Random Past Posts
New Zealand: Abel Tasman National Park Abel Tasman is a big name in New Zealand. You may think you've never heard of him, but you've heard of the Tasmanian Devil (from Bugs Bunny if not from the local zoo). That little devil was named after the Australian island More...
Wow (Big Thriller) A late-summer trip to Lake Tenkiller (in eastern Oklahoma) yielded lots of fun, and at least one decent picture. Hopefully the picture explains the odd title above (Wow - Big Thriller). Those are my nieces: Caitlin on the left (falling off); More...
Roman Holiday I was at a one-week photography workshop in Rome last week. Somehow, strangely, this caused me to spend less time taking pictures than I normally would. And certainly I had less time to write goofy stories, so with More...
Panama Canal If you want to get a boat from the Pacific Ocean to the western Atlantic or Caribbean, you can brave the three-week trip around Cape Horn at the bottom of South America -- or you can spend one sunny day More...![Do You Know the Way [from] San Jose?](http://www.jeffcotner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/JJC0216-1024x979.jpg)
Do You Know the Way [from] San Jose? One good thing about traveling alone, with no particular schedule and flexible destinations, is that the whole concept of being “lost” or “late” is mostly a non sequitur. What might look to others like a wrong turn can be quickly rationalized More...