Bodega Bay
Weekend, March 30 – April 1, 2018 For this weekend getaway I’d managed to find a last minute spot in the ‘Porto Bodega Marina and RV Park. Since we left on Friday after work we wanted to have a guaranteed…
Tag USA
Solar Eclipse – Sisters, OR
August 21st, 2017 A trip one year in the works – flights and hotels were booked the moment it was possible to do so. We were getting excited as the event drew nearer. So time to check some logistics about…
Washington DC. March 2016
Had a great time in DC: to be updated.
Death Valley ‘Super Bloom’ 2016
Once in a Decade… We heard about it, read about it, saw the pictures and Park updates,…. and wondered: what are we doing here instead of going to see it for ourselves?! Lucky enough to score rooms in Furnace Creek…
Austin, TX
Had a wonderful long weekend in Austin to help celebrate Anjou and Neil’s wedding. Flew out Thursday and landed in the late afternoon just in time to enjoy an early meal and drink at Eddie V’s. Later in the evening,…
Mt Baker with Friends
Joined Darrin, Lisa and Jeff for a 4 day ice-climb of Mt Baker’s North Ridge. Had a wonderful time and reached the summit.
Mt Shasta with Friends
A quick trip up the I5 to climb Mt Shasta with Darrin and Lisa. The weather was not kind to us and we did not even attempt the summit. Instead we did a little skills training. Great weekend nonetheless.
Sterlin finally made it home
Monday, December 22, 2014 Thanks to gps tracking we spotted Sterlin’s cruise ship, ‘Hapag-Lloyd Seoul Express’ in the Bay just across from Pier 32. Sterlin was in one of the smaller containers at the front of the ship. Thursday, January…
Waiting for Sterlin
Saturday, December 13, 2014 We are still waiting for Sterlin to arrive back home. Not only has his ship been delayed with a few weeks (tell me something new); there also seems to be some ‘actions’ from the stevedores (really…
Homeward Bound!
It had arrived: the last day of our ‘Around The World Trip’. That evening we boarded a plane in Ho Chi Minh / Saigon that took us back home to San Francisco. Bittersweet really. On the one hand we felt sad…
San Francisco
Sunday to Thursday, November 2 – 6, 2014 Stephen flew back to San Francisco to organize a few things. Uneventful trip, which is the best kind. Caroline stayed back in Europe.
San Francisco
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Arrived back in San Francisco officially bringing Leg 1 of our trip to an end. It is good to back, even if it is only for 5 days. And the weather gods are being good to…
Los Angeles
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Today Sterlin got dropped off at Schumacher Cargo and Logistics for shipping to Australia. The process was extremely easy and very reasonably priced at $1,850. In preparation of arrival into Sydney, Sterlin underwent a serious cleaning…
Caroline Leaves for Europe
Monday, April 29, 2014 The adventure starts with Caroline heading out from San Francisco airport to London. Only 4 bags!
We Are Still At Home in Beautiful San Francisco
We are sorting out and organizing as much of the logistics and paperwork that we can do in advance: visas, carnet de passage for the car, getting our place ready to be rented out, and lots of assorted paper work.…