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Here we are on a lovely Cardiff morning, watching the surfers. We met up with Calvin and Timmy, who were both recovering from the annual “surf without a wetsuit” tradition.

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It’s a sad statement on how lazy we’ve gotten. Here it is May, and I’m posting the story for our January trip. And, dear readers, neither Fred nor Carolyn wrote it, it is entirely cribbed from Carolyn’s aunt Jackie, who we observed writing notes every evening. Why bother writing our own? So please enjoy the … Continue reading “Hawai’i – Not only Late, but Plagiarized!”

Merry Christmas from Fred and Carolyn! 2006 has been quite a year – the first full year of our second childhood. When we started this step off a cliff, we were afraid by now that we’d have spent our entire bankroll and found ourselves back at the high-tech grindstone. We’re happy to report that we … Continue reading “2006 Holiday Letter”

We decided to take a pass on the tour that boasted of “cars thrown by horses.” On further reflection, they probably only meant carts drawn by horses, but there were better things to do, anyway! So here we are, on the island known as Hispaniola. It’s sandwiched between Cuba and Puerto Rico, and is split … Continue reading “Cars Thrown by Horses! Dominican Republic”

No matter how much you read about Yellowstone, you cannot fathom its size or diversity without a visit. The two million acre park sits on one of the largest volcanically active sites in the world. It’s the site of several huge volcanic eruptions, and was forged by glaciers, geologic uplifts, fires and lava flows. The … Continue reading “Yellowstone – Pronghorn and Osprey and Bears – oh my!”

Just very quickly: this video was taken of us on our guided naturalist hike in Yellowstone. Along with our guide, Ashea, we’d been viewing this bear as he ambled along his path, but veered off to find a place to have our lunch. We were being watched -and filmed – by tourists on the opposite … Continue reading “The Bear Movie”

We had to discharge our civic duties and vote on Tuesday, June 6th. Then, it was off on a McClain road trip. Our destination was Yellowstone, but it’s impossible to ignore some of the awesome locations along the way. From San Diego, the most direct route is I-15, and the most obvious stopover is, well, … Continue reading “On the Road to Yellowstone”

Monday On the slopes by 9:15 – a new record for this trip. Conditions “hard fast”. (Those are the runs, not us) We did several runs from the top, where we find the snow to be the best. Dave’s Run, though chopped up, is still fun. We got some practice with solid frozen “crud”. It’s … Continue reading “Mammoth Week Two”