My youngest daughter, college seeker and travel buddy is guest writing this blog post. With Carissa's frequent appearances here I thought she should be heard as well as seen. Besides, she writes more better :) Ronnie [caption id="attachment_3112" align="alignnone" width="560"] Airstream Airbnb at Santa Monica[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3116" align="alignleft"...
The four hour drive from Savannah, Georgia to Davidson, North Carolina was interrupted only by a brief stop for gas and a few goodies at a grocery store. Our only setback was the discovery that our hastily purchased box of organic cookies with the enticing...
The following are some of mine and Carissa’s favorite photos from her college search last fall in the south. Since Carissa is our youngest of four, we have been down this road before. By now, most of the schools speeches seem pretty routine, small classes,...
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...
Crossing the Golden Gate bridge is never the same experience no matter how often one traverses it. The weather can change by the minute, cloaked in fog for a moment, bathed in sunshine the next, whatever the weather, it’s always unique. This time, our crossing comes...
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...
Since disappearing from those I love seems to be a requirement for maintaining a blog, I have let it slip during the holidays. The joy of connecting with friends and family is too great to miss a moment. That said, I miss my blog and look...
Carissa and I experienced some unusual and interesting places on our Oregon/California adventure but this yurt was perhaps the most memorable. The description on Airbnb's website read like this… "Turn down my private lane, off the beaten path, and you will find my seven acre forest...
[caption id="attachment_2315" align="alignnone" width="560"] Picturesque Mendocino CA[/caption] When the producers of TV’s Murder She Wrote were looking for the perfect stand-in for the fictional New England coastal village of Cabot Cove, they found it about 3,000 miles this side of the East Coast in the Northern...
