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Oregon Coast and Wine

A short trip down to Yachats for a few nights, then a stopover in the Willamete Valley for some food and wine. We stayed at the Overleaf Lodge and Spa, and had dinner at the Drift Inn on the first evening. The second day we had a short walk on the beach locally then a…
Tucson Arizona

“The coldest I’ve ever been” and “Arizona” aren’t usually found in the same sentence, but the trip up to the Mt Lemmon Sky Center Observatory and hike in sub-zero mist and snow made it memorable for that very fact. But that was day 2. On arriving we visited the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, met some…
California Central Coast

This was our first trip to this area, and we flew into San Jose and back from Santa Barbara, taking in views, wine and missions along the way. We also stayed in a hotel we later saw in “Ratched” – Lucia Lodge, Big Sur. A very nice spot. Back to Day 1 though, and after…
Road Trip 2019 – Fallout, Boston to DC

Alice and I met in Boston, MA to start a first walking and then Road-Trip covering various Fallout related sites in the US Northeast. We both flew into Logan, then headed to our Airbnb in Cambridge, and helped the jetlag with a visit to the Cambridge Brewing Company. The walking continued the following day, where…
Nashville, Tennessee

Just a very short trip to Nashville and taking in Loreta Lynn’s Birthday concert. Dinner at Merchants then on to the Bridgestone Arena. I’d even heard of some of the stars appearing, Garth Brooks (who I also saw at a Microsoft TechEd event in Dallas!) Brandi Carlile, Jack White and of course Crystal Gayle. The…
Road Trip 2018 – New Zealand – Picton, Malborough and Wellington

I had the best mussels ever at The Captain’s Daughter in Havelock, on route from Abel Tasman Nation Park to Picton. We also went over the Rabbit Island near Nelson. Picton was to be our base to take in the Queen Charlotte Sound and Marlborough Wine Country for the next few days. Marlborough came next,…