Photos

Photos

Each chapter of Travel is No Vacation: A Love Story features photos from some of the stories in that chapter. Here is where you can see the full-color images of the photos used in the book.

You Have to Start Somewhere

Climbing Jamaica's Dunn's River Falls during our honeymoon.
John loses his head over Tower of London tour.
Topless woman on Nice beach is not happy with John.
Clay, John, Ann, and Zack at our wedding.

While We’re in the Neighborhood

Our "Cambodia Man" in his home near Siem Reap.
A fervent Buddhist prostrates himself in Lhasa, Tibet.
Ann encounters a Buddhist nun at Angkor Wat.
Tuk-tuk driver, Sunny, at the Hard Rock (or 'Hard Find') Cafe in Delhi, India.

Behind the Wheel

a Running of the Bulls reveler in Pamplona, Spain.
Oktoberfest revelers in Munich, Germany.
Ann soaking her feet in a Florence, Italy bidet after a long day of walking.
John at death's door in an Oklahoma City hospital.

Two by Sea

A Kayan woman works at her loom in Bagan, Myanmar.
Lunch at Fergburger in Queenstown, NZ with a 'Kiwi" that attended basketball camp in Indiana.
Given masks in Xian, China because of pollution... before COVID.
Ann stands in front of Vlad the Impaler's birthplace in Sighisoara, Romania.

I Never Met a Ruin I Didn’t Love

Ann above the Treasury at Petra.
Does this hat make John's ass look big? (Petra)
A Bedouin with camel crossing Wadi Rum (Jordan).
John at Tut's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

Cohibas & Mojitos

John has a Cohiba and a Mojito at the Hotel Nacional in Havana.
Not to be outdone, ditto Ann.
Typical scene of classic American cars parked on Havana streets.
Dinner at a Cuban family's home restaurant.

Chernobyl and Beyond

The Ferris wheel of the abandoned amusement park in Pripyat, Ukraine.
John stands near the New Safe Confinement building that houses the damaged reactor #4 at Chernobyl.
Ann poses in front of the KGB Building in Minsk, Belarus... moments before being shooed away.
John ducks through the Tunnel of Hope in Sarajevo.

Awed by Mother Nature

Our view of the Northern Lights in Iceland.
Ann on the Argentinian side of Iguazu Falls.
An aerial view of Victoria Falls in Zambia.
John takes in the sunrise at Ooh Ahh Point in the Grand Canyon.

Call of the Wild

Going eye-to-eye with a mountain gorilla in Rwanda.
Going face-to-face with a baby sea lion in the Galapagos Islands.
John gets dangerously close to white rhinos during a walking safari in Zambia.
Ann gets even closer - but not quite as dangerous - to Gentoo penguins in the Falkland Islands.

The Trans-Siberian Railway

Ann (lower right) and a couple of our roomies in our cozy cabin on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Our ger camp in Mongolia.
Maintaining diplomatic relations with a local in Tiananmen Square.
Youths in Samarkand, Uzbekistan practicing their English with the American tourists.

A Trip Full of Laughter and Tears

The photo of Ann that popped up on her Facebook page the day she learned her first husband passed away. He took the photo in Iran in 1975.
Railroad tracks lead to the main gate of the Auschwitz II - Birkenau Concentration Camp in Poland.
Ann in period garb for a "Cocktails, Costumes, and Castles" party at Highclere Castle.
John gets a haircut at the Penny Lane Barber Shop in Liverpool.

Breaking Bread

Ann samples food from around the world. (Clockwise from upper right.) A Belian waffle in Belgium, Chicken Kiev in Kiev, a brat in Berlin, pizza in Naples, goulash in Hungary.

Travel in the Age of COVID

The Denny's in Barstow set up al fresco dining in their parking lot to circumvent California's no-inside-dining COVID rules.
A sign of the (COVID) times in a New Mexico restaurant.
Oats and Barley, our Iditarod-winning sled-dog team in Talkeetna, Alaska.
The end of our successful trip across Route 66.

Ireland: Take 2

Ann walks through the beautiful grounds toward Blarney Castle.
John, immediately after kissing the Blarney Stone. Now he won't shut up.
You think Ann looks unhappy about the wind at the Cliffs of Moher now? Minutes later, it picked her up and slammed her to the ground.
John with our gracious host in Northern Ireland, Joan Bingham, nee Cinnamond.

The Big Fail

This could be the start of something big... or not.
And we thought WE had it rough. The porters carrying all the supplies.
The whole crew for just two climbers.
The toilet facilities on Kilimanjaro leave a lot to be desired.

Favorite Trip(s)

A Sherpa carrying a typical load of supplies on the trail from Lukla to Namche Bazaar.
The local lama and his lunch in a small village in the Himalayas.
Ann takes in the reason we came this far: Mt. Everest.
John with Prem. our guide on our Himalayan trek.

Favorite Trip: Part Two

The family pizza-making class on our first night in Rome.
The whole crew inside the Roman Colosseum.
Clay and Nikki's family prepare for the simulated skydiving on the cruise ship.
The grandkids - Harrison, Nora, and Cooper - in Santorini.

Our Best Day

Here we are with seven of our new friends.
John trying look tough on a scooter.
Ann cruises past the Ahu Tongariki.
Best. Day. Ever.
Ann and John at their 30th anniversary wedding vow renewal ceremony on a beach in St. Croix, U.S.V.I.