Greetings from Amsterdam

I'm now into day 28 of a 32 day trip to Europe.  Internet access has proved problematic at times, particularly being able to access the Meandering blog and the Google Group mailing list, which explains the delay in posting photos that Theresa Fisher has taken on recent Meandering hikes.

In addition, it hasn't been possible to easily send posts from my Europe trip blog to you, but if you are interested in reading that blog, just click here or go to http://rjcjeurope2009.blogspot.com/.   For the same reason, I haven't been able to put many trip photos on-line yet, but you can click here or go to http://picasaweb.google.com/PalmDriver/ContinentalDrift?authkey=Gv1sRgCI6o2ZGQ5uimWA&feat=directlink to see the photos that have been posted.

Hope you've had a good fall hiking in Marin. From the weather forecasts we're getting here in Holland, it looks like it has been warm back home.  I fly home Thursday and hope to join you for Part II of the Fall Meandering series.

Dick Heads to Europe for A Month

No posts to the Meandering blog recently and for another few weeks as Dick Jordan prepares to head to Europe and crisscross The Continent for a month.

Your choice:  Enjoy a respite from Dick's blog posts and watch "Survivor"  or your favorite "soap operas" on TV; check out Dick's Europe trip blog (http://rjcjeurope2009.blogspot.com/) whenever you're bored, or ask Dick to add you to the mailing list for his trip blog updates.

In the meantime, keep on Meandering in Marin!

Dallas Morning News Publishes Dick's Alaska Story

The Dallas Morning News, one of America's premier daily newspapers with an outstanding Sunday Travel section, published Dick's story "Glacial pace: Go with the floe and see what southeast Alaska has to offer" on August 16, 2009.

The story (not yet available on the newspaper's Web site) and three of Dick's photos took up an entire page of the paper's Travel section.

This is Dick's second story on glacier touring in Southeast Alaska.  His first story on this part of America appeared on Mother's Day in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Silvia Returns for Angel Island Hike

Silvia Lange has been hiking with Wendy for dog's years. But she's been playing Doggie Mama for the last three months and not been joining us for our weekly hikes, making only a cameo appearance with her Lab, Hettie, at our Spring "Final Exam" luncheon.

But this coming week, Silvia, who in her "spare time" is an Angel Island docent, returns to Meandering on Tuesday to help Wendy lead our outing on San Francisco Bay's biggest island.