Thank you for being a friend
It’s funny what you remember at the very end. For me, it was the beginning. We were at a weekend adoption event where we had basically been told off by a foster that it was unethical and impractical for two... see more
Alaska
After a really big travel year in 2023, we’ve been a bit adventure light. Just a work-cation in Chelan what was more work than ‘cation and a visit to Palm Springs during a heat wave that had us focused on... see more
Costa Rica
Planning a reunion is challenging with my parents in Atlanta and my brother’s family in DC and hasn’t happened since before COVID. This year started the same with conversations about who was going to host, where we were going to... see more
Korea, Finally!!
COVID feels sufficiently over to start having real vacations again. It’s been a long standing desire of ours to go to East Asia and after everything that’s happened in the last few years, it was time. We set our destination... see more
Summer Vacation 2021
Going on vacation during a never-ending pandemic is tough, especially with one unvaccinated member of our family. With the Delta variant surging and mask mandates making a return we opted for a roadtrip around Washington state. Planning this was a... see more
Closing out 2020
2020 was a lot like having a young child: the days were long but the months short. Unlike a standard year there wasn’t a milestone vacation or family visit on the calendar to look forward to. Instead every day since... see more
Christmas in Hawaii
This post was really late in coming for a lot of reasons, with the major one being just how weird life got after February of this year. I wish I lived in an era where history books would refer to... see more
Holidays in the Pacific Northwest
Shortening days and colder air mean that the holidays are near. I think the early nights bring out the best in the season’s activities. Trick-or-treating in broad daylight just isn’t the same, there’s more time for lights, and the early... see more
Weekend trip to Victora BC
Summer is coming to an end. There’s a few leaves on the road, the days start and end at reasonable times, and the start of school is just around the corner. Which is to say that it was rather late... see more
Road Trip through the Pacific Northwest: Spring Break 2019
There are a number of places in the Pacific North West that we’ve really wanted to visit but were outside the drive time of a reasonable weekend trip. So for Spring Break this year we strung them together in one... see more
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