April 7, 2019 - We were blessed with a visit by Curtis, Colleen's brother, and his husband Rusty. We have made trips south to visit...

March 30, 2019 - We traveled south to Cincinatti to visit with Chris and Emily. They have both been blessed with substantial DIY genes...

June 22, 2018 - "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread" --- John Muir The first really nice weather today. Hopefully this is a trend...

April 5, 2018 - We had to take Flash to the Vet today. Nothing serious. He needed his nails trimmed and his anal glands....expressed. ...

June 21, 2018 - “....and lo Odin and his brother smote the giant Ymir. And from the giant’s body he created the world”. - Norse story of...

June 20, 2018 - Dedicated to fellow traveler June Clair who so strongly encouraged us to go. We visited the home of Edvard Grieg today....

June 19, 2018 - As you travel, you find every culture has it’s own snack. It is no different here in Norway. Today we tried ‘Reinsdyr...

June 18, 2018 - After providing assistance with some medical drama at 30,000 feet - a flight attendant got ill (She is ok) —. We made it...

April 9, 2018 - ‘Travel is fatal to ignorance, prejudice, and narrow mindedness ‘ - Mark Twain The world is so very big. After traveling...

April 9, 2018 - This is one of the many caves you can take a rowboat through as part of the Trang An Landscape Complex. There is evidence...

April 8, 2018 - Took a motorbike ride to explore the area. Google maps does not work well here so all we had was a paper map. We...

April 7, 2018 - These are some of the rice fields of Tam Coc Vietnam. We had read this place was beautiful and it does not disappoint The...

April 6, 2018 - A bit of a potpourri of images. This has been a travel day. We traveled 4 hours west of HaLong bay by car Our destination...

April 5, 2018 - We traveled to the coast to do the signature experience here - a cruise around Halong Bay. The tour traveled a set route...

April 4, 2018 - We made it to the coast. This is the top of Poem Mountain which offers this spectacular view of the bay. It was very...

April 3, 2018 - It was our last full day in Hanoi. We wanted to just go for a walk and immerse ourselves in another neighborhood. We read...

April 2, 2018 - Kind of a full day. Started off getting scammed for $20 dollars- so that was fun. Visited a pagoda where Zen Buddhism...

April 2, 2018 - This is the gate to the infamous prison in Hanoi - "The Hanoi Hilton". About one half of the original complex is gone...

April 1, 2018 - Happy Easter from Hanoi. We celebrated the day here at St Joesph’s Cathedral this morning. It is a Neo-gothic style...

March 31, 2018 - We took a walk, after several loads of laundry, around the Old Quarter in Hanoi. We found this city very surprising. ...