Linda and I were fortunate enough to be in Vienna, Austria this year for the Vienna Pride parade. Having attended the fabulous Portland, Oregon Pride parade on numerous occasions we did not think it could […]
Narva, Estonia – February 2024
Why Narva? I received this question a lot. “Why Narva?” It’s not a particularly beautiful city like Tallinn or Tartu. It has an old castle and a budding artist community but that’s really about it. […]
Moraine Lake Hike – August 2017
For her birthday, Linda planned for us to do the hike up South Sister – Oregon’s third highest mountain at 10,363′ and located roughly 30 miles west of Bend on the Cascade Lakes Highway. On […]
Sweden & Poland October 2018
Stockholm In October of 2018 Linda and I were invited to attend our friends’ Paula and Bartek’s wedding in Gdansk, Poland. Due to work constraints and because she had spent over a week in Guatemala […]
Rogue River – July 2020
Several weeks before the 4th of July I missed out on a trip on the upper Deschutes River due to work obligations. Luckily, Linda was able to go and had a great time. I vowed […]
Eastern Oregon on Motorcycles – 2016
September 17, 2016 After having successfully ridden our bikes to Victoria, BC last month we were eager to get out for another weekend trip before the weather turns cold and rainy in the Pacific North […]
Colorado – May 2014
Sunday – May 25, 2014 It’s been a busy year and this was our first opportunity to get away. The plan was as follows: fly to Denver to visit Linda’s friends, Maira and Matt before […]
Maui – March 2010
Linda and I met in the Salmon Creek park and ride in Vancouver, WA on a very cold Saturday in early November of 2009. Over the next few months we paddled a lot of whitewater […]
Hawaii – January 2020
Shortly after returning from Hong Kong, Linda told me she had Hawaiian Airline miles that expired in January 2020. And being off season meant that she had enough for two round-trip tickets to several of […]
Hong Kong – November 2019
After close to 40 years of waiting I finally get to cross Hong Kong off my bucket list. I originally bought the tickets in February of this year because the price was just too good […]