The Alaska Highway is what some would consider the greatest American road trip. Built in the 1940s after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, it connected the once neglected U.S. Territory to the contiguous United States allowing the U.S. to protect itself from a land invasion from Japan, a possibility that[…]
My husband has gone fishing. I’m at the picnic bench in our campground surrounded by the majestic pines of the San Bernardino National Forest and listening to the wind through the trees and the lively conversation of Steller’s Jays. A squirrel is foraging for food inching its way towards the[…]
My husband and I traveled to Europe for the very first time in 1998. It was the first time either of us had left the North American continent and the first of many big adventures in our 31 years of marriage. A travel agent helped us assemble an itinerary because[…]
May 23: I’m grateful for this day of sightseeing on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. My favorite spot was here, at this quarry turned nature preserve, in Halibut Point State Park.
May 24: I’m always grateful for the opportunity to work on my bucket list. Visiting all National Parks, going on an African photo safari, and visiting all 50 states are just a few of the items on my list. Visiting all 50 states sounds ambitious, but thanks to a few[…]
May 20: Today is a travel day. A day vulnerable to mishaps has been gone well. It’s worth acknowledging, even expressing gratitude for. I’m a seasoned traveler and did all my research in preparation for this trip. But still I found myself anxious as the day approached. There seems to[…]
April 25: Plans are underway for a trip back East with family. The primary objective is to scatter my dad’s ashes off the coast of his hometown. There are differing desires for how to spend the rest of the trip and for a brief while the plan was to, upon leaving[…]
March 16: Four years ago today my husband and I were re-acclimating ourselves after being 7 days on a 16 passenger Motor Catamaran in the Galapagos Islands. Our brief return to Quito was the perfect opportunity to relocate our land legs, take a proper shower, attire ourselves with clothes that[…]
March 14th: I’m not a skier which makes snowbound vacations not so high on my list. But I never pass up an opportunity to go on a trip with a group of friends and this group of friends is a lot of fun to travel with. I did give skiing the[…]
March 13th: On this day in 2005 I was in Paris, on this day in 2009 I was in Banff, and on this day in 2013 I was in the Galapagos. For very different reasons these were three very significant trips. Two of them included my husband and another couple.[…]
February 28th: Today I acquired a first class ticket to Boston for a trip I’m taking in a few months with my brother and sister-in-law. We’re taking my father’s ashes home and following the path of his youth. First class on a coast to coast flight is a rare luxury. Back in[…]
A year ago today I was in Urbina Bay on Isla Isabela in the Galapagos Islands having my picture taken with 2 Giant Tortoises. You know the moral of Aesop’s fable The Tortoise and the Hare? Slow and steady wins the race. A more current translation of this moral is[…]
