Happy birthday to this blog! Yes indeed, it has been 5 years! Technically I started this blog on Tumblr and then moved to its current WordPress platform, but it is 5 years old this month! The genesis of the blog was to find a vehicle to keep friends and family apprised of our photos, tales,… Read More Blog 5 Years Old! – Mar 2018
One of the most common questions I am asked (second only to how exactly did you get Karen to marry you) is what is my favorite place visited this year? Since we have finished our travels for the year, I thought it would be timely to put this list together. I struggle with this question,… Read More Top 10 Places – 2016
We spent this past week in Death Valley National Park and I was reminded of how beautiful a place it is. It is ironic that such a hot, dry and inhospitable place with so little rain (on average less than 2 inches per year) is so significantly shaped by rain! Arriving in Death Valley from… Read More Death Valley – Jan. 2016