The Flying Kiwis
Last week we had an opportunity to catch up with some of Stephen’s family. Tim and Jane (Stephen’s uncle and aunt) were in town for 3 days; Kate (their daughter) was here for the week. They stayed with a lovely…
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Cherry Trees
This is our 5th Spring in San Francisco and we finally made it to the cherry trees in bloom in Golden Gate Park. Had we waited another couple of weeks we would have missed their splendor again! While there we…
Back in San Francisco.
It’s been a week now since we moved into a new apartement in San Francisco’s South Beach area, next to the Giants Baseball Stadium. We are in the same building as before, with the same fantastic view and signed a…
Back in the Bay Area!
Between our off-road adventure and getting back to the Bay Area we have seen lots of beautiful, impressive and/or weird things. So indulge me in giving an overview in a few photo albums. On October 8th we made it to…
Sterlin goes Off-Road, UT
Today we visited Canyonlands National Park. Instead of taking the paved roads, we decided to take one of the 4WD only roads. This enabled us to get away from the crowds and access great views of the Colorado River. The…
A Touch of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah
After Mt Rushmore we continued to Devil’s Tower, WY – a close encounter of the best kind! We then left the cornfields of Wyoming for the Rockies in Colorado. ‘Rocky Mountains National Park’ was worth the drive-through. We stopped in…
Mt Rushmore and Crazy Horse, SD
After several days of driving through cornfields (and believe me, all cornfields look alike), the Black Hills of South West Dakota were a very welcome sight. Somewhere between the cornfields of Iowa, we did manage to find a ballpark and…
Juneau, AK
We will keep this post very short (as internet and phone seem to be a real problem here). Just wanted to let you know that we touched down in Alaska. Took the ferry from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert –…
‘Northern Exposure’
Hi All! Remember the TV show ‘Northern Exposure’? It was set in a fictitious place called ‘Cicely, Alaska’. Well, on July 8th we drove east out of Seattle on Hwy 90 for 80 odd miles to get to Roslyn, Washington,…
Mt Rainier, Washington (14,410 ft)
Thought I’d better send a quick post to let you all know that I was successful in my summit of Mt Rainier! I set off at 10:30am Monday from the car-park arriving at Camp Muir around 3:00 pm. After a…
Portland, Oregon
What a surprisingly pleasant and nice city! There’s a bit of a European feel to it. Lots of funky, trendy, leafy neighborhoods: Hawthorne, NW23 (reminded me a bit of Balmain in Sydney), Downtown. I loved the Japanese and Rose Gardens:…
Lassen Volcanic and Crater Lake National Parks.
After numerous previous trips whizzing up and down the I-5, we made the right decision to go a little inland and visit these two great national parks. Mt Lassen (10,457 ft) remains covered in snow, with the various lakes just…
Finally on our way!!!!!!
You wouldn’t believe how much stuff fits in a small, 2-bedroom apartment! And it just seemed to keep coming up out of the ground!!!!!!! But finally after 3 days of packing and stuffing things into storage, we got on our…
40 and Away Party
Hey Guys! I should turn 40 and give a party more often!!! Thanks to all for being there and making it a birthday and going-away party to remember!!! Going-away party as a few days later we set off on a…