Travel Narratives by Year

(some have photo links)

Our Travels List and Narrative

(not all travel or trips have photos, use narrative link above)

You can jump to a specific year of travel photos using the Menu by Year.

By Year, 2023 (more below)

Seeing the ‘Big Boy’ Locomotive in Nebraska (2023)

Cruise on the Oceania Sirena to the Amazon River (2023)

2019

Cruise on the Oceania Riviera to the Eastern Caribbean (2019) [partial, more will be added soon]

Chasing the ‘Big Boy’ Across Iowa and Texas (Union Pacific Steam Locomotive 4014)] (2019)

Trinity Site (First Nuclear Bomb Test, 1945) (2019)

2018

Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Columbus, Ohio (2018)

Pinal Airpark, Arizona (2018)

2017

RV Travel 2017 [**]

Saguaro National Park, Arizona, 2017 and 2013

Saguaro National Park, Arizona, 2017 and 2013 [**]

2016

Travel to Australia, New Zealand, and Polynesia, 2016-17

Winnebago Rally, Iowa, 2016 [**]

Kinzua Railway Bridge, Pennsylvania, 2016 [**]

Railway Activity, Folkston, Georgia, 2016 > [**]

General Views, Prinsendam Mediterranean Cruise, 2016 [**]

Gibraltar, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Canal Du Midi, France, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Pylos, Greece, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Durres, Albania, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Monaco, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Trapani, Sicily, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Corfu, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Dubrovnik, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Santorini, 2016 (aka: Thera, aka: Thira, Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Naples, Italy, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Tarquinia, Italy, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Turkey, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Funchal, Madeira, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Malta, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Lucca and Pisa, Italy, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Venice, Italy, 2016 (Prinsendam Cruise) [**]

Louisiana, 2016 [**]

2015

Arizona and Texas 2015-2016 [**]

West and Midwest RV Travel, 2015 [**]

Iowa RV Travel, 2015 [**]

Glacier National Park, 2015 [**]

Alaska Cruise, 2015 [**]

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, 2015

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, 2015 [**]

Hot-Air Balloon Operations [**]

Cumbres and Toltec Railroad, 2015

Cumbres and Toltec Railroad, 2015 [**]

Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado by RV, 2015 [**]

Hatch and Arrey, New Mexico, 2015 [**]

BNSF Railroad Images, 2015 [**]

Los Alamos Museum, 2015 [**]

Hawai’i Cruise, 2015 [**]

2014

Utah (and Arizona), 2014-2015 [**]

Lerwick, Scotland (Voyage of the Vikings)

Bergen, Norway (Voyage of the Vikings)

Greenland (Voyage of the Vikings)

Iceland (Voyage of the Vikings)

Quartzsite, Arizona [**]

Las Vegas [**]

Dig This, Las Vegas [**]

Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona

Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona [**]

Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah

Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah [**]

Images from the Downtown Ogden, Utah, Area

Images from the Downtown Ogden, Utah, Area [**]

Iowa [**]

Missouri [**]

Amarillo, Texas [**]

Lunar Eclipse [**]

Train Spotting, Casa Grande, Arizona [**]

2013

New York Central Railroad Museum, Elkhart, Indiana [**]

Kalamazoo Air Museum, Michigan [**]

Railway Activity, Folkston, Georgia [**]

Mediterranean Cruise on Maasdam

Texas [**]

St. Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona

St. Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona [**]

Saguaro National Park, Arizona, 2013 and 2017

Saguaro National Park, Arizona, 2013 and 2017 [**]

2011

Antarctica, Prinsendam Cruises, 2011 and 2008 [**]

Argentina, Prinsendam Cruise, 2011 [**]

Rio de Janeiro, Prinsendam Cruise, 2011 [**]

Amazon River Insects, Prinsendam Cruise, 2011 [**]

Maine [**]

Longwood Gardens, Pennslyvania [**]

Yellowstone National Park [**]

2012

Oregon [**]

Denali National Park, Alaska [**]

Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska [**]

Arctic Circle Bus Tour, Alaska [**]

2010

European River Cruise [**]

Berlin, Germany, Land Tour [**]

Munich, Germany, Land Tour [**]

England, Including London, Land Tour [**]

Panama Canal Cruise [**]

2009

World Cruise [**]

2008

New Zealand Cruise [**]

South America, Prinsendam Cruise [**]

Manaus, Brazil, Prinsendam Cruise [**]

Antarctica, Prinsendam Cruises, 2008 and 2011 [**]

Alaska Cruise and Land Tour [**]

2007

Visit to Oahu, including Honolulu Zoo

Alaska Ferry and Land Tour [**]

2006

Pride of Hawai’i Cruise

2005

Pride of America Cruise Through the Panama Canal

No photos yet, but there are Onboard Newspapers from 2005 Pride of Aloha Hawai’i Cruise

2004

Legend of the Seas Cruise Through Panama Canal

2003

Hawai’i Cruise on Norwegian Star (December 2003)

Land Tour of the Big Island of Hawai’i

Hawai’i Cruise on Norwegian Star (June 2003)

2001

New Zealand Land Tour

New Zealand Land Tour [**]

2000

Alaska Trip

1997

Star Clipper Caribbean Cruise

1993

Boating on the River Thames

Various Photos (No Particular Year)

Arizona Views (2008-2019)

Some Swanson Night-Time Photos

Maui and Hawai’i (No Particular Year)

We used to live on Maui. Here are some: Maui Photos and Information.

A Concert by Dennis and David Kamakahi (wonderful Hawaiian musicians, 2007)

A Photo Gallery of Spectacular Maui Sunrises

Maui Scenes [**]

Photo General

Swanson Photos

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