It is my mother's 82nd birthday next week. Ever since she turned 80, we (my brother, sister and I) have been working extra hard to give her special birthdays. This year, we decided that it would be good fun for all of us to pay her a surprise visit in Florida, where she lives …
Category: Relationships
Graduation Trip #2: The Early Stages
Yesterday was the first day of my niece's senior year of high school, so we are definitely overdue for planning her graduation trip. There's something amazingly special about traveling with my niece and nephew. You may remember my trip to London with my nephew for his graduation. It was fabulous, and not just because the …
The Utah Desert in August
Yes, we are going to the desert ... in August. Why? Good question. Here's the thing: Whenever I go on vacation, I think, "I could live here. It's so relaxing, beautiful, exciting, peaceful, happening, etc." You can fill in whatever adjective floats your boat. Then I think, "But of course it's great. There's no dog …
The “Joy” of Booking Travel
We are all set to go to St. George. We spent this week searching airfares, hotels in Las Vegas, AirBnB's in St. George, and rental cars. It always ends up being more complicated than it should be and there are way too many permutations that can't be searched at once. Our plan is to fly …
Where’s the zero?
We apologize, we haven't been writing for the last few weeks. I would like to claim that there are good reasons, but really there haven't been. It was my birthday a few weeks ago, then Sue's was this week, we had a bunch of stuff to do around the house and work, as always is …
Road Trip!
The summer is soon upon us and we are thinking about getting in the car and driving. The Saab is still in good shape (for a 13 year old car) and so we are getting into planning mode. As Sue told you in her last post, I have started a new job where, horrors of …
El Avion
El Avion Reading the news today, I saw that Oliver North was stepping down as the President of the National Rifle Association. This reminded me of something that made the Hotel Costa Verde unique and fun. You may recall that when we were staying there, we spent one night in the cockpit cottage. They also …
Ceding Control on a West Coast Jaunt
Usually I am writing about my decisions or my future decisions about travel or how we decide what we're going to do and where we're going to do it, but much of my next trip will not be up to me. I did decide to go to Oakland, Calif., to see a very dear friend …
Opening Day!
The spring has arrived. I know this, not because it has stopped snowing in Chicago, but because baseball season has arrived. As Josh & I continue our tour of stadiums, we are attending opening weekend at Chase Field in Phoenix. Number 18 on our tour. We decided to attend the first two games of the …
Last Full Day :(
We said goodbye to our gracious hosts, Karl and Guiselle, and headed back around the lake to La Fortuna. We wanted to hike the old lava flows that remain from the Arenal Volcano. Somehow, we passed by our original target (the Costa Ricans haven't quite gotten the hang of giant signs and billboards with arrows …
Doing It On The Road 