Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer

Follow the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee to Natchez Mississippi where Roger paints a view of the winding river from high on a bluff.

Spend the day at Heritage Village Park in Largo, Florida.

Sarah and Roger Bansemer travel to Montana to visit Glacier National Park, marvel at the glacier covered majestic mountains and ride across the famous Going to the Sun Road.

Sarah tours the interior of a sod roofed cabin in Polson, Montana with the founder of the Miracle of America Museum who describes the rigors and joys of rural life.

At the Miracle of America Museum in Polson, Montana, Sarah takes a ride on a steam powered tractor through the old museum town.

The lock master In Belleview Iowa shows Sarah the operation of lock # 12 which allows boats and barges to move up or down the Mississippi river.

Roger and Sarah Bansemer visit Devils Tower WY. Sarah learns about the tower and the sport of rock climbing from a veteran climber who has summated 2000 times.

Sarah takes you inside a Wyoming sheep herders wagon owned by a Wyoming rancher who explains the importance of this shelter used during the summer months.

Roger and Sarah Bansemer stay in a heavily wooded campground deep in an Idaho valley along the Lochsa River.

Roger and Sarah Bansemer visit the historic mining town of Philipsburg, Montana with its brightly painted buildings and delightfully restored downtown.

The Bansemers take a drive through the National Bison Range near Dixon MT with incredible panoramic views and opportunities to watch the buffalo up close.

In historic St. Augustine harbor, Sarah goes aboard the Spanish ship El Galeon and talks with Capt.

Sarah visits a Florida bird habitat and learns about the roseate spoonbill and other shore birds.

Sarah visits the Rogues Gallery In Hulett, Wyoming, and meets the owner, artist Bob Coronato, who describes the etching process and shows examples of his fine art work.

Sarah talks with artist and curator Bob Coronato in Hulett, Wyoming and learns about American Indian artifacts from his collection in the Rogues Gallery.

Sarah speaks with the production leader in the magnificent four acre walled garden of the famous Biltmore Estate in N C.

Sarah travels to South Carolina to visit a bee keeper who shares his system of collecting honey, separating it from the wax, and caring for the colony.

Sarah takes a leisurely pontoon boat tour on Lake Lure nestled in the mountains of North Carolina.

Sarah views Lake Lure from high atop Chimney Rock State Park in the Western mountains of N C.

Sarah visits the studio of a North Carolina guitar and ukulele maker who explains how he chooses the shape and the wood for each project then demonstrates the construction process of his fine instruments.

Sarah heads North to Grand Portage, MN and learns how an Ojibwe tee pee is constructed using birch bark.

Sarah explores a rural farm in WI that has a pumpkin patch containing six to seven thousand pumpkins.

Sarah tours the rose garden on the grounds of the majestic Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina and speaks to the rosarian who describes pruning and caring for the fragrant flowers.

Sarah visits a North Carolina apple orchard and talks with the owner about the numerous varieties and attributes of the apples grown there.

Sarah visits the Apple Valley Model Railroad Club housed in the old Hendersonville, NC train depot.

Sarah explores one of the world's most productive copper mines in Butte MT at the "World Museum of Mining".

Sarah visits the woodworking shop at the Jack Richeson Company in WI where over one hundred styles of fine artists easels are manufactured.

Sarah visits an important National Historical landmark on the Florida Black Heritage Trail in St.

Roger and Sarah Bansemer travel north to Alaska where they visit the town of Ketchican and Totem Bight State Historical Park where Sarah learns about the methods and materials used to create colorful totem poles.

Sarah visits the Whitney Marine Laboratory and sea turtle hospital in St.

Sarah and Roger Bansemer visit the small town of Todd, North Carolina where Sarah talks to some down home whittlers and a talented musician on the front porch of the local gathering spot.

Sarah tours the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida learning the rich history and viewing its unique architecture and building materials of native coquina stone.

Sarah and Roger visit a most interesting roadside stop on Rt.

In the first of this two part program, Sarah joins an expert fly fisherman by the Davidson River in North Carolina where he demonstrates the art of catching trout using different methods of casting.

In part 2 of this two part program, Sarah watches an expert as he creates one of the many types of flies used in fly fishing.

Roger and Sarah visit the North Carolina town of West Jefferson where Sarah visits a local butcher in the morning and later talks to one of the many artists about his work at an art opening in town.

Roger and Sarah visit the Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and Colorado where Sarah views the ancient Petroglyphs and hikes into Box Canyon.

Sarah speaks with a naturalist to learn about birding in north-eastern Florida.

Sarah tours several of St. Augustine's historic sites including the brick lined Aviles Street arts district, the oldest school house and the former Ponce de Leon hotel built by Henry Flagler.

Roger is invited to be a part of an expedition to the Titanic.

Roger and Sarah Bansemer travel to Skagway, Alaska, the northern most location in the "Painting and Travel" series so far.

Roger and Sarah travel up the eastern coast line of Michigan arriving in the village of Mackinaw City.

Sarah and Roger visit Christiansted on the beautiful island of St.

Sarah and Roger are invited to visit a large cat rescue in Mims, Florida.

Roger and Sarah drive their motorhome to the quaint fishing village of Cedar Key, Florida to spend a few days enjoying art galleries and the local scene.

Sarah and Roger stop in Detroit, Michigan to visit the renowned Detroit Institute of Arts later swinging by the famous Motown recording studio.

Roger and Sarah cruise to Ketchikan, Alaska visiting the downtown area before heading off to Glacier Bay National Park.

Painting and Travel tour the Old Presque Isle Light House on the shore of Michigan's Lake Huron.

Painting and Travel head north to Ontario Canada. Sarah spends time near the Blue Water Bridge at the Waterfront Park in Point Edward where warm fall afternoons are enjoyed by locals and visitors.

Painting and Travel visit Amish country and the Miller Carriage Shop in Shipshewana, Indiana.

Using acrylics Roger concludes his landscape painting of a horse drawn carriage on a rolling countryside lane in Shipshewana, Indiana.

During a visit to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Roger does a plein air painting of a Great Lakes freighter heading towards the locks.

Roger paints a seascape featuring sand dunes with sea oats using acrylics on board.

Painting and Travel take to the air during the Albuquerque, New Mexico Hot Air Balloon Festival where hundreds of balloons come from around the world to participate.