2025 Trip To Greece
Our October 2025 trip to Greece was divided into four parts: first, exploring Athens, then driving to the cliff-topping Meteora Monasteries, continuing […]
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Jude Goes to Yankee Stadium
For Jude’s birthday (he was 8 on July 5), Gary secured tickets for a Yankee home game for Jude, Austin and himself. […]
Austin & Nicole’s Family – 2023 Update
Nicole and Austin live in Croton-on-Hudson in New York’s northern Westchester County. They share their home with two sons, Sam (13) and […]
Wyatt & Sara’s Family – 2023 Update
Wyatt and Sara live on Vashon Island, a short ferry ride on Puget Sound from West Seattle. They have two sons, Emmett […]
Trail Maintenance Projects
When we haven’t been traveling we have tried to keep up with our commitments to the Connecticut Forest and Parks Association (CFPA) […]
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 […]