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We love Vienna and plan to return before another 46 years slips away. I last visited in 1979 with my sister Laurie during our ill-fated backpacking trip around Europe. It…

We thought that changing locations on a Saturday would help us avoid traffic, but we quickly learned that Saturday is one of the biggest travel days in Europe. I assume…

We settled into lake life for a week. After moving every few days for a month, we were looking forward to a weeklong stay—somewhere we could unpack and store our…

The picturesque village of Annecy France adorns the cover of Rick Steves France guidebook. We had never been, so thought we would include it in our swing through southern France. …

As you may have noticed Kelly gathers friends around the world.  When she decided to get some online teaching a couple years ago she signed up with Karen, an American…

The impetus for our European adventure was an invitation to a birthday celebration in Bordeaux France.  I have written many times about Kelly’s host family, the Ohlsons, from Kelly’s1979 student…

My return to Amsterdam after 40 years

8 days and 226 miles of wet, cold, hot, muddy, sandy whitewater rafting and camping through the majestic red rock of Arizona’s Grand Canyon with my daughter and son. Two…

We left Stellenbosch driving what is known as the Garden Route, our destination Knysna, a harbor and vacation town 300 miles up the east coast from Cape Town.  I assumed…

We bid farewell to our new friends at Thabamati and flew 2 hours south to Cape Town.  Our first impression…..paved roads are nice.  Cape Town and the entire south coast…

“Welcome to Thabamati Lodge” say’s Mich (pronounced meesh) as she greets us. Thabamati Luxury Tented Camp is located in the Timbavati game reserve about an hour drive from our first…

Our first journey into Africa

I first visited the Grand Canyon in 1996 and fell in love with its spectacular beauty.  In 2015 Kelly and I joined my sisters and hiked the Canyon from rim…

As our two weeks in Hoi An came to a close, Kelly and I were both looking forward to heading home.  We probably weren’t in the best frame of mind…

If you could visit only one place in Vietnam I would suggest Hoi An.  Travel is always personal, some people love a destination while others hate it.  My personal bias…

As we ride in our “taxi” from the Hanoi airport I am closely watching our route on my phone.  We had walked up to the taxi stand outside the airport…

I can understand that a country like Cambodia charges a $30 entry fee just to collect a little money from tourists and maybe provide a few more government jobs.  …

Having never been to Southeast Asia my expectations were unrealistic, is  there really any tropical paradise?  A place where the locals live in modern comfort, the beaches are pristine and…

Travel blogs can often be like Facebook and Instagram posts filled with smiles, sunshine, white sand beaches and tropical drinks. But all is not rainbows and butterflies, we all know…

Thailand and Mexico use the same cable company We escaped the rain of Singapore and headed to the warm sunshine in Chiang Mai, the largest city in northern Thailand with…

We have traveled often with my two sisters in recent years, usually hiking around US National Parks.  However, my first international trip was backpacking around Europe with my sister Laurie…

I know! I told you I would write in Paris, well I lied.  Now back in Arizona I have returned to writing because my public demands a blog update, well…

Out final week traveling across Turkiye

Discovering Istanbul we start our 13 day tour of Turkiye

Tasting our way through our last days in Portugal

The wonderful people of Portugal, Lagos to Lisbon

A vacation from travel enjoying the beaches of the Algarve, Portugal

Meeting friends in Seville we spendour final days in Spain

Madrid, the current Spanish Capital is only a three hour high-speed train ride from Barcelona. We originally planned to stay in Toledo, the old Spanish capital and day trip into…

Barcelona will cure what ails you

“I can’t believe you have never been to New York”! That is what everyone says after we tell them this is our first time in NYC, so go ahead and join the chorus.

Wandering around Washington State visiting Friends and Family

The road north to Caprial's graduation

Why have we stopped traveling and settled in Arizona? Read on.

A review of 2020 in pictures

A Month in Montana on Flathead Lake

When we started this nomadic life we did not know how long it would last.  As Tolkien say’s “it is a dangerous business going out your door…who knows where you…

Our stay in San Miguel de Allende is cut short by the coronavirus

Our last week in Mexico City before the virus

Our first week in Mexico City and soon to be our last in this Airbnb.

Spending a month in Bucerias, Mexico

A month On Banderas bay between Bucerias and La Cruz, Mexico

January in Maui is a great way to start the year

10 days in Orlando, theme parks, NASA and sunshine with Jacob

Old friends gather in Nashville for a few nights of fun

Returning to the Pacific Northwest we answer questions and talk of lessons learned from nine months on the road

A trip to Dubrovnik from our temporary home outside Trogir

Contemplating the future while relaxing on the Adriatic outside Split, Croatia

Two weeks in Croatia with Caprial and our August budget update

Our last week in Ireland and a drastic change in weather as we move to Croatia