We spend most of the year on the road but return every summer to the Pacific Northwest to visit friends and family. Just because we are retired and have the whole summer free, doesn’t mean that our whole family is free as well. Our sons are busy with jobs, girlfriends, and navigating early adulthood, so…
Tag: family
Do I book too far out?
Apparently, I have a problem. I have been told by multiple people, including my spouse, that I am booking our travel plans way too far into the future. We are losing spontaneity and somewhat confining us; possibly resulting in missed adventures and lost meetups with friends and family. I understand those criticisms and do feel…
Back to France and Finding Roots
We had a great time in Fall 2023 traveling through Southern France and we really wanted to see some more of this country so we planned to return for the month of September 2024. Our flight came into Paris on September 2nd and we planned a couple of days here to get over jetlag. We…
Traveling Guilt
I told my wife I wanted to write about my guilt of traveling so much, and she laughed and said she didn’t think I had any guilt. That is a little bit true, I handle my guilt just fine, but it doesn’t mean I don’t think about it. And honestly, its probably better described as…
People and/or Places
We are just completing our Seattle summer back at home. We have spent 3 months seeing a lot of friends and family and getting reconnected after spending most of the year in other countries. The summer flew by but we did have many opportunities to spend some time with people that we really missed. We…
Home Free or Homeless
I haven’t written much lately because it feels like that we haven’t done much lately… but that isn’t true. We have done a lot. Maybe because we haven’t done anything cool or significant lately… but that isn’t true either. Looking through my phone I found a lot of cool pics so I can share those…