England 1 - CT to London

Sept 23 - hitting the road

Made it to Kennedy... 5 hours early 

The Thames

Westminster Abbey: weird new saints on the pediment include MLK and Dietrich Bonhoeffer 

 Houses of Parliament

Sue waiting for service 

 We eschewed the Londonducktour

 Susan forgot her mobile device...

... and longed for a simpler time

We watched proceedings at the criminal courts...

... and watched a manslaughterer lose his ketamine defense 

Bratwurst at the British Museum

 

very nice, indeed

I had one, too...

 Lion hunt relief from the Assyrian collection

The Greeks want this one back

 St Anthony took things way too seriously

Attended evensong at Westminster Abbey.  No cameras allowed.   

 lots of humping in Merrie England

 Winner gets a free pint of bitter. 

End of summer

Looking fine on the Sound

Porch cuddling

Passenger waiting to be loaded

From the front lawn

Bridgewater fair

Aspen to home

main street, Aspen CO...

you can ski here, too

elk poop everywhere

looking south: ajax, highlands, buttermilk

susan poaching

the Amana Communities: 19th cent. communitarian sect, invented amana refrigerators.  no kidding.

considering avocado sandwich for lunch 

Marshall MI 

Dark Horse Brew Pub

the pub also runs a cycle shop

Michigan hotrod

our friends Gary & Cindy live in Olivet MI...

with 5 dogs, an obese cat named "the babies", and 3 large boys

Gary's a sculptor

8000 miles later

Moab to Aspen

6:10 AM - off to Canyonlands

it's a remote and lonely place

kitchen, day 28

breakfast at Canyonlands

we forgot tea mugs

moss

they're everywhere...
"the mesa arch"

trying to ignore the 2000' drop

Sue contemplates the day's strategic footwear

sunset over the Green River

  another cold night, on to Aspen

 Colorado Hotel, Glenwood Springs...

... and the springs

made it to Aspen in time for sunset