Tag Archives: travel
Years ago, HK and I traveled to New Zealand for a month. He was working for a Fortune 500 company that (generously) gave high-performing employees a month-long sabbatical every 4 years. It was our first time to fly first class (on Air New Zealand, a fantastic airline.) We went in … Continue reading
Travel. It is my passion of passions. (Besides my passion for dogs, but that is a completely different blog). I think my love of exploring the world began when I was “knee-high to a grasshopper”, exploring the wooded wonders of the Appalachian mountains where I grew up. Never content to … Continue reading
While traveling through British Columbia, HK and I camped at Birkenhead Lake, a remote, pristine Provincial Park located about two hours north of Whistler . As we were setting up the pup-up, the park ranger told us there were bears in the campground right now, to watch out for Chance. We … Continue reading
Here is “Hank”, one of the myriad of “designer dogs” that we met on the trip. Can you guess his mixture? Have a grrrrrrreat weekend! Arf!!! … Continue reading
Well, we’re back safe and sound (for the most part) in Atlanta from our 3-month road trip. I say mostly because Chance picked-up some gastro thing-y during our last 4 days and was really sick. He still ate, naturally, but threw up or squirted out anything he consumed. He’s better … Continue reading
As we travel the backroads and backwoods of North America, I am constantly on the lookout for interesting geographical features, ‘world’s biggest” whatevers, and “The One and Only’s”. On our last big road trip 2 years ago, when we made a mad dash across America to Vancouver, we were thrilled … Continue reading
We should have had a clue during the drive into Fort Peck Lake when swarms of grasshoppers and flying crickets made the highway asphalt appear to be moving sideways. Stopping to re-provision at a small grocery, HK commented on the insects fighting their way into the car. Since the lakefront … Continue reading