Monthly Archives: September 2024

West Coast Spring 2024, Part Four

April 26 – May 13, 2024 Our first order of business the next day was to climb on our bikes and get a ride in on the Tucson Loop (Huckelberry Bike Path), a network of shared-use paths, maintained by Pima County, that when completed will comprise 131 miles of paved trails dedicated to cyclist, pedestrian, […]

West Coast Spring 2024, Part Three

April 26 – May 13, 2024 With a day to fill and not able to do much physically, we got creative.  Our first stop would be at the Riordan Mansion State Historic Park.  This park features the duplex home of Timothy and Michael Riordan, lumber baron brothers who married sisters, Caroline and Elizabeth Metz. The […]

West Coast Spring 2024, Part Two

April 26 – May 13, 2024 Our last day in Zion would be a simple one, that is we would get on our bikes and ride up the canyon to the end.  We took off in the late morning and rode into the park, a gradual climb of about 500 feet that was easy to […]

West Coast Spring 2024, Part One

April 26  – May 13, 2024 We returned home from New Zealand and Australia and immediately drove north to Oakland to help celebrate our granddaughter Gemma’s birthday, returning home the following week to catch up on all that we had missed while being gone.  I saw my GP about the hip and fortunately had a […]

New Zealand/Australia 2024 – Conclusion, Part Two

December 28, 2023 – February 6, 2024 Continuing with our conclusion we’ll look at the other cost categories we compiled. Food I wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of the types of cuisine we would find in both countries and I would say that if there were any dominant categories, it would be the […]