Events from Ellie and Jerry

2008-03-22T10:22:00.005-07:00

The snow covered mountains and shoreline of Antarctica were always beautiful.

2008-03-22T10:07:00.002-07:00

Icebergs were always present. Just go up on deck and you would see icebergs. Some were small, some were large, most were beautiful and no two came close to looking alike.

2008-03-22T09:55:00.002-07:00

Penguins, penguins, thousand of penguins. All of the above penguins are Gentoo - which is what we saw most of the time. Jerry did some digital fancy footwork to create a couple of the photos.

Antarctica

2008-03-22T09:21:00.004-07:00

Our Antarctica cruise was made on the Norwegian Cruise Ship, Nordnorge. It is a smaller cruise ship and we were able to negotiate the Antarctic Peninsula, islands, ice flows, icebergs, and wildlife. We made seven landings at different points on the Antarctica Peninsula. The above views were photographed while the ship was in Neko Harbor, Antarctica

2008-03-21T22:12:00.003-07:00

The top photo are spectacular mountains in Tierra del Torres National Park in Southern chile. The middle photo is Tierra del Fuego National Park which is at the southern end of Argentina. This is where the Pan American Highway ends. The bottom photo is Cape Horn, the southern most part of South america.

South America

2008-03-21T21:55:00.004-07:00

In January, 2008, Ellie and Jerry Traveled to South America and Antarctica. We spent three days in Rio de Janeiro, two days in Sao Paulo, and two days in Buenos Aires. We then flew to Ushuaia which is in the south of Argentina. We boarded a small cruise ship, cruised the Antarctica Peninsula, and the Chilean Fjords. We flew to Santiago, Chile for a couple days and then flew home. The above photos are in the Rio area.

2008-03-21T14:26:00.002-07:00

Curacao, Netherlands Antilles was our next stop. It has a beautiful harbor as the photos show. Our last stop was San Juan, Puerto Rica. From there we flew home.

2008-03-21T14:21:00.001-07:00

Aruba, Netherlands Antilles was our first stop after the Panama Canal. Jerry took the above sunrise panos before arriving at Aruba.

2008-03-21T14:14:00.002-07:00

The Panama Canal passage was our next destination. Jerry took the above sunrise photo just before the canal. Jerry took a lot of photos of the passage but getting panoramas was difficult. Going through the locks and all was really interesting.

2008-03-21T14:06:00.002-07:00

Puntarenas, Costa Rica was our next stop. Jerry was excited to see the La Paz water falls. There is a series of five water falls. The photo shows one of the falls. It was disappointing because the facilities didn't allow a good view of all the falls.

2008-03-20T20:26:00.002-07:00

Our next stop was Huatulco, Mexico. Huatulco has a fairly new tourist industry and we were able to see how the natives live. The above photo is a lighthouse, on the coast, near the entrance to Huatulco harbor.

2008-03-20T20:14:00.005-07:00

Our first stop was Cabo San Lucas, Baja, Mexico. We had been there several times so we didn't find the tourist shops very exciting. Our second stop was Alcapuco. No photos.

Panama Canal

2008-03-20T20:06:00.003-07:00

In October, 2007, Ellie and Jerry went on a Panama Canal cruise. The photo above shows our cruise ship - Serenade of the Seas, Royal Caribbean Lines. The ship was everything one could ask for. Great facilities, great food, and outstanding entertainment! We boarded the ship in San Diego, California.

Fall Colors, Utah, 2007

2008-03-20T15:24:00.002-07:00

Jerry made several trips into the mountains to take photos. Above are some of the panoramas he came up with.

Tree Panoramas

2008-03-20T08:21:00.003-07:00

The above three trees were taken on the Mirror Lake Highway just before you get to Mirror Lake.

2008-03-19T21:46:00.005-07:00

The above three vertical panorama photos were taken near our cabin on the upper Weber River. Interesting!

2007-08-28T15:16:00.000-07:00

New segment....
The above mural is located at 5300 S. and State Street in Murray, Utah. It is on the Murray, Costco property. Jerry's brother, Richard Stauffer, was instrumental in working with Costco and the City of Murray organizations to have the mural installed. If you haven't seen the mural, drive by and then go to Costco and have a hot dog - the best in the world.

2007-08-28T13:20:00.000-07:00

New Segment....
This pano was not taken by Jerry! It was downloaded from the Internet. In the summer of 2005, Ellie and Jerry visited Goose Neck State Park in southern Utah. Jerry, who was not familiar with panorama photography, spent quite some time trying to get a photo of what you see above. Needless to say, a pano is the only thing that works.

2007-08-28T13:13:00.000-07:00

New segment......
Near the 4Th of July, 2007, Ellie and Jerry visited the Independence Day fireworks celebration in Taylorsville, Utah. The above pano is a Montague of the photos that Jerry took of the fireworks.

2007-08-28T13:03:00.000-07:00

We also stopped at Manhattan Beach near Los Angeles. The above three panos are of the Manhattan Beach pier.

2007-08-28T12:53:00.000-07:00

New Segment...

During the summer of 2007, Ellie and Jerry drove to California and visited relatives and friends. We visited the Hyatt hotel at Lake Tahoe and took the above two photos of the hotel pier.

2007-08-28T12:45:00.000-07:00

This pano was taken a little earlier when there was more water, Provo River Falls.

2007-08-28T10:47:00.000-07:00

This pano was taken on the upper part of the falls. Ellie is on the right.

2007-08-28T10:35:00.000-07:00

Not far from our cabin is a beautiful, scenic highway that runs from Kamas, Utah to Evanston, Wyoming. We call it the Mirror Lake Road. About 20 miles east of Kamas is a water fall area known as the Provo River Falls. Ellie and Jerry drove to the falls in the summer of 2007 and took a lot of photos. Above is one part of the falls with Ellie in the upper right.

2007-08-28T10:30:00.000-07:00

Above is one of the main roads in our cabin area. The cabin on the right is owned by Parnelli Jones.

2007-08-28T10:08:00.000-07:00

New segement.......
Ellie and Jerry are part owners in a cabin high in the Utah mountains. It is located in the upper Weber Canyon east of Oakley, Utah. The above pano is an ATV trail located on the mountain side above our cabin.

2007-08-27T21:45:00.000-07:00

On another part of our trip we visited the Teton Mountains. The above two panos are some of the views we enjoyed.

2007-08-27T21:28:00.000-07:00

On another trip we went to Yellowstone National Park and other northerly points. The pano to the left shows the Lower Falls in the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. As you can see, panos work well both horizontally or vertically.

2007-08-27T21:13:00.000-07:00

The above pano shows another part of the springs. Joy, Bryan, and Sylvie are on the bridge

We continued on to Cascade Springs. The above pano shows part of the springs with Sylvie, Bryan, and Joy

2007-08-27T20:52:00.000-07:00

In June of 2007, Ellie and Jerry entertained friends from down under. Joy and Bryan are from Adelaid, Australia and Sylvie is from Palmelston North, New Zealand. Among our travels we tried the Alpine Loop road behind Mount Timpanogos. The above pano is the backside of Timpanogos.

2007-08-27T20:33:00.000-07:00

In February, Ellie and Jerry spent three weeks traveling in South America. We enjoyed it a lot more than we anticipated. Also, Jerry has stated working with panorama photographs and above is his first attempt. The photo(s) were taken at Lake Titicaca which is located on the borders of Peru and Bolivia. The elevation of the lake is 12,000 feet.

Events from Ellie and Jerry

2007-07-17T06:40:00.000-07:00

Ellie and Jerry live in Holladay, Utah. We are quite the world travelers. We have traveled the continents of North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. In October, 2007 we will be going on a Panama Canal cruise and in January, 2008 we will visit South America and Antarctica. We also hope to travel to Australia in 2008 and that will cover all the continents. Some of our other activities include working out at the Sports Mall, Bridge, digital photography, and a lot of time on the computer.