Dwight Peck's personal website

Summer 2014

A photographic record of whatever leapt out at us


With retirement finally gaining a good solid grip, it's time to relax and watch life go by.

You may not find this terribly rewarding unless you're included here, so this is a good time for casual and random browsers to turn back before they get too caught up in the sweep and majesty of the proceedings and can't let go.

Neighborhood walks in the late spring

Well settled into the Swiss village of Ollon, near Aigle, and with Kristin out of the country off and on during the spring, we're exploring the neighborhood. [Click on the photos to proceed.]

Antagnes, our closest neighbor, 16 March 2014

Straight up the hill to Panex, 21 March 2014

Views of the River Rhône and Villeneuve

Aigle and its château

Back to Panex and on to Plambuit, mid-May 2014

Hike up the Vallon de Nant, 2 June


A week in Bologna, late May 2014

Beautiful downtown Bologna

More scenes of Bologna

A day trip to Modena

And a last few days in Bologna


Hikes with Cathy and Oscar near Grindelwald, early June 2014

First, scenes of Gsteig on the way to the venue

Hikes from Bachalpsee with Oscar and Cathy

Inside the Rosenlaui Glacier Gorge

Kleine Scheidegg and the Eiger Nordwand


Early summer hikes

Ensex and the Col de Bretaye, 22 June 2014

Mont d'Or & the Pierre du Moëllé, 29 June 2014

The hamlet of Villy, just next door, 3 July 2014

The Sentier du Sel near Panex, 13 July 2014


The Wisconsin Northwoods and a road trip,
late July to mid-September 2014

Back on the lake, late July 2014

Wetland study tour to the Penokee Hills

The Bad River Slough on the Chippewa reservation

William at the Wildwood zoo, 22 August 2014

A rich variety of watercraft, late August 2014

Last days on the lake, early September 2014

Road trip: Starved Rock, Ill., Cincinnati . . .

. . . and northeastern Pennsylvania, 17-19 September


And back to Switzerland

The alpage of Le Richard above Nant, 4 October 2014

A hike above the Col de la Croix, 8 October 2014

Back to the Tour de Famelon near Leysin, 17 October

Ramsar veterans at Signal de Bougy, 18 October

What's next?

A few days in Aosta, Italy, and a hike in the Valpelline, late October. Then, after Kristin's semi-annual book sale at the Geneva "Library in English", we're off for a few weeks in late November in Lucca, with side trips and short stays in Asti and Alba whilst going and coming back. We haven't planned any further ahead than that yet, because . . . well, you know.


Feedback and suggestions are welcome if positive, resented if negative, . All rights reserved, all wrongs avenged. Posted 6 November 2014.


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