In a recent conversation with a friend, I was lamenting the woes of being a few trips behind in my blog posts. We came to the conclusion that I should keep it simpler and more frequent, much like the approach to having fun. So, when traveling...
While most of the territory that Carissa and I have covered on our July 2012 Oregon/California Coastal Adventure has been new to us, this leg of our adventure was like coming home. Our visits to Point Reyes started in 2008 when Carissa and I ventured...
Viewing our cozy little Yurt in the woods and the seaside town of Mendocino from the perspective of the rearview mirror was no easy task. But our adventure continued as we made our way down highway 1 towards San Francisco. Our first stop was at Point...
How do I take 2,201 of my favorite photographs from an epic, twelve day Oregon/California coastal adventure and narrow it down to my top ten? Impossible...
[caption id="attachment_1648" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Over 12,000 ft elevation on The highest continuous paved road in the world, Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park[/caption] Greetings from Boulder Colorado! Here are a few images from our adventures this week with Carols sister Mary and her husband Whit. It's been...
What does Father's day have to do with Travel you might ask? Well, if you are a father who views life as a journey, then there is a significant correlation. Sifting through photo's (as I often do) I am reminded of the precious commodity we...
When I heard that Christina's friend Leah was getting married in Birmingham, Alabama this May, two words came to mind (after congrats!), road trip! My oldest daughter Christina and I have always enjoyed road trips together. Among our favorites have been the ones to and...
25 years ago I found myself navigating a Lincoln continental the size of an aircraft carrier up a very dark and twisty Highway 1. Somewhere north of LA bound for San Francisco with a 6 mo old sleeping Christina and a increasingly nervous Carol by...
What do you do when your birthday is December the 27th? Such is the struggle that always surrounds Carissa's birthdays. The solution? A 1/2 birthday. I can't say that I have ever fully bought into this as I still see it as a ploy for...
I enjoy graduations a great deal. One of my favorite TV moments is in May when the Nightly News does a slideshow recap of many of the major university's graduations with excerpts from there speakers. Graduations are a milestone, a reminder of the passing of...
