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Weigh in semi-final tally
Haha! I win! When we arrived at LAX and checked our bags, the final tally was Chuck at 23 lbs and me at 20 lbs. In the spirit of full disclosure, my bag IS 2 lbs lighter than Chuck’s but nobody said things in this life were fair, so I claim the victory! Now we…
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Countdown begins – Weigh In
Leaving tomorrow morning. Appears Eileen has won the luggage weight competition. My final weight for my suitcase is 22.8. Now I’ve got to say if Eileen comes in at 20.8 I feel it would be a tie as she did go out and get a MUCH lighter suitcase, at least 2 pounds lighter than mine.
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Countdown begins
We are t minus 7 days from the start of our Rick Steves trip to Eastern Europe. Yes, we’re going on an organized tour. We had talked to my sister and brother-in-law for a while about going to Eastern Europe but I had been a little off put by the complications – language issues, getting…
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Home sweet home
I am back in our home office as I write this wrap-up entry. We made it home yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, making good time from Paso Robles. We left Crescent City and drove to Eureka where we met up with our friend Jack who has had a temp job there for the past few months. We…
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The Oregon Trail
When last we left our intrepid travelers…we were in Tillamook, Oregon. After leaving Tillamook we drove to Reedsport, OR (where we spent a night pondering whether we had ended up in an alternate “Deliverance” universe – Oregon is a VERY interesting place!), stopping to see several lighthouses and ending up in Bandon, OR for the…
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Greetings from the wrong side of the Cascadia Subduction Zone!
It’s been a few days since the last post and we have journeyed from Canada back into the United States, headed south through western Washington and now find ourselves in Tillamook, Oregon. After almost two weeks of clouds, rain and cool temps today we actually saw and felt a bit of sunshine. it’s a bit…
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