Destinations

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

We escaped the rain of Singapore and headed to the warm sunshine in Chiang Mai, the largest city in northern Thailand with a population of around…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

A whirlwind tour of the Emerald Isle between rain showers…

York and Edinburgh for a few days before heading to Ireland…

Our last week in Lancaster and a trip to Knaresborough…

Four days in London, pubs, plays and Egyptian mummies.…