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
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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
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
Prescott by mountain bike: Pain and pleasure (September, 2021)
Friday, September 24, 2021 I had wished to have a little more time in Sedona after our Western Spirit mountain biking and » Read more
Methow Valley, NYC and Berkshires (June-July 2021)-Part 1, Methow Valley, WA
The long arm of Covid continued to impact our travel plans well into 2021, even as California “reopened” June 15 and some » 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
2020: A year of clear vision?
Preamble How to sum up 2020? A year so chaotic, full of fear and fury, as to be life-altering, unforgettable and for » Read more
Coronavirus calendar: (Month 3: May 2020)
Saturday, May 2, 2020 According to the calendar, I was to have my hair done and we would have attended a biannual » Read more
Careening through Canyonlands (October 2020)
Sunday, October 4, 2020 We were finally going to make it this week to Moab, Utah, the former ranching and uranium mining » Read more
Lovely Lake Powell-August 2020
Monday, August 17, 2020 We were nervous about our maiden voyage on Lake Powell. Despite spending so much time diving from and » Read more