KimberlyAnn's VirtualTourist Home Page
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| A Sailing Trip to Lake Superior's North Shore |
My husband and I took an early retirement from teaching and have enjoyed exploring our country with our fifth wheel camper, as well as cruising the coast of Canada with our sailboat for a few weeks each summer. My favorite camping and anchoring locations are those in unspoiled natural environments. When visiting towns or cities I prefer those with excellent museums, and/or interesting cultural or historical significance.Note: All photos on my pages are my own unless otherwise stated. Who Am I? I am a retired elementary school teacher, and have spent most of my teaching years in Cody, Wyoming mainly in third grade. Now that I am retired I enjoy doing volunteer work in the natural history Draper Lab of our wonderful Buffalo Bill Historical Center. I love the natural world from the deserts to the swamps, mountains to seashore, insects to the largest mammals. Music to my ears may be the clacking of the dry fronds of a palm tree, the sound of waves upon a shoreline, the songs of the birds, the chirp of the crickets, the wind through the pine trees, or the sound of a mountain stream. I strongly believe in protecting our environments and wildlife, even if it means some inconveniences for man. It is we who have placed our planet and its inhabitants in jeopardy, so it is we who must now be the protectors of the planet. I am always curious about the world around me. I will stop in my tracks to examine an interesting mushroom, flower, spider, beautiful beetle, snake, toad, frog, etc. In my younger days I was known to grab a snake at first glimpse, but since moving to Wyoming, one must be sure it isn't a rattlesnake before reaching for it. I yearn for peace and understanding between all people regardless of race, religion, or political beliefs. Because of my beliefs I belong to the on line action groups for World Wildlife Fund, The Natural Resources Defense Council's BioGems, and Amnesty International, all organizations that work to protect our world and make it a better place to live in. I was born in southern Wisconsin, but Cody feels like home, as I have spent most of my adult life here. I also live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan summers. I enjoy hiking, sailing and other types of boating, swimming, camping with our small fifth wheel, photography, gardening, reading, using my photos to create my own greeting cards, feeding and observing birds, visiting National Parks and Monuments, State Parks, aquariums, environmentally responsible zoos, and museums. I subscribe to "RollingStone" magazine and enjoy blues, rock, and classical music, and am always interested to hear what new artists have to offer. I am married with one grown son who is a graphic designer and lives way too many miles from home. Well that is who I am in a nutshell. May you enjoy my pages and may you find love, beauty, health, and peace in your life. To find out what books I have read, am reading, or plan to read, visit my book list at:
www.shelfari.com/vtannes-reading-list |
| Gary and I at Scott and Keri's Wedding. |
|  | The Wedding When our only child, Scott, was married. it was a time of great celebration. This is a photo of my husband and I at Scott's wedding. You can tell by the look on our faces that we love our new daughter-in-law and are happy for the new couple. |
This is my son, Scott, and his wife Keri on their wedding day. They are standing outside of a beautiful mansion tucked back into the Pennsylvania mountains were they were married. | | | Scott and Keri On Their Wedding Day |
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| | Pets Wild and Tame Although Cody, Wyoming is my hometown, we spend summers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Here I enjoy various waterfowl, hummingbirds, chickadees, woodpeckers, gold finches, bald eagles, and chipmunks. At one time the resident chipmunks were almost like a second pet. They come begging for peanuts, which the neighbors and we handed out. Some years they were so tame that they would run up your leg and looked in your pockets for peanuts, or jumped into your lap, where if you had peanuts handy they would happily sit feeding out of our hands. There have even been some that let you pet them---as long as they were eating something that is. We had one chipmunk that we named Mr. Chips for about four years. He was one of our favorites. When we would arrive at the cabin in the spring, there Mr. Chips would be waiting for us. We could identify him by a scar he had on his face. Much of the food that we handed out was stored away. Mr. Chips was the only chipmunk that could carry 5 peanuts at once, two in each cheek, and one in his mouth. In the photo you see Mr. Chips and our pet bird, Chiquita. Cute, but not too healthy. My husband had to make Chiquita a new perch out of a tree branch with no place for food, so now when she goes out at the cabin she has her little tree, and there is no food to entice the chippies with. Even so, sometimes chipmunks will still occasionally climb her tree and check her out---peanut breath maybe?
In the last few years we have stopped feeding the chipmunks. Although we were careful not to over feed them, making sure that they were still out foraging for wild food to store away for the winter, as chipmunks should, it had gotten so that they were always under foot, and we were afraid of stepping on one. |
Some of My Most Detailed Pages Some of my most detailed pages are my hometown of Cody, Wyoming and Houghton, Michigan (my second home). I will try to keep these pages updated as much as possible, since I live in or near these towns. Cody is considered the East Gate Community of Yellowstone National Park, and you will find Yellowstone listed on my "Off the Beaten Path" section in my Cody Pages. Here I have listed my recommended sites to visit if you only have a few days in the park. For more information on Yellowstone visit my detailed Yellowstone National Park, My Neighbor pages. I have also created a detailed section on Everglades National Park, which I have visited twice. | | | Pilot Peak, a Road from Cody, Wyoming. |
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| Sailing Across Lake Superior |
| | A Sailor's Perspective My most interesting pages, which give you a sailor's perspective of travel are: my Thunder Bay, Canada page, be sure to view the travelogues "Sailing the Wilderness Islands of Ontario"; the travelogue attached to my Copper Harbor, Michigan page titled "Traveling to Copper Harbor Aboard Impulse"; the travelogue attached to my Marquette, Michigan page "Sailing to Marquette With Our Surprise Visitor"; and the travelogue entitled "Visiting Pictured Rocks by Dinghy" attached to my Munising, Michigan pages. |
Rock Formations and Hikes If you enjoy rock formations, and wonderful places to hike, visit my Utah page. Utah has 5 spectacular National Parks, each different in their own way. I have summarized each of these 5 National Parks, including a photo with each in the "Must See" section of my Utah area. I have also created more detailed pages for Zion National Park, Canyonlands National Park, and each of the other Utah National Parks. To explore some different types of rock formations, look underground at my Carlsbad Caverns National Park pages. | | | Candle Stick In Utah's Canyonlands National Park |
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| | Places of Interest If you are interested in learning about the "Real Florida," filled with natural environments the way they once were, see my Finding Florida, Today and the Way It Was pages. If you are interested in deserts, visit my Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument , Saguaro National Park, and Death Valley pages. If you are planning a visit to San Antonio, Texas be sure to check out my San Antonio pages. Or to visit a really out of the way national park in Texas, visit my Big Bend National Park pages at Big Bend National Park, Texas, U.S.A.. To explore the part of our country that I think is the most beautiful visit my Monterey, California pages. And did you know that Bowling Green, Kentucky is the home of the Corvette? If you love beaches, check out my California State Beaches: Carpinteria, Leo Carrillo, Pismo Beach, and San Elijo. Besides these I have a variety of other places on my travel page's list that I hope will introduce you to some wonderful places to visit. May you enjoy your travels, where ever they take you, and may your knowledge of the world and your understanding of other people be broadened by them. |
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BruceDunning Sun Aug 2, 2009 23:19 UTC
I came through Cody some time ago-it hailed hard and furious on July 4th, but lovely setting and wide open country. It is wonderful to see USA | Mailo Tue Jun 23, 2009 06:31 UTC
Gracias Ana por las felicitaciones del cumpleaños, I had my birthday party on saturday with many close friends, we celabrated until 3:00 o'clock in the morning, singing with a Kareoke and having Mexican Tacos fon dinner, it was a very nice party. Hugs. | Jenniflower Tue Jun 16, 2009 16:18 UTC
Hope you don't mind me adding you to my list of flowers? :) I too am a National park fan ofnote, and would love to look at your pages! | thinking Thu May 21, 2009 14:51 UTC
Returned once again to see what you are up too. I enjoyed all of your pages again. |
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