I guess that covers most everything.

If you haven’t been to Las Vegas lately, have a look at the latest additions to the skyline, as seen from my room at the MGM Grand. It may change again soon — there’s talk of demolishing the unfinished Harmon Hotel because of structural deficiencies.

Villafranca del Bierzo, Spain

I took this photo from the window of my room at the Hotel Plaza in Villafranca del Bierzo, Spain.

The evening before, I drove with my father and sister to this pretty town to meet my mother and daughter, who are walking across northern Spain along the Camino de Santiago. We sat at a cafe in the Plaza Mayor and had a bottle of the local Bierzo wine, and a simple pilgrim dinner.

The photo was taken, as always, with my trusty little Canon PowerShot.

This one, in a photograph by my sister Maryanne Leblanc, is being unloaded at JFK simultaneously from two decks, using two jetways.

Here it is in all its glory in two more photos by Maryanne.

Sunrise over First Pond at Fish Creek Ponds, New York

I shot this photo around 7 this morning from my campsite at Fish Creek Ponds in the Adirondacks.

My day began around 5:30 a.m., and by the time I took this photo I had already eaten “pre-breakfast” — a muffin and cup of coffee — and hiked for a couple of miles. After I shot the photo, it was time for a short bike ride to reserve a kayak at a nearby marina.

Then I had the full breakfast: bacon, eggs, orange juice and green tea, followed up with freshly pan-fried English muffins:

I have no photos of the English muffins. They were too good to wait through a photo shoot.

This photo, with a massive California fan palm in the foreground and the snow-capped  San Jacinto Mountains in the background, was taken in March 2010 at Palm Canyon near Palm Springs.  (See the entire gallery.)

My daughter, Kate Symmonds, and I got a nice Priceline deal on a resort in Rancho Mirage and spent a few days exploring the area around Palm Springs. We were surprised at how beautiful and varied the western Mojave Desert can be, and we ended up spending a lot more time in the great outdoors and a lot less time poolside than we had expected.

 Many of the pictures in the photo gallery were taken in and near Palm Canyon, which is among the Indian Canyons near Palm Springs. Admission is $8, and well worth it. Some of the others were taken at The Living Desert zoo and gardens in Palm Desert, which costs $12.50 per person, a great bargain.

Just posted my new photo gallery of Waikiki and Honolulu. Have a look.

Half Dome at sunset from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park.

(You can view large versions of the photos in a gallery by clicking on the first photo and hitting the “next” link under each photo.)

It’s the largest passenger aircraft in the world, and Qantas has it configured to carry 450 people on two decks. Note the double row of windows.

I first saw an A380 nearly two years ago, when Airbus flew one of the prototypes to Bradley to show it to Pratt & Whitney employees who worked on the engines. My video from that flight is available here.

This one here is a Lufthansa 747:

That’s what I’m talking about!