Category West Coast Summer 2024

West Coast Summer 2024, Part Four

July 28– August 13, 2024 The next morning, we packed up with no small amount of regret, bidding a fond farewell to the Institute pondering future opportunities to return.  We stopped in Grants Pass at the Dutch Brothers (a regional coffee chain) kiosk to get some caffeine for the road and then hit the I-5 […]

West Coast Summer 2024, Part Three

July 28– August 13, 2024 The next day would be a busy one with an unexpected twist at the end.  We would relax at the Institute in the morning and then head into Grants Pass to hit the Josephine County Fair when it opened for the day.  Later we would meet Kathy and Tom for […]

West Coast Summer 2024, Part Two

July 28– August 13, 2024 We had a quiet weekend after our bowling outing and soon enough Monday morning rolled around and we loaded up the Highlander with Joanna, Jessica, Gemma, and me for the seven-hour drive to Kamp Angst.  We’d be embarking on a few long days of driving, and we were all curious […]

West Coast Summer 2024, Part One

July 28– August 13, 2024 We would start this relatively short seventeen-day road trip with a couple of objectives.  First would be to see a good concert, second to spend a few days at home before heading north to Oakland where after a couple of days we would take off for Oregon with Jessica and […]