THE ALPS: Stage 2 of the European Trip
Chamonix, also known as Chamonix-Mont Blanc, is the French city that hosted the first-ever Winter Olympics, and is known for Europe’s tallest […]
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Our Extended Family – 2023 Updates
As hard as it has been to visit all our extended family during the COVID years we do like to recognize them […]
Annual Summer Reunion in Ithaca
We always look forward to the weekend in July when Jani’s brother Kent, and his wife, Francesca, host a summer reunion at […]
Guilt Trip: Return to Curaçao
It was only April (Diving In the Dutch Caribbean – April ’22) when Jani and I flew to the Dutch Caribbean island […]
Return to Maine ; Visiting Family & a Lovely Botanical Garden
In mid-May we were on the road again, heading for the coast of Maine for a visit with Jani’s sister Marti and […]
Surveying & Cleaning Up Trails in May
We wrote in an earlier post (Summer Maintenance on the Mattatuck Trail) that we perform trail maintenance on some of our local […]
Memorial Day Paddle on the Delaware River
Memorial Day weekend is important for many reasons. Primarily being a solemn time to remember others’ sacrifices, its parades and flags also […]
Finishing up the Driveway
As you may recall, the first episode in our driveway saga began in November 2021 (Paving Our Driveway). It was a story […]
Diving in the Dutch Caribbean – April ’22
We were just getting comfortable with the experience of breathing and exploring underwater when we left Jamaica last December. We were newly-certified […]
Skiing Hut-to-Hut in Maine’s North Woods
Expectations color all of our travel adventures. For example, 45 years ago we rented skis to try our hand at cross-country skiing. […]
Jani/Gary/Sally Update – 2021
Our second year in retirement coincided with the second year of the COVID pandemic but we managed to stay active and safe. […]