This is part 5 in a series, where I travel to places that are within 30 miles of my home in northern Washington state. I had friends visiting the area for [...]

Like many people, for the past 15 months during the Pandemic, I didn’t travel much, but I have spent a lot of time working on my small home and [...]

The following photos were taken while strolling along Lincoln Park in West Seattle. This park starts at the Vashon Island ferry dock and follows the ocean [...]

This post is going to be very little chat (unheard of from me) and mainly photos. In keeping with the title and theme of my blog, and my tagline, these [...]

I’ve been to a lot of National and State Parks in the US, but for some reason, Mt Rushmore and the state of South Dakota had eluded me. I guess I [...]

China was on my radar because a friend of mine had recently moved to Shenzhen to teach for a few years.   She had previousely taught overseas in [...]

My original title for this post was “dealing with dementia”, but after receiving a text from one of my brothers, yesterday, I changed it to [...]

There are a few different ways to drive to Whidbey Island, depending on the direction you are coming from. If you are approaching from the south, you would [...]

For this group of 3 things I visited within 30 miles of my home, I have a new cidery, a small restaurant focusing on tacos and margaritas and a small [...]

              The first and only time that I had ever visited Honolulu was about 40 years ago with my family, on our way [...]