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African Escape ’26
Taiwan & Philippines
Transition from Overlanding
The Land Down Under
Our Journey in 2024
Europe 2023
Winter Back in North America
Overlanding Europe
Egypt: Land of Mysteries
Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
On Safari in Kenya
Fall Back in the US ’21
Summer in Ontario
Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
Trip Galleries – Group 2
COVID – Post Vaccination
COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
COVID-19 Times
Brazil 2.0
Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
Brazilia Road Trip
Paraguay: Land of Water
The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
Argentina 2.0
Antarctica: The Ice
Argentina: Land of Silver
Chile: Land of Poets
Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
Peru: Land of the Incas
Trip Galleries – Group 3
Ecuador: Middle of the World
Columbia: Gateway to South America
Panama: Crossroads of the World
Costa Rica: Pura Vida
Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
Honduras: The Banana Republic
El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
Belize: The Jewel of Central America
¡Viva México!
Aventuras en Baja, México
Continuing West
A Touch of the Midwest
Trip Galleries – Group 4
US Southern Plains
Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
Heading West
Heading South
Across Canada
RTW
Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
E Caribbean Cruise
Moab with the Bryans
Park No. 47!
West Coast Trail
3 NP’s in Cali
Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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Belize: The Jewel of Central America
¡Viva México!
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Continuing West
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US Southern Plains
Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
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Heading South
Across Canada
RTW
Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
E Caribbean Cruise
Moab with the Bryans
Park No. 47!
West Coast Trail
3 NP’s in Cali
Our Greatest Joy in 2013
Our Wheels
Pics
Trip Galleries – Group 1
African Escape ’26
Taiwan & Philippines
Transition from Overlanding
The Land Down Under
Our Journey in 2024
Europe 2023
Winter Back in North America
Overlanding Europe
Egypt: Land of Mysteries
Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
On Safari in Kenya
Fall Back in the US ’21
Summer in Ontario
Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
Trip Galleries – Group 2
COVID – Post Vaccination
COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
COVID-19 Times
Brazil 2.0
Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
Brazilia Road Trip
Paraguay: Land of Water
The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
Argentina 2.0
Antarctica: The Ice
Argentina: Land of Silver
Chile: Land of Poets
Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
Peru: Land of the Incas
Trip Galleries – Group 3
Ecuador: Middle of the World
Columbia: Gateway to South America
Panama: Crossroads of the World
Costa Rica: Pura Vida
Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
Honduras: The Banana Republic
El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
Belize: The Jewel of Central America
¡Viva México!
Aventuras en Baja, México
Continuing West
A Touch of the Midwest
Trip Galleries – Group 4
US Southern Plains
Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
Heading West
Heading South
Across Canada
RTW
Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
E Caribbean Cruise
Moab with the Bryans
Park No. 47!
West Coast Trail
3 NP’s in Cali
Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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» Reims, FR – champagne country
you can get poutine here
camping car parking in Reims
walking down the street in quiet Reims
The Fountain of Solidarity
The Fountain Sube
The Opera House
The Notre Dame Cathedral
left side of entrance to Notre Dame Reims
Notre Dame - statues at the entry
rose window with statues in Notre Dame Reims
view towards the back inside Notre Dame Reims
view towards the front of Notre Dame Reims
the Carnegie library
Notre Dame and the back of the palace Tau
a champagne house
Place Royale
town hall on Place Royale
Cryptoportique (2)
Cryptoportique (1)
Musee Hotel le Vergeur
Joan of Arc plaque
gardens of Hotel Le Vergeur
musicians on the outside of another champagne house (1)
musicians on the outside of another champagne house (2)
one more champagne house
the scaffolded Porte de Mars
pretty pink trees (1)
war memorial where a ceremony was going to take place later in the morning
GH Mumm estate
Mumm reception area
where the grapes for champagne are grown
waking down the concrete vats section
the concrete vats are lined with ceramic
the various sizes the champagne
stock of old barrels
bottles from 2019 ageing
tunnels under GH Mumm
you can just make out the sediment lying in the bottle
the various angles
pyramids of bottles for riddling
one of the champagne libraries
view down the longest tunnel of 400m
another library inside there
the museum
basket used in grape picking
a GH Mumm barrel
old bottling maching
old corking machine
showing that the bottles still get stacked the same way today
an old automatic bottling machine
a riddling rack
first champagne bottle used in space
first champagne that can be drunk in space
the tasting bar
our tasting section
Fran does the tasting for us both (1)
Fran does the tasting for us both (2)
pricey stuff 176 EU
this is how small the champagne region is
the expensive tasting set up
wall portrait of vineyards
an old grape press