I was on a bus tour of the northern end of Trinidad a couple of years ago, and the last stop of the day was the Asa Wright Nature Center that Jim showed. However since we had run late on several of the previous stops on the tour, we had literally 10 minutes at the Asa Wright Center. Arrival: 2:38 P.M. On the viewing patio of the nature center: Seeing Birds: As well as a two-foot long lizard and a mountain crab And back on the bus ready to leave at 2:47 P.M. We then had to race back to the ship halfway across the country by 4:00 P.M. or be penalized. We first had to wend our way down out of the mountains ... and drive halfway across the the country... In traffic like this... right at the time school had let out ... and managed to reach the ship at 4:00 and 13 seconds! The trip was one of the best on our month-long voyage around the Caribbean, but I really thought we'd die or crash or at least kill some school child on the manic race back to the ship.

It *was* an Orange Bishop until last month when they renamed it the Northern Red Bishop. Follow the link below and you'll see more photos I took of the No. Red Bishop and of the Yellow-crowned Bishop (aka Golden Bishop). They are both stunning birds. Here is a link that might be useful: My Bishop photos

In 2007 we visited New York City and visited the business that a cousin of my wife runs with her husband. The husband said he was in the office when it happened, and from on the balcony of the business (pictured here) you could see the World Trade Center through this gap between the buildings to the south of him.

A wedding in Scotland. I don't know these relatives of my stepmother, but they look delightful.