September 14, 2014 Off the Grid A weekend away every now and then is refreshing. Sometimes the family will drive up toward Mt. Hood, spend a couple of days with some friends in a cabin on the Salmon River. No television, no internet. Just games and conversation. This weekend provided a variation on that theme… Continue reading Off the Grid. Resurrected Post.
Category: Travel
The Web Log is Traveling
Here is a short, pictorial post. I drove down the Oregon Coast Friday, spent the night in Florence. Then on to Crescent City, California Saturday. Driving back home this morning, intending to arrive after the Open House is finished and all of those strangers are out of what is still my house. So, in no… Continue reading The Web Log is Traveling
The Great (House) Hunt
I can’t truly call this a vacation, despite spending a couple of afternoons splashing about with the HA in the hotel swimming pool. No, this trip has a rather more serious purpose. I spent the last couple of days driving about with MBW and the HA, meeting the real estate agent at this house or… Continue reading The Great (House) Hunt
The State of the Web Log. Plus A Trip To Nashville
The state of the web log is…unfortunate. I tried to post last week only to discover that my entire website had gone missing. With the assistance of a helpful freelance IT specialist from Bangladesh I was able to recover enough that at least the place is functional, though poorly furnished. Of over 400 posts, only… Continue reading The State of the Web Log. Plus A Trip To Nashville
A Trip to The Dalles
Only a fence and the Columbia River separate me from the State of Washington I took MBW and the HA for an excursion yesterday. We needed to shake the rust off and see new horizons. So, skirting south of Mt. Hood, then along its eastern flanks for a while, until we cut due east through… Continue reading A Trip to The Dalles
A Trip to the Emerald Coast
I usually take a vacation around late March. This year was no exception. MBW, the HA, and I jetted off to Florida. At the recommendation of a fraternity brother, we booked a week in Destin, located on the coast in the Florida panhandle. It seemed many others had the same idea. The narrow, linear beach… Continue reading A Trip to the Emerald Coast