It’s summer in Tucson and 100+ degrees. Time for us to take off on our quest for cooler weather, coastal views, eating seafood and hiking. This year’s adventure finds us north along the Oregon Coast, Washington Coast, then inland to the Cascades and ending up in Utah. Our first stop
Continue readingPNW 2023 Part 1 – South Oregon Coast, Brookings
This spring, Jeff (my backpacking partner in crime) and I had plans for another big backpacking trip to explore the Grand Canyon. This time starting at the North Rim. Unfortunately, the permit lottery gods were not shining on us this time and we were unable to get a permit. As
The third and final phase of our trip was back inland to New Forest National Park for some hiking and peaceful English countryside. Known for its thousands of acres of Heatherland, free roaming horses and ponies, and woodland forests; New Forest is a web of walking trails, lovely villages, and
Continue readingFall in the UK 2022 Edition – New Forest (Woodgreen)
The second phase of our trip was to the south. Just two hours southwest of Farnham is the town of Bridport. Our plan was to visit the coast, hike some of the Southwest Coast Path, enjoy some seafood, and generally just relax. Bridport is two miles from the coast. All the
Late this fall, we were once again fortunate to have an opportunity to visit the UK. Craig had some work in the southern area of Surrey and Jennifer decided to come along and explore some new areas. As you may have read in our previous posts, our past visits have
This fall we made our recuring fall migration to the Rocky Mountains and the yellow aspens of Breckenridge. Counting backwards it was our 5th visit to Breckenridge, one of our favorite places, especially in the fall. With its crisp fall mountain air, Breckenridge is our break from the heat of
Those of you who read my blog know my friend Jeff has gotten me interested and enjoying backpacking again. After our memorable down and back to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, I took a break, it’s a little hot here for summer backpacking. Then this winter, Jeff come up
After Craig’s down and up trip last spring, we decided it was time for Jennifer to revisit and experience one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. It had been over 25 years since she was last there. The boys were little, and as you can probably guess, there
Amazing how fast time can go by. Hard to believe we had been in the UK almost 3 weeks. After our wonderful and busy time in Yorkshire, it was time to start getting ready to head home. As we have done in previous visits, we stayed in London a couple
Warning Part 2: We enjoyed our time in Yorkshire immensely and thus once again this a longer than normal post. Our Yorkshire exploration continued as we headed east to the Moors. After a fine time in the Dales, we were looking forward to expanding our time into the Moors.
