Category: Travel

National Parks are precious.

President Trump Orders National Parks to Raise Fees on International Visitors

It was a bold choice to wear a straw boater hat for a serious backpacking trip, but it works.  This is 1991, in Andalusia, Spain.  Gorge, in the Wally Cleaver shirt, was a fun work friend, and Isabel, with the pink backpack, was my best friend and savior.  The other four were friends of theirs.

My Spaniards and I were backpacking in the Sierra Nevada National Park.  That seems like an unlikely name for a national park in Spain, but it means “snow covered mountains”.

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Fatima Dogs

In the comments, Marc mentioned how Sparky might appreciate doggie ice cream to help him handle the hot weather.  That reminded me of the Fatima dogs of Portugal.

These dogs are fine.  The Sanctuary of Fatima does not leave dead dogs in the square.

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