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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek J for Jordan Being in Jordan during the mid-1960s was a bit of good news-bad news for a Footloose Forester hoping to take a dip in the Dead Sea and spending a day in the western part...

On the road… again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Mist in the Volcanoes Anyone wanting to adventure and drink in the wonders of nature at the same time might consider visiting a few volcanoes. The fearsome earthquakes and tsunamis of the last two decades...

On the road....again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Montmartre, 1963   Joe Pellek Enjoyed Watching The Parisians From His Table At The Right Once again, thanks to the Internet and the power of sharing photos attached to e-mail messages; and those found on web...

Our accommodations at the whale camp were serviceable but Spartan. We were provided with cots and sleeping bags in small tents on the beach. Because it was a desert—and February—the temperature dropped sharply when the sun went down and how the wind howled! Each night I waited for our tent to...

Last stop on our 2009 summer vacation was to Carlsbad Caverns.  The cave offered a refreshing coolness from the heat of the summer sun.     We traveled deep into the earth . . .       and saw stalagtites, (Stalagtites hold "tight" to the cave ceiling) . . ....