Zephyr-initely a Trip to Remember — From SF to NYC on Amtrak: The California Zephyr & Lake Shore Limited
Day 1: Emeryville, CA "Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life." After we returned from LA yesterday night at 11pm, we turned in at our lodgings situated immediately...
The Big “Sur’ved”
"Something, someone, some spirit was pursuing all of us across the desert of life and was bound to catch us before we reached heaven. Naturally, now that I look back on it, this is only death: death will overtake us before heaven. The one thing that we yearn...
“Humboldt” by the Avenue of the Giants
"And for just a moment I had reached the point of ecstasy that I always wanted to reach, which was the complete step across chronological time into timeless shadows, and wonderment in the bleakness of the mortal realm, and the sensation of death kicking at my...
Oregon-na Go on an Adventure!
“I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didn’t know who I was—I was far away from home, haunted and tired with travel, in a cheap hotel room I’d never seen, hearing the hiss of...
Hoh On Tight! It’s Gonna Be Olympic Gold!
"We lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies." This morning we said an unexpected goodbye to Brynn. View this post on Instagram I ran out of spoons. Friends, I came home early. After 10 days in the RV, I was completely exhausted....
When the Monsoon Meets a Hurricane
About yesterday: "What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? — it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye." More goodbyes this...
Views So Good, Almost Can’t “See-It-All”
"Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars." It's time for every journey to close a chapter. Noeleen and I woke up early at 6:50am to drive our RV for one last hurrah. With just the two of us (everyone else was...
Cas-cades A Spell Over Me
"Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry." After spending the night parked in a KOA outside of Spokane near the no-mask country of Lake Couer d'Alene in Idaho, we set off for one final push west 5 hours in North Cascades...