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IRELAND IN TWO WEEKS: Part 2, From Killarney, Back to Dublin and Home (May 2023)

Killarney We left Bearna the next morning for Killarney travelling along the coastline of County Clare, but it was very... read more →

IRELAND IN TWO WEEKS: Part 1 from Dublin to the Aran Island of Inishmore (May 2023)

Prelude My mother’s maiden name was Moran and I grew up surrounded by Moran cousins. My mother’s father John Moran... read more →

Back to Budapest & the Danube, September-October 2022 (Part 2 Vienna)

The next day, Sunday, we decamped from our boat and dropped our belongings at the Hilton property in the center... read more →
The Wachau Nose

Back to Budapest & the Danube, September-October 2022 (Part 1 Budapest & Cruise)

Once again, we flew LOT, the Polish airlines, this time to Budapest, Hungary, from O’Hare in Chicago to begin part... read more →
Reflections of the rainforest in black, tannin dyed river water

Peru’s Amazon Basin: Part 2

Hiking on Solid Ground On Friday we finally had a chance to walk on solid ground (or as solid as... read more →
A congress of white egrets in Yanayacu Lake

Peru’s Amazon Basin: Part 1

Geology Noel and I had wanted to visit the... read more →

Sailing on the Danube from Bucharest to Budapest (Part 2 Bulgaria)

We woke up the next morning with our ship docked in Rousse, Bulgaria. From there we were bused an hour... read more →

Sailing on the Danube from Bucharest to Budapest (Part 1, Romania)

Our September 2021 voyage on the Danube was the first foreign traveling we had done since returning from the Galapagos... read more →

My Friend Tina Girouard Died of a Stroke on Tuesday, April 21

I believe it was in the spring of 1996 that I first met artist Tina Girouard in person. Some months... read more →

In Memory of Shirley Hudson

My friend artist Shirley Hudson passed away on October 5, 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic. I don’t... read more →

The Art Preserve of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, The Purposeful Use of Wealth–Sheboygan, Wisconsin (August 2021)

At the end of May of this year, 2021, I came across an article in The New York Times about... read more →
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GALENA, ILLINOIS: Iron Ore and General Grant

As spring began to declare itself in March after we had righteously passed a winter of quarantining and masking, Noel... read more →

Travel to Springfield, Illinois (Postscript, October 2020)

About a month after our initial sojourn to Springfield in September, Noel and I drove there again for another mini... read more →
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A Road Trip to Springfield, Illinois, in the Time of Covid

We have been slowly expanding our Covid circumscribed world since the March lockdown. Our daughter Lara suggested we do a... read more →

Covid Journeys

Backyard Sightseeing One of the great joys of being retired with a good income is travel. Noel and I like... read more →

My Friend Tina Girouard Died of a Stroke on Tuesday, April 21

I believe it was in the spring of 1996 that I first met artist Tina Girouard in person. Some months... read more →
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Ecuador and the Galapagos for the Aquatic Impaired The Islands, Part 2

Very early Friday morning, we boarded a domestic commercial flight to Guayaquil where we picked up the rest of our... read more →
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Ecuador and the Galapagos for the Aquatic Impaired (January 2020)

Preface while sheltering-in-place I am finishing this travelogue in rather grim circumstances, not so much for me and Noel, but... read more →
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To Yellowstone and Back (September 2019) Homecoming, Part 3

The next day, Sunday, we headed back to Jackson stopping... read more →
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To Yellowstone and Back (September 2019) The Parks, Part 2

Our safari began on Wednesday, early the next morning. It was our day to explore Grand Teton National Park. The... read more →
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ABOUT LAURIE BEASLEY

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This site is based on some of my travels with my husband Noel and grew out of the newsletter I published periodically to promote my gallery, Ridge Art. I had a 25+ year career in advertising and print production before opening the gallery in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1998. It featured Haitian art and other work by self-taught and visionary artists from around the world. I closed the physical gallery in 2010 to focus on my growing internet business. In August 2017 I closed down the gallery website ridgeart.com and created the website ridgearttravels.com.
- Laurie Beasley


Ridge Art Travels is not a commercial site and does not accept paid compensation from any of the hotels, travel agencies, restaurants, etc. mentioned in any of the essays.

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  • Back to Budapest & the Danube, September-October 2022 (Part 2 Vienna)
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