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Bend and Central Oregon

Oregon has it all – this short trip just sees some of the highlights of the area around Bend. Painted Hills was the first day, and other spots in the John Day Fossil Beds area. The following day was spent first at Newberry National Volcanic Monument, then Benham Falls, south of Bend, then up north…
Road Trip B.C. – Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island

This trip started with the familiar drive north to the Canadian border, a quick stop for fish and chips at White Rock. then on through Vancouver to Horseshoe Bay to catch the first of several ferries, this one to Langdale, BC, and an overnight stop at Gibsons. Dinner at Smitty’s Oyster House and some beer…
Lisbon – April 2018

This was a work trip where I flew over to join the EMEA Project Support team for their working-week. A technical get-together to share knowledge and ideas. I always love visiting Lisbon, and this time there was a great evening event getting out on the water, a very nice team meal in Cascais – and…
Oregon Coast December 2017

A long weekend on the Oregon coast, which I’d thought of as being a potential storm-watch weekend turned into a bit of a December heat wave. We stayed at Cannon Beach and had some excellent sun rises and sunsets, as well as weather warm enough, and clear enough to hike up Saddle Mountain. The first…
San Francisco – September 2017

Catching up on some travel posts from the last few years. This first was a short trip to San Francisco in September 2017. A city visit, just flying in and walking about. We stayed at Hotel Zelos which was nicely central – right on Market and convenient for the Museum of Modern art and Blue…
Road Trip 2017–Back to Seattle

From Gillette – it was really just foot down and cover the miles with Alice taking some of the driving. We had one last overnight in Butte, MT, and a very nice steak, then continuing on I-90 and finally getting back to Seattle. As Alice was driving I was on ‘photograph the state sign’ duty…