A Short Drive on Horses & Hound Scenic Byway on 12-Mar-2019

Today, I was very lucky to have a short drive for about an 30 minutes on  Horses and Hound Scenic Byway and was really enjoyed the snaky road and the nature around it. The byway is so named because of the fox hunting and horse breeding that has been a part of the culture in these hills and valleys.

Visit to Great Falls Park on 10-Mar-2019

Visited Great Falls Park along the Potomac River near Washington DC on 10-Mar-2019. Very nice place with nature's different flavor with tall leafless trees. We see here series of steep, jagged rocks making an idle place for kayaking.Easy to access from Washington DC and nice place to spare a few hours.

Shahs, Paliwals and Pathaks

A Snowy Day in Towson, MD on 20-Feb-2019

The weather was  pleasing and nature bestowed upon its best everywhere as snowfall continued through out the morning. The temperature was sub-zero. And anyhow with some determination, took an half-an-hour walk around the neighborhood and enjoyed the chill and nature's beautiful bounty.  Government vehicles were busy clearing the snow prompt using salt and me taking snaps and watching the scene -  नज़ारा. 

Visit to Timonium Motorcycle Show on 10 Feb-2019

Ankit, Priyanka, Sadhana and DY visited the Timonium Motorcycle Show at Lutherville, MD, USAshow on the same day of arrival from India to Towson, MD, USA.  I found myself very lucky to have look at hundreds of bikes in the last  1 hour and 30 minutes of the closure of the show. I had been to New Hope, PA, USA in 2014 village to enjoy season's fall and was astonished with a variety of bikes fantastically decorated on the main street of New Hope,  on a busy Sunday in summer. But the Timonium Feb-2019 show proved to be beyond my dreams

Visit to USA in 2019

Currently in USA and plan to move around  to places around Baltimore and Washington DC.  A few rides on a bike are in the offfing - may be on Harley-Davidson. And also to spent some time with my daughter Priyanka and son-in-law Ankit.  It is good winter here and hope to see nice summer as well. A perfect timing to visit USA.

This post will share my experience  during this stay about places, exhibition, etc. :

With Paliwals, Shah and Pathaks in USA

Visit to Junagadh, Girnar, Somnath and Dwaraka in Jan-2019

A visit to Guru Dattatreya Temple, Girnar and Somnath and Dwaraka was organized by Durg Malhar Treks and Tours from 5 Jan, 2019 to 8 Jan-19. The travel was done by railway, bus and auto-rikshaw. Sumant Kelkar, Sadhana and me extended this tour to Dwaraka from 5-Jan, 2019 to 11-Jan-19 and returned to Thane on 12-Jan-2019.

Visit to Dwaraka, Rukmani, Nagnath, Gopi and Bet Dwaraka from 09-Jan-19 to 11-Jan-19

On 09-Jan-2019, visited Dwaraka, Rukmini Temple, Nagnath Mandir, Gopi, Bhet Dwaraka. Krishna ruled from Dwaraka, spent time with Gopies at Gopi village and his residence was at Bhet Dwarka. Bhet Dwaraka is also known for the Sudama's - Krishna's childhood friend visit

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Selfie at Dwaraka Station : The steam-engine named as "Dwaraka"

Visit to Somnath on 08-Jan-2019

Visited Somnath Temple located at Prabhas Patan near Veralval in Saurashtra believed to be the first Jyotirlinga of Shiva. The site of Somnath has been a pilgrimage site from ancient times on account of being a Triveni Sangam (the confluence of three rivers: Kapila, Hiran and Sarasvati). The present temple is built in the Chaulukya style of temple architecture or "Kailash Mahameru Prasad" style.

The temple is situated at such a place that there is no land in a straight line between Somnath seashore until Antarctica, such an inscription in Sanskrit is found on the Bāṇastambha (Sanskrit: बाणस्तम्भ, lit. arrow pillar) erected on the sea-protection wall. The Bāṇastambha mentions that it stands at a point on the Indian landmass that is the first point on land in the north to the South Pole at that particular longitude.

With Kelkar and Sadhana at Somnath Beach

Visit to Dattatreya Temple on Girnar Peak on 7 Jan-2019

A visit to Guru Dattatreya Temple, Girnar Peak was organized by Durg Malhar Treks and Tours in Jan, 2019. Girnar Mountain is older than Himalayas The temple of Guru Dattatreya is located on the top of holy mountain Girnar and takes a tough climb of 10,000 steps .On the way, the devotee passes Jain temples around 3,800 steps, Goddess Ambaji 5,000 steps and Gorakhnath around 7,000 steps. Gorakhnath is the highest peak in Gujarat. The climb is quite difficult and testing the mental and physical ability of the devotees.

Visit to Shri Swaminarayan Temple, Junagadh on 06-Jan-2019

 Shri Swaminarayan Temple, Junagadh 

A group of 60 tourist visited the temple in the evening. The climate was pleasant and with a lot of tourists around and the ambiance of the temple and surrounding was really enjoyable. in 1828, Swaminarayana himself  installed Shri Ranchhodrai and Trikamrai in the inner sanctum.