For my big 6-0 celebration, Cindy took me to Oregon – starting in Portland, then south to Pinot Noir wine country at the Black Walnut Inn & Vineyard in Dundee. We took a day trip along the coast from Astoria to Tillamook, with Cannon Beach and the famed Haystock Rock in between. We watched ships […]
This past June, my family and I took a trip to the Philippines where my family is from. We went to Boracay, where we went island hopping, snorkeling, banana boating, parasailing and helmet diving (aka the worst experience of my life). After all of those activities, we were feeling pretty sea sick. From Boracay we […]
In March, I rented an RV for the first time, and explored some beautiful regional parks. We started out by driving 6 hours to Palo Duro Canyon State Park in the Texas Panhandle. Palo Duro is the nation’s second largest canyon (2nd only to the Grand Canyon). The landscape was beautiful, and there was plenty […]
Over the December holiday break, I journeyed to the Far East to visit Tokyo and Thailand. We started in Tokyo where we hit Ginza (shopping mecca), Mt Fuji, Harajuku, and the world’s largest fish market! My impression of the city was that it is very orderly and clean to have that many people living there, […]