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Below are some nice photos from a few of my travels.
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Photos from Here-n-There

All photos © Michael B. Gousie, unless otherwise noted

Portugal, 2023

Praca Do Rossio, Lisbon, Portugal (2023)

Narrow street in Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (2023)

View of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (2023)

Ramparts at Castelo De Sao Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal (2023)

Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal (2023)

Gargoyle at Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal (2023)

Pena Palace, Sintra, Portugal (2023)

Tower at Pena Palace, Sintra, Portugal (2023)

Castelo dos Mouros, Sintra, Portugal (2023)

Beach by fishing village, Salema, Portugal (2023)

Alley, Salema, Portugal (2023)

Kayaking by rock formations, Lagos, Portugal (2023)

More rock formations, Lagos, Portugal (2023)

In a cave, Lagos, Portugal (2023)

View of coast, Lagos, Portugal (2023)

Mt. Hood, Oregon, 2020 (just before Coronageddon!)

Mt. Hood, Oregon (2020)

Yours Truly, Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon (2020)

Moon Bowl, Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon (2020)

Coming down Moon Bowl, Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon (2020)

Looking up at Moon Bowl, Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon (2020)

Don't ski down the waterfall! Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon (2020)

Late afternoon, Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon (2020)

Park City, Utah, 2019

Got steeps? Park City, UT (2019)

Park City, UT (2019)

Snowbasin, UT (2019)

Sea Base, Islamorada, Florida, 2019

Seven Mile Bridge, Florida Keys, FL (2019)

Keep hydrated! Florida Keys, FL (2019)

It's blurry, but yep, that's a shark. Florida Keys, FL (2019)

Part of our crew heading to the boat, Boy Scout Sea Base, Islamorada, Florida Keys, FL (2019)

Somewhere in the Keys, FL (2019)

Marathon Marina, Marathon, FL (2019)

London, UK, 2018

Tower of London, London, UK (2018)

Tower Bridge, London, UK (2018)

Westminster Abbey, London, UK (2018)

St. Paul's Cathedral, London, UK (2018)

Philmont Scout Ranch, New Mexico, 2017

Baldy Mountain from Copper Park, Philmont Scout Ranch, NM (2017).

Our patrol hiking the canyon, Philmont Scout Ranch, NM (2017).

Looking up the canyon to the north, Philmont Scout Ranch, NM (2017).

Evening in the canyon, Philmont Scout Ranch, NM (2017).

My son climbing a spar pole, Philmont Scout Ranch, NM (2017).

Low clouds heading to Rich Cabin, Philmont Scout Ranch, NM (2017).

Baldy Mountain from meadow south of Miranda, Philmont Scout Ranch, NM (2017).

Where are we going? Philmont Scout Ranch, NM (2017).

The Tooth of Time, Philmont Scout Ranch, NM (2017).

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 2016

Lower Falls in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, WY (2016).

Lower Falls, Yellowstone National Park, WY (2016).

Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, WY (2016).

Bison in the way, Yellowstone National Park, WY (2016).

Looking towards Lake Yellowstone from the top of Mt. Washburn (10,243 ft.), Yellowstone National Park, WY (2016).

Mud pot, Yellowstone National Park, WY (2016).

Castle Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, WY (2016).

Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, WY (2016).

Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, 2015-16

Paines Creek, Brewster, Cape Cod, MA (2016).

West Chop lighthouse, Martha's Vineyard, MA (2015).

Jumping off the "Jaws Bridge," Martha's Vineyard, MA (2015).

Vineyard Haven harbor, Martha's Vineyard, MA (2015).

West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, MA (2015).

MVCMA cottages, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA (2015).

Sea Base, Islamorada, Florida, 2015

Boy Scout Sea Base, Islamorada, Florida Keys (2015).

Sail boats, Islamorada, Florida Keys (2015).

At the dock at Boy Scout Sea Base, Islamorada, Florida Keys (2015).

Under sail, Florida Keys (2015).

Evening sets in, somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida Keys (2015).

Europe, 2007-12

Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany (2010).

The Old Town Hall, Bonn, Germany (2012).

The university in Bonn, Germany (2012).

Downtown Hof, Northern Bavaria, Germany (2012). This is the home of my mother's side of the family.

Festival in Wallgau, Bavaria, Germany (2010).

Children at the festival in Wallgau, Bavaria, Germany (2010).

Bavarian Alps in Garmisch, Bavaria, Germany (2010).

View from Dartmouth, Devon, UK (2008).

Rainbow over Dartmouth, Devon, UK (2008).

Typical street in Dartmouth, Devon, UK (2008).

The site of the castle of the mythical King Arthur in Tintagel, Cornwall, UK (2008).

The Magic Fountain in Barcelona, Spain (2007).

Roof of Gaudi's House of Bones, Barcelona, Spain (2007).

Covered bridge in Lincoln, NH (2007).

Mts. Lincoln and Flume, Lincoln, NH (2007).

England, 2005

Arundel Castle in West Sussex, UK, still inhabited by the Duke of Norfolk (2005).

A view of Kingston near Lewes, UK (2005).

St. Pancras church (13th c.) in Kingston near Lewes, UK (2005).

A view of the South Downs at sunset. The town of Lewes, UK, is in the distance (2005).

Southover Grange Gardens, Lewes, UK (2005).

Looking at the town from the top of Lewes Castle, Lewes, UK (2005).

Got sheep?

A view of Eastbourne, on the coast in East Sussex, UK (2005).

The moated Bodiam Castle in East Sussex, UK (2005).

Hever Castle in Kent, UK, childhood home of Anne Boleyn (2005).

Leeds Castle in Kent, UK, Henry VIII's favorite residence (2005).

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Skiing

It's sort of safe. As long as you don't make a mistake and ski into a crevasse and die.

This is a quote from my buddy, Paul, who is one of my ski partners in crime. He told me this as we were planning the trip pictured at right. Yep, that's me telemark skiing in the powder in the Vail, Colorado, backcountry. We stayed at the Fowler-Hilliard Hut, one of the 10th Mountain Division huts, which I highly recommend if you're looking for some adventure. If you look really hard, you might see the hut (rebuilt in 2009) we stayed at in this picture. It was a tad bit stormy that day. I've done similar skiing near Telluride, Colorado, staying at the more rustic (you can ask me what was rustic about it) Ridgway Hut in the San Juan Hut System.

If you don't want to hike all the way up, you can go heli skiing. I've done that at Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

Town of Breckenridge, CO, with ski area in background (3/2013).	Some of the bowls at Breckenridge (3/2013).	Me skiing amidst the crowds in one of the bowls (3/2013).	A favorite trail through the trees at Breckenridge (3/2013).
Got snow? (3/2013)	Jim making his way down some steeps during a snowstorm (3/2013).	Got oxygen? (3/2013)	Views from one of the peaks of Copper Mt., CO (3/2013).
The double-black Resolution Bowl at Copper Mt., CO (3/2013).	Jim struggling down the lower portion of Resolution (3/2013).	Stratton Mt., VT, in mid-winter form - in April! (4/5/2013)	Perfect snow down a black diamond at Stratton (4/5/2013).

I Like Lists
Here is a list of areas I've skied at. How does your list stack up?

Massachusetts	New Hampshire	Vermont	New York	Colorado
Butternut Jiminy Peak Mt. Tom (closed) Wachusett Watatic (closed) Rhode Island Ski Valley (closed)	Attitash Bretton Woods Cannon Cranmore Gunstock Loon Mittersill (the original) Pat's Peak Ragged Mountain Sunapee Tenney (closed..?) Waterville Valley Wildcat	Ascutney (closed) Bromley Burke Haystack (closed) Killington Mad River Glen Magic Mountain Mount Snow Okemo Pico Round Top (closed) Smuggler's Notch Stowe Stratton Sugarbush	Gore Hunter Mountain Whiteface Maine Sugarloaf	Arapahoe Basin Aspen Aspen Highlands Beaver Creek Breckenridge Buttermilk Copper Mountain Crested Butte Durango Keystone Monarch Snowmass Steamboat Telluride Vail Winter Park
California	Utah	Canada	Austria	Switzerland
Alpine Meadows Heavenly Kirkwood Squaw Valley Montana Big Sky Nevada Mount Rose Oregon Mount Hood Meadows	Alta Park City Park West (now part of Park City) Snowbasin Snowbird Solitude Wyoming Grand Targhee Jackson Hole	Banff Mount Norquay Blackcomb Lake Louise Mont Saint-Anne Sunshine Village Whistler Whistler Heli-Skiing	Kitzbühel Kitzbüheler Horn Lech St. Anton St. Christoph Zürs	Charmey First Grindelwald Schwarzsee (Lac Noir)

Ski hard, ski fast, and get a lot of air.
-- Paul

Wait, wait! I know this band. I know this band. I know this band...
-- Michael K. in the first aid station at Jackson Hole, suffering from a concussion after a spectacular fall and trying to figure out the music that was playing

I would rather have seen the sport of skiing die than have snowboarding be developed.
-- a disgruntled Paul

Let's go! Last run! LAST RUN!!
-- Michael K. at 3:59 PM, everywhere

I was thermally disregulated.
-- Dean after a tough day at Breckenridge, CO

You weren't supposed to jump OVER the tree!
-- Paul to me, after I jumped over a tree at Whistler, Canada

We're taking your ticket and we don't want to see you here ever again.
-- Ski Patrol to Paul at Gore Mt. in NY, after Paul led newbie skier James down a closed trail

Somebody's going to... WHAM! ...ski into that sign!
-- Paul as someone skied into the caution sign in the middle of the trail we were on at Steamboat, CO

It's black. How bad could it be?
-- Jim at Copper Mountain, CO

Michael, geh nicht zu schnell! (Michael, don't go too fast!)
-- My mother, just before I broke my leg at Schwarzsee, Switzerland, in 1967

If it's not blue, it's not ice.
-- Brian Maynard, a Cannon Mountain local

In the end you will be judged
not by your wealth, your knowledge,
or your contribution to mankind,
but by how hard you skied.

(We could be wrong about this, but ski hard anyway, just to be safe)

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