For our 23rd anniversary, and our second during the pandemic, Kim and I decided to travel east to the recreation area of Lake Chelan. Popular in the summertime for what…

We timed our visit to India to coincide with the annual company party. I also spent 7 working days in the office meeting with all of my colleagues that I…

I returned to India three years later for another work visit. A little wiser this time, I booked extra rest days. And I brought my boss. We arrived at the…

The first week of November we traveled back to Arizona to visit friends and family. On two different days we ventured into the Papago Park area. The first time was…

For our last morning in Bend we drove south to the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. We wanted to visit the vast lava fields created during a major eruption some 7,000…

Our first few days in Bend were sunny and warm, but by the afternoon of day three the skies were grey and snowflakes were falling. We spent much of the…

Our first day trip out of Bend was directly south to Crater Lake National Park. Created by the collapse of a large volcano some 7,000 years ago, the lake is…

When we moved to our current address some eight years ago, we didn’t have enough extra budget to remodel the kitchen along with the rest of house. This summer we…

Another birthday, another snowshoeing trip. The day before my 50th birthday party, Jim and I drove east to Snoqualmie Pass and rented some gear to do a short snowshoeing outing.

For my 50th birthday weekend Kim and I flew south to Santa Barbara. It was a cool and rainy weekend, but we found plenty of things to see and do…