Monthly Archives: January 2024

Cisco Fest 2023 – Portland, Part Two

September 26-28 We continued east a quick ten miles on Interstate 84 to the Bonneville Dam and Cascade Locks complex, a site I’ve visited before and look forward to each time.  At the time of its construction in the 1930s it was the largest water impoundment project of its type in the nation, able to […]

Cisco Fest 2023 – Portland, Part One

September 26-28 After our return from Peru, we enjoyed a couple of trips close to home, including one to Oakland to see the kids and little Gemma, got caught up on our bike riding, and generally enjoyed being at home for a stretch.  Unfortunately, towards the end of August, I suffered the beginning of what […]

Peru – The Amazon

July 27-29 Our first day in the Amazon would be a full one, starting with a 3:00 am departure from our hotel in Cusco that soon found us at the airport for our flight to Lima (our direct flight was cancelled) to Puerto Maldonado, which sits 34 miles west of the Bolivian border and is […]

Peru – Aguas Calientes/Machu Picchu, Part Three

July 25-26 In our last post we left Joanna at KM 104 to begin her hike up the Inka Trail to Machu Picchu.  Not fond of writing, she reluctantly, but effectively, related her experience for us as follows: “When the train stopped at KM 104 (Chackabamba) I was a bit anxious as I wasn’t sure […]