Just got back a couple of days ago and wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been contacting me on the trip and helping me to keep rolling along. Now into seven months of bills and paperwork and getting everything back in place but yesterday managed to look at the travel section of a Sunday paper so............... Chose the picture for the card 'cause it is the family castle of the Clan McRae! Gordon

Finally made it down to the site of the picture on the postcard - Brooklyn Bridge - but it was daytime so no clever photos but a smile as there were three Asian brides lining up to have their pictures taken under the bridge. As I passed by a hour later there were a further four couples there so it must have been an auspicious day for Asian marriages. Last week I had a mix of experiences in just one walk through Central Park. IN the middle of ...

Finally made it to the Big Apple and boy am I pleased to be staying with my friend Joan for ten days........no more packing, unpacking, and chasing after planes, buses, ferries and such. One last picture of the real South West last week. Having just travelled through the virtual ghost town of Cerrillos, once the richest town in New Mexico and where Sarah Bernhart once performed at the local "Opera House" I arrived in Madrid. Picture the scene: ...

Have had another few days chasing the remains of ancient Anasazi tribes around the cliffs and pueblos of the South West and am now close to becoming a bore on the subject of why they settled here, what they did here and why they left here! Truth is there are umpteen different views on all of the above so I could be quite safe in my views, even in a room full of anthropologists. Have also spent several days, it seems, in museums dedicated to the whole Na...

Anyone who knows their America will know that the picture on the postcard is from the Dakotas and not from the South West but I am having trouble loading any pictures at present so excuse me. Did a goodie at the weekend as I missed a flight to Dallas enroute to here and had to go via Chicago! Could have been much worse as the computer had cancelled all my forward bookings when I failed to arrive on Friday but the very helpful people at America Airlines manage...