Back to Baja: October 2022
Friday, October 7, 2022 No good adventure begins uneventfully, or so it seems. 2022 was a year dominated by pandemic make-up trips, » Read more
Culture
Namibia, June 2022 (Part 6, Etosha National Park)
The final phase of our Namibia trip was devoted to wildlife, centered on Etosha National Park, in northern Namibia. Etosha means » Read more
Namibia, June 2022 (Part 5: A visit to a Himba village)
Tuesday June 7, 2022 After our “vacation within a vacation” at Walvis Bay, with too numerous to count flamingos and pelicans for » Read more
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
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
New York: Springboard to Paris (November-December 2021)
Friday, November 19, 2021 Today was a travel day, on Jetblue from San Diego to NYC, the first day of 3+ weeks » 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