Category: Where we have been
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Volcanoes, Coffee and Manta Rays!
The post recounts a trip to the Big Island, focusing on the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park and surrounding attractions. Highlights include exploring Kilauea and Mauna Loa, scenic drives along the Chain of Craters Road, a coffee farm tour, and unique experiences like night snorkeling with manta rays.
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Exploring the Big Island: Beyond Volcanoes – prt. 1
Jan 19 to 26 Our desire to visit the Big Island of Hawaii finally happened. When you think of the Big Island, what comes to mind may be the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, especially now that the Volcano has been active lately (Kilauea Volcano Eruption Episode 41 happened while we were there and Episode 42…
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Canadian Rockies the second time around!
Aug 1-8 When you love a place with stunning scenery that brings unforgettable memories, you may wish to revisit and experience that joy again. We don’t normally do “repeats” because there’s so much more of the world for us to see. But we recently made exceptions by traveling around Vancouver Island, then boarding the Rocky…
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Revisiting Vancouver Island, Canada
July 24 -31 When we last visited Vancouver Island in 2019, we loved it and vowed to return for more adventures. At that time we drove our motorhome Betsy there for six weeks, and it was a memorable trip. I published nine blog posts about our escapades there. If you would like to review them…
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Roughing it – rafting through the heart of Grand Canyon, part 2
June 16-22 Be sure to read the the first part of this post, if you’re just joining us. There I showed the many hidden discoveries we saw along the canyon walls and the heart pounding rapids we ran. I also briefly mentioned how we were unplugged and roughing it for a week. Now, let’s get…
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Our unforgettable wilderness expedition through the heart of Grand Canyon
June 16-22 – Grand Canyon, Arizona We interrupt our Postcards from Southeast Asia series of postings to insert our most recent exciting adventure. For seven days we were on board a motorized river rafting experience on the Colorado River at the bottom of Grand Canyon National Park. Fair warning: This is a long post with…
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Epic Adventure: Flying to Jackson, WY on a Private Jet
Steve here – Since I started flying small planes over 20 years ago, I’ve taken advantage of any opportunity I could to experience other types of aircraft – helicopter, glider, hot air balloon, lighter-than-air and seaplane. I loved them all, but one was missing – executive jet. Whenever I saw one take off I would…
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A Weekend of Cars and Stars
From Steve – On the weekend of April 6-7 Mona Liza and I went with Dave and Sue to Chandler to witness the NHRA Arizona Nationals drag races. I had not been to a major drag race event in many years, and fortunately my buddy Hans had told me about this one several weeks before.…
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Steve’s 2-year TAM Rebuild, part 2 – Back On the Road!
This is my final post covering the rebuild and startup of TAM, our 1969 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am convertible. Go here if you missed the disassembly of the car. This post won’t be wordy, but it will be picturey (is that a word?). Several of the shots were taken by my wonderful and talented photographer…
