Monthly Archives: May 2021
Europe – Why Do We Love It So 1977, Part Two
And so, I arrived in Calais, bidding my German acquaintances a fond auf Wiedersehen and wondering what opportunities I might have passed up in doing so. The road taken though doesn’t allow for much looking back or regrets as I purchased my passage across the channel and prepared to wait for the next ferry. It […]
Europe – Why Do We Love It So 1977, Part One
As we begin to return to traveling at the rate we managed since I started this blog back in 2013, there will still be some gaps between trips that I will need to fill from time to time. So, much like I did with the Why Do We Love Yosemite series I recently posted, I’ll […]
Buellton Bike Weekend Spring 2021, Part Two
We met Tony over at Ellen’s Pancake House again for breakfast and although the oatmeal the day before was really good (with plenty of raisins, brown sugar, and walnuts to mix in) I went for two slices of French Toast and Joanna attempted to finish the Monte Cristo, a special of the day. Her sandwich […]
Buellton Bike Weekend Spring 2021, Part One
April 16 – 19 As the pandemic begins to subside (as of this writing both Joanna and I are fully vaccinated) we can begin to pursue a more aggressive travel agenda, one that will fill the second half of 2021 much as we did in 2019 after our move back to Los Angeles. We did […]
Yosemite – Why Do We Love It So? – Part Four
A year later starting in the summer, of 1998 we’d visit twice as we celebrated my graduation from grad school at Loyola Marymount University. We camped with Irene, Ric, Debra and others at a campground just off Tioga Road over the 4th of July weekend. We’d L.A. late in the day and it being pre-cell […]
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