Monthly Archives: September 2023

Peru – Lima, Part One

July 14-16 And then finally, after more than two years of planning, starting, stopping, starting, and stopping, we found ourselves getting ready to fly to Peru for a two-week tour with Intrepid, the folks that took us to the Nile River in Egypt in 2019.  We’d booked the Premium Peru In Depth tour, which would […]

The Hip is Fine – Santa Cruz, Part Four

May 19 – 27 Two days later Joanna and I made a long-delayed visit to the Rosie the Riveter / WWII Home Front National Historical Park, located on the waterfront in Richmond.  The park preserves and interprets the legacy of the United States home front during World War II, including the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, the […]

The Hip is Fine – Santa Cruz, Part Three

May 19 – 27 After paying the entrance fee, we parked near the Visitor Center and proceeded to spend an hour or so walking around the one-mile Redwood Loop Trail through the 40-acre old growth forest, which was the first coast redwood grove to be saved from logging.  It is the largest old-growth grove south […]

The Hip is Fine – Santa Cruz, Part Two

May 19 – 27 The next day would be a full one and we started it off right with a visit to The Buttery, a bakery and café about a half mile up Soquel in the other direction from last night, and we so enjoyed the food there we would return the next morning for […]