Namibia: June 2022 (Part 2-Diamond Dreams)
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 After a terrific launch of our Complete Namibia photographic tour with Martin Bailey in the Quiver Tree Forest » Read more
Architecture
Chile, March 2022: A chilly reception (Part 1: Chiloé Island)
Saturday, March 19, 2022-Sunday, March 20, 2022 Travel can be stressful, we all know that, but usually the rewards easily outweigh the » Read more
2021 Highlights
2021 was another doozy of a pandemic year. Pandemic year 2 started off well, Stump having being turned out decisively in November » Read more
Paris pendant la pandémie: November 2021
My feet were the only part of me not sad about leaving Paris. Over 9 days, we covered many miles on foot, » Read more
Methow Valley, NYC and Berkshires (June-July 2021)-Part 3, the Berkshires
Our pandemic round robin of cancelling international trips and searching for reasonably safe domestic substitutions continued unabated all through summer 2021. We » Read more
Methow Valley, NYC and Berkshires (June-July 2021)-Part 2, NYC
After a wonderful long weekend in the Methow Valley mountain biking with Dave, we were off to NYC. We were lucky with » Read more
New York, we’re back! (March-April 2021)
Saturday, March 27, 2021 New York, back at last! This long-awaited, week-long return to New York after 16 months away flew by. » Read more
Yosemite’s elusive firefall: February 2021
Saturday February 20, 2021 From lemons , we opt to make lemonade. This particular week, for the past 10 years, has always » Read more
New territory: Grand Canyon North Rim, September 2020
Sunday, September 6, 2020 Almost every summer for the past 15 years, a Rimtours mountain biking and camping trip to the North » Read more
Eyes Wide Open: Looking at 2019
2019 was an active, hectic, and stressful year. The simmering concerns I had been harboring in recent years about my mother’s living » Read more