Favorite 2016 Photos

I fully realize looking at someone else’s photos might be close to torture, but none-the-less I put together some of my favorites from our travels in 2016.

For me the criteria for choosing these photos was simple: does the photo stir an emotion, trigger a cool memory, or just put a smile on my face.

Here’s hoping these photos for you trigger an emotion, put a smile on your face, or put a bee in your bonnet to go somewhere cool – even if it is nearby!

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The road less taken seems to be our mantra.  Original post here.
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Boondocking in the middle of nowhere.  Original post here.
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Wildflower bloom in Death Valley.  Original post here.
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Original post here.
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Original post here.
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Original post here.
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Original post here.
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Eastern Sierra’s
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Prescott, AZ Original post here.
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Overlooking Lynx Lake.  Original post here.
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Original post here.
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Superstition Mountains.  Original post here.
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Yes, I am aware that it is a bit unusual to have a barbie display in a men’s room
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View from our campsite McDowell Regional Park (AZ).  Original post here.
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Original post here.
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Original post here.
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Camped off a fire road outside of Sedona
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Original post here.
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Tucson Rodeo
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Original post here.
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Oh yeah, that’s gonna leave a mark. Original post here.
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Morro Bay
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K I S S I N G
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Original post here.
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Original post here.
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Original post here.
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Original post here.
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Yes, that really is a seagull standing on top of another seagull – can’t make this stuff up
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Awesome visit with my niece and family
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The redwoods are spectacular – but don’t photo well (for me anyway)
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The loneliest highway in America (Nevada).  Original post here.
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Van Gogh – el grande

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Anyone need a rest stop?
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We lost Rosie this past year – miss her dearly
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San Diego

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M A S H

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Where’d that damn gull go

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Understatement of the century, talking about the Hearst Castle

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Red Top Mountain
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Sun setting over Virginia

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Dottie and I watching the Kentucky Derby
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Only in rural Virginia do you find a tractor parade
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Shore of Lake Superior (MI)
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Keweenah Brewing Company – it’s 10 am somewhere

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Always nice to be amongst friends

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Everyone has a role
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Chihuly in the Garden

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Karen serving icees (snow cones) for the neighborhood kids for July 4th

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Winter Island, looking over Salem Harbor
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Find the sail boat
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Woodman’s, Essex, MA
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Boat at the Willows
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Our old house in Lexington, MA (revisited)
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Lexington Minuteman
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All mannequins matter

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Gloucester Harbor
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Vermont

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Ice cream stand in Peabody – note the “rest in peace” tribute on the menu board
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Vermont
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Fresh farm salad
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Smuggler’s Notch
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Does this not look like a scene out of Caddy Shack?

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Someone’s getting a tat!

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Someone’s not happy about getting a tat
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Tuckerman’s Ravine, as seen from trail going up Wildcat
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View out our windshield while driving down Mt. Washington

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The hood – block party

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Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden

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House of mirrors
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In the House of Mirrors – Standing… or laying down
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Dottie’s first Halloween (with us)

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Moon rises over Damascus, VA
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West Virginia Bridge Day

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View from the bridge
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View down below
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Boston Harbor
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Debate Society
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Niagara Falls

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Thanksgiving
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Lazoom Haunted Comedy Tour – Asheville

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