Grand Canyon Rafting – Woo Hoo!

Grand Canyon Rafting – Woo Hoo!

188 miles, at least three class 10 rapids, total of more than 17 rapids, 7 days, 6 nights luxury wilderness camping, several hikes to fantastic waterfalls and oases. No Internet, no traffic, no worries. That about sums it up. It was fantastic. We’d been wanting to do this trip for almost forever. It can’t be … Continue reading “Grand Canyon Rafting – Woo Hoo!”

Black and White and Green All Over – New Zealand 2007

Well, I have fallen way behind in keeping the blog. To keep me from being entirely ashamed, I’m adding material I wrote in 2007 on our return from New Zealand. We have many pix that I will eventually add here. Nov, 2007 I’m gazing down at the Tasman Sea from the Air New Zealand 737 … Continue reading “Black and White and Green All Over – New Zealand 2007”

Preview: The Yellowstone Sanction

OK friends, family and spammers (our biggest readers – thanx for all the hints about riverboat gambling, online casinos, viagra and other drugs). Our next adventure is a Road Trip to Yellowstone National Park. And along the way, there are wonderful western sites to see – Indian ruins, dinosaur tracks, and a few of the … Continue reading “Preview: The Yellowstone Sanction”

Seabiscuit Lives On

One of our favorite books from the last couple of years was Laura Hillenbrand’s “Seabiscuit, An American Legend.” It took life in the film “Seabiscuit”, which told the story but lacked the richness of the real saga. The PBS special (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/seabiscuit/) added some of the fibers of the story and the historical feel of 1930’s … Continue reading “Seabiscuit Lives On”