Gallery
Welcome to PixTraveler's (John Reynolds') travel stories told using interactive three dimensional Google Earth maps. You can follow our tracks and view attached photos. There is a slideshow and a Guided Tour that flies you to points of interest along each track. The gallery covers the period between 2006 and 2014. The maps were built using an application I am working on. I hope to be able to share it with interested users in the near future.
The featured story is PixTraveler's 2014 Mediterranean Passage to America.
September 2014: Mediterranean Passage to America.
Presenting PixTraveler's 25 day 2014 Mediterranean Cruise. We flew to Venice, Italy where we boarded the Holland American Line ms Nuei Amsterdam. From there we visited Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Italy, France, and Spain. Then we crossed the Atlantic to Ft. Lauderdale. The highlights of the trip were visits to beautiful Dubonik, Croatia, the ruins of ancient Pompeii, Italy, and the utterly beautiful Alhambra in Spain. The presentation begins with a review of the trip that tracks our 25 day voyage. More ...
2009 - 2014: Frederick Community College ILR Trips
Presenting four albums that tell the story of trips sponsored by the ILR (Institute for Learning in Retirement) program at the Frederick Community College in Frederick, MD. The first is a field trip to French and Indian War Sites on September 25, 2009. It was led by Colonial Historian Roger Swartz. The second, which took place on Tuesday, May 4, 2010, was a visit to Monticello also lead by Roger Swartz. The itinerary included: a lecture by Roger on the topic: "The Enigmatic Mr. Jefferson and His Beloved Monticello; lunch at historic Michie tavern; and a tour of Monticello. More ...
September 2013: Road Trip to Historic Delaware River, Bristol, PA and Valley Forge
Presenting PixTraveler's 2013 Bristol, PA Road Trip. It began when we read about the ten oldest continually operating restaurants in the country. One of them was the King George II Inn in Bristol, PA. We were looking for a new place to visit and this sounded interesting This sounded like an interesting. We decided to make a two night, three day trip of it. We decided to stay at the The Homewood Suites by Hilton in Doyleston, PA which was at a central location. We found out that Bristol is located on the Delaware River just south of Washington Crossing where George Washington crossed the Delaware on the was to the victory at Trenton, NJ. On the way home, we stopped at the nearby Valley Forge Encampment. More ...
April 2012: Transatlantic and Baltic Cruise
Presenting PixTraveler's 2012 Transatlantic Crossing and Baltic Cruise aboard the Norwegian Sun. We boarded the Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Sun at Port Canaveral Florida, crossed the Atlantic to the Azores, visited Amsterdam, then toured six fascinating Baltic ports stopping at Copenhagen, Warnemunde (the gateway to Berlin), Tallinn in Estonia, St. Petersburg in the Russian Federation, Helsinki,Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden. More ...
April 2011: PixTraveler's 2011 Road Trip
Presenting Part 1 of of PixTraveler's 2011 Road Trip. Part 1 covers our trip from Frederick, MD through West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas. In Texas we stopped in McKinney, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston. More ...
Presenting Part 2 of PixTraveler's 2011 Road Trip. Part 2 covers our return trip from Houston to Batton Rouge, New Orleans, Acadian Country near Lafayette, Natchez, Mississippi, the Natchez Trace Parkway, and Nashville, Tennessee. More ...
January 2010: Eastern Caribbean Cruise
Presenting PixTraveler's 2010 Eastern Caribbean Cruise. It began in Baltimore, MD., stopped at St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Maarten, and returned to Baltimore. We traveled aboard the Celebrity Mercury. Altogether it was a wonderful experience. We relaxed, saw and learned interesting new things, were entertained, had great meals, and met great new people. More ...
August 2010: New England/Canada Cruise
Join us on our cruise from Boston to Montreal and Back aboard the Holland America Line MS Maasdam. We wanted to drive to Boston and, after the cruise, continue on a drive through New England. We chose the 7 Day Canada/New England North Bound back to back with the return South Bound trip. The ports of call were: Boston, Massachusetts, US; Bar Harbor, Maine, US; Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA; Sydney,Canada; Charlottetown, Prince Edward CA; Cruising Gulf of St. Lawrence; Quebec City, Quebec, CA; and Montreal, Quebec, CA. More ...
April 2008: Mount Vernon
Presenting PixTraveler's trip to Mt. Vernon sponsored by the Historical Society Of Frederick County. The date was April 25,2008. This trip started in Frederick, MD., followed I270 to the Washington Beltway, then proceeded down the beautiful George Washington Parkway past Washington DC, went through Alexandria VA, and continued down the George Washington Parkway to Mount Vernon. At Mount Vernon we toured the Visitor's Center, the remarkable Donald W. Reynolds Museum, and the historic Mount Vernon grounds. More ...
May 2008: Steamboat Cruise on the Columbia and Snake Rivers
Presenting PixTraveler's riverboat ride on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Preparing this presentation brought back many memories of our 2008 cruise aboard the stern wheel steamboat, Columbia Queen. That beautiful boat has been idle since then, so our trip has extra significance. The trip started on Saturday, May 31, 2008 in Portland, Oregon, proceeded up the beautiful Columbia and Snake Rivers and returned to Portland on Saturday June 7 stopping at Sacagawea State Park, Washington, Mt. St. Helens, the Lewis and Clark exhibit at Ft. Clatsop, and numerous other points. The highlight to me was the excursion aboard a smaller boat on the upper Snake river where we saw unique petroglyphs and miles of spectacular scenery. More ...
April 2007: Normandy to Paris on the Seine
Our tour started with an excursion to the Normandy Beaches on April 30 then continued with a river cruise up the Seine aboard the Viking Seine. On May 1 we visited Onfleur and Caudebec. We continued to Rouen on May 2 then visited Les Andelys, Vernon and Giverny on May 3. On May 4, we visited Conflains and continued to Paris. More ...
October 2006: Eastern Mediterranean Cruise
Presenting PixTraveler's 2006 Eastern Mediterranean Cruise. It began with an extended stay in Venice followed by visits to Dubrovnik, Sicily, Sorrento, Athens, Santorini, Rodes, and Turkey. More ...