The City By the Bay: My Home Town
Trip Date: December 18, 2021
I was lucky enough to be born and raised in San Francisco. My mom’s family arrived in San Francisco in the late 1800’s and my dad’s in the 1920’s. My mom’s father and a couple of his older brothers build a pipe organ business in the City; the shop remains a Historical Landmark at 20th…
Kauai Trip
Trip Date: November 27, 2021
This was one of the many trips we have taken with Kristen’s sister Jo’s family. We have done a Hawaii cruise, Bahamas’, and Alaska cruise, as well as gone to Yellowstone together. This trip we went to Kauai and stayed at a fantastic place on Poipu Beach just outside the town of Koloa. Sean and…
Oregon Coast 4
Creek/River, Forest, Lake/Reservoir, Mountains, National Forest land, National Monument, National Park, Ocean, River, Wildlife
Trip Date: September 20, 2021
I believe this was our 4th trip up the Oregon Coast in 4 successive years (except last year because we went to Death Valley with Haley and Brett to look at a possible wedding venue), if you count the first trip, which was technically to Jedediah Smith State Park, but we did cross the border…
Jenner for Kristen’s Birthday
Trip Date: June 26, 2020
This may be a brief story, or not, as it is being written in late October, so details may be sparse. Thank god for my pictures as they definitely help recreate the stories. We had been in lock down, in fear, in this weirdness that was the early stages of the pandemic. Little did we…
San Diego Trip with K’s Family
Trip Date: January 26, 2020
This trip also has been 2 years ago now as I feebly attempt to piece together some details of the story. Rick had rented a 3 story place on Mission Bay, on Sunset Court I believe, just a couple houses from Mission Bay and the Bayside walk. To the West, all we had to do…
Oregon Coast III
Trip Date: October 13, 2019
This was the third consecutive trip up the coast for us. We started 2 years back with a stay at Jedediah Smith State Park at the northern edge of California, then the following year we explored from the border to Bandon on the Coquille River. This year, we wanted to go back to Bandon and…