Bike Camping At False Cape State Park, VA
(This is a first-person account of the recent trip we took to the False Cape State Park in Virginia, where we spent […]
Category: Jani/Gary
April 2021 visit to Vashon Island
Emmett turns 7 and grandsons hunt bullfrogs Since their grandson, Emmett, was born seven years ago, Jani and Gary have tried to […]
Bantam River Park gets a new sign
Jani and Gary work together on the Bantam Historical Society sign which is displayed in the Bantam River Park On July 10, […]
Jan. ’21 Trip to Tucson Arizona
Back in the saddle again … at Tanque Verde Ranch Tucson has a special place in our memories. Gary and his siblings […]
Retrospective: Golding family’s Tucson connection
Starting in 1959 and into the early 1960’s, Mel and Rita Golding traveled with Mel’s four children to Rancho Del Rio, a […]
Jani Leads First Day Hike at Topsmead
Each New Years Day, the American State Parks encourages Americans to take a hike and enjoy the outdoors.This is a co-ordinated project […]
A COVID Christmas (2020), Part 1
EAST COAST- BANTAM CT & CROTON-ON-HUDSON NY Despite the adjustments we made to assure a “safe” Christmas , we were able to […]
Preparing for a COVID Christmas
Christmas falls on the same day every year, but it feels like we have had a lot more time to think about […]
Thanksgiving, redefined for 2020
For the last 12 years, we have hosted 20-30 people for Thanksgiving at our house in Bantam. It has been one of […]
Vashon Is./Olympic Peninsula Trip
We visited Wyatt & Sara’s family on Vashon Island early in November. Even though Washington State was on Connecticut’s self-quarantine list, we […]