According to this Chinese media blog, the city of Wuhan was isolated from the outside world earlier this week by extreme fog, with some of the freeways into the city being closed for up to 9 hours. The photographs published by the Wuhan Evening News are stunning.

This series of car-less highways and streets in the Los Angeles area is the brainchild of photographer Tom Baker. When we’re down there next week it’ll be just like this, right?

This photo of the Stone Trees of Yakutsk is certainly intriguing, but the journey to see them in person sounds pretty harsh. Even if it takes you through Russian “fields of wild hemp flower”, I think I’ll hold off on adding this one to our travel list.

Stone Trees of Yakutsk

An afternoon in Berlin

Sometimes it’s the simplest things…

Jumping with Tramaine

Well, in about a month anyway. But I’m very excited because we finally just pressed the Buy button on the tickets for our family summer vacation in Europe. We’ll be going to Germany, France, and England, and visiting several friends and some family members along the way. Arlo can’t wait to see the Catacombs in Paris and some castles, Shawn is excited about seeing family and old friends and and also about spending time in Paris, Kindy wants to check out some European girls, and I’m looking forward to exploring the Rhine area in Germany. Woohoo!