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Welcome to the photo blog for David and Janet Elmore. You can find pages full of photos from our trips with Vanessa or Savanna (our van-based RV) and pages that are a record of events with lots of photos. Many of our travel photos are connected to a map at the bottom of our posts so you can see where we went and can look for photos at specific places.

Below is a list of recent posts.

David and Janet

Owyhee River Valley

Sun 23-May-2021 Oregon, Travel |

From Willard Bay we headed north into Idaho. Most of the terrain was desert-like but some valleys contained rivers where there was a surprising amount of agriculture — mostly hay and grain for the...

West Lafayette to Willard, UT

Sat 22-May-2021 Travel, Utah |

We left home on May 19 — headed west to visit our daughter in Bend OR.  We decided to take I-80 west as it is the route we have taken the least in the past for our western trips. The trip has had...

Deam Wilderness – Day 2

Tue 6-Apr-2021 Indiana, Travel |

Another warm, breezy, and sunny day for a hike, the warm weather has really brought out the spring flowers. — red bud, flox, blood root,red trillium, may apples, dandelions, more daffodils including some...

Savanna’s First Trip

Mon 5-Apr-2021 Indiana, Travel | 2 comments

For Savanna’s first outing David and I drove south to the Deam Wilderness – part of the Hoosier National Forest. Savanna performed admirably, but all the bells and whistles will take a little getting...

Seasons greetings 2020

Sun 20-Dec-2020 Events |

2020 has been a busy time for the Elmore family in spite of having to stay at home alone to be safe.  We planned for a new patio and wood-fired oven a year ago, started construction in August, and are just...

Wood-fired oven

Thu 17-Dec-2020 Tech |

We planned for a new patio and wood-fired oven a year ago, started construction in August, and are just finishing up now.  We learned from YouTube and books and kept fit by laying pavers, mixing concrete (84...

Savanna

Wed 16-Dec-2020 Tech |

We have planned and ordered a new Sportsmobile, Savanna, to replace our 8-year-old RV, Vanessa.  Savanna is four-wheel drive and the RV is powered by 600 amp-hours of lithium batteries.  We can...

Photo lamp shades

Thu 10-Dec-2020 Tech |

We have been busy making lamps and lamp shades.  Photos on shades include coronavirus, NASA images, a quilt, and grandchildren; bases are made from polymer clay, ceramics, and black walnut.  The lamps have...

Nature’s Design: Trees of the Canadian Maritimes

Sun 1-Nov-2020 Events |

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. The Canadian Maritime forests we hike in Are full of trees covered with lichen. Although the forests are quite dark I photographed much detail in the...

Gorham NH to Utica NY

Tue 17-Sep-2019 New Hampshire, New York, Travel, Vermont |

We were a bit sad to leave Moose Brook SP behind, but it was time to get serious about heading west. Janet chose a route that while not the fastest, was very scenic, passing by mountains and lakes, through...