Back home from the trip, got all the pictures sorted out. Here’s a few from the Panama Canal transit:
Gatun Lock, as they open the gate for us:
The little locomotive is called a “mule” (my wife thought they were talking about actual mules, listening to the orientation presentation… 
), four of them kept our ship centered in the lock with two feet on either side.
A better shot of the lock, looking back:
A fascinating operation, and an interesting study in historical engineering.
Just for the joy of photographing.
This morning I looked out of the window and took a picture…
…and then I captured the man on the other side of the mirror.
@qmpel That’s a new twist… I like it! 
There was two batteries involved in this image - one slightly hard-to-find non-rechargeable in the Pentax MZ-5 that took the original on HP5+ 35mm film, and one rechargeable in the Sony Nex5r that digitized it…
In manhandling my camera, I sometimes trip the shutter when I don’t mean to:
@qmpel, thanks for the inspiration…
@ggbutcher Booger-free as far as I can tell. The joint in the crown moulding is fighting for dominance.
That’s why the title of the topic warns you to charge it before you go. 
I had a work trip and decided to charge the batteries and take my camera on the trip to Nashville, TN. On the first evening I took some pictures but nothing I liked. On the second night I also took the camera to take some pictures before dinner. The sun was setting to the left and I used a bench rail to help hold the camera lens for 1/1.3 sec. Hot pixel module helped with the long exposure. This is not my normal style of shooting, but it was fun.
Parthenon, Nashville, TN.
Newly created wet nature area next to the Leie in Menen, West Flanders, Belgium. They added a metal walking path over those wet areas, approx 300 meters …
Unsure about the naturalization effort, but more wet-green is always welcome. Interesting that the trail platform is made of metal instead of wood. I suppose they had longevity and stability (and therefore accessibility) in mind.
But that makes the photo interesting and worth recapturing in the future as the area evolves. Thanks for sharing.
Happy for you that you had such a bucket-list experience as a Panama Canal transit.
Now if only I could keep my jealousy in check 
Indeed Alan, at regular intervals I would take pictures at the same location to experience the evolution and see how it is maintained and by whom …
In Canberra today… I like this one. Could almost be a walkway between seats leading to… the sky…
darktable 4.3
I have my wife to thank, she came up with this trip as a post-retirement initiation. She even picked the ship so we went through the old 1913 locks; if your ship is larger, you go through the new locks which aren’t as interesting. Here she is with a “I put together the best-est vacation” expression
And, one more lock pic, exiting to Gatun Lake:
Basophobia triggering. Also reminds me of a certain anime/manga.
Old-timey: the style not the people. 
This is very nice one!
You look so happy! Good for you!