This past April we returned to South America. There were two impetuses for this trip. First, our Bend friends Andy & Marcia asked us to join them for a week’s stay at a wine country Finca in Mendoza, Argentina. And together we decided to also visit Bolivia and Buenos Aires. In addition I had obtained […]
Trip to Portugal & France
Martha and I scheduled 5 weeks at our shared Provencal house in October & November and we decided to tack on couple of weeks in Portugal beforehand. Some friends had raved about walking Portugal’s Rota Vicenta a year earlier, so we decided to follow in their footsteps (literally). I only took my pocket-sized Sony RX100 […]
Trip to Southern Utah/Northern Arizona
Portland friend Bob and I took a short week-long trip to Zion Nat’l Park, the Antelope Slot Canyons near Page, and North Coyote Buttes’ The Wave area. The impetus for the trip was Bob’s successful snatching of a hard-to-get Wave permit back in March. Zion National Park. Given the Great Basin’s high temperatures and Utah’s […]
Trip to Europe & East Africa
Martha and I, together with Bend friends Andy & Marcia, spent 5 weeks in Europe and East Africa this fall. We spent the first week at Chez Mirabel, our shared house in Provence, France. Then 4 days in Amsterdam, followed by two weeks on safari in Northern Tanzania. Lastly, we spent a week on Zanzibar, […]
Backpacking Trip to the Ritter Range in the Sierras
When I was in the Owens Valley this Spring, looking up at the Sierra’s eastern front, I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t hiked in my favorite mountains for about 30 years. So this summer I substituted a 10 day backpacking trip for my annual week-long Cycle Oregon cycling tour. Teaming up with Bend friend, Andy, […]