell |
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| Swimming with turtles, Maui, Hawaii |
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| Wine tasting, Montepulciano, Italy |
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| Soda along Route 66, Oklahoma |
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| Foggy Bryce Canyon NP, Utah |
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| San Francisco streetcar |
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| Loire River near Giverny, France |
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| Hoover Dam |
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| Coffee in Alpine, Wyoming |
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| Perfumery in Grasse, France |
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| Rum shop, Orient Beach, St Martin, FWI |
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| Lunch stop, Ellsworth, Wisconsin |
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| Playing in the fountains. San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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| Canal side bistro, Venice, Italy |
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| Buschart Gardens, Victoria, BC |
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| Taos Pueblo, New Mexico |
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| Sorrento, Italy |
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| Lake Tahoe, Nevada side |
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| Giverny |
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| Subway, New York |
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| Grand Central Station |
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| Stonehenge |
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| Kangaroos, Australia |
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| Liberty Bell Philadelphia |
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| Shopping, Freemantle, Western Australia |
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| Vancouver, BC, morning |
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| Los Angeles County Fair |
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| San Antonio River Walk |
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| Sunset Malibu, California |
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| The Mall of America, Minneapolis |
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| Doing laundry in London |
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| Early morning tram ride, Seattle |
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| Kuranda tramway, Queensland |
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| South Sawyer Glacier, Alaska |
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| Sunset, Kauai |
And so much more.....
