Our trip home from Calder Mountain Lodge, would involve a short boat ride, a back country drive, 2 ferry trips, and a 16 hour drive across Washington, Montana, and Idaho. We left […]
Alaska by Road and Ferry
A Final Farewell…Good-bye Grandpa Jim
In 2023, we were in Alaska to visit our daughter’s family at the fishing lodge where they work. While there we buried a box with memories for Jim’s Grandpa John and Grandma […]
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End of the Fishing Season on the Inside Passage of Alaska – 2024
Work hard, play harder, that’s our motto…with our trip in August to the Grand Canyon we were a bit behind for work, so we put in 12-14 hour days to catch up, […]
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2024 Grand Canyon Rafting-Part 5
Day 7 of our trip consisted of a helicopter ride and a short plane ride. Our trip down the Grand Canyon was more than we ever expected. A top 5 trip for […]
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2024 Grand Canyon Rafting – Part 4
Day 6 would include a swim at Havasu Creek. The morning sunrise is always different because of the topography of the canyon. Being our last full day on the river, everyone was […]
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2024 Grand Canyon Rafting – Part 3
We were on day 5 of our trip down the Colorado River and it was Jim’s 60th birthday. One of the reasons we went on a Grand Canyon rafting trip was to […]
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2024 Grand Canyon Rafting-Part 2
After 2 days of rainy weather, it turned hot, very hot…104 degrees at river level. We were still in Marble Canyon but would soon be entering the Grand Canyon portion of the […]
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Grand Canyon Rafting-2024-Part 1
In August we floated the Grand Canyon…This has been on our travel list for awhile and we decided to do it to celebrate turning 60 this year. We did a lot of […]
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No Kids Allowed 2024 – Boston Red Sox Game
After a great cruise to Bermuda and Bar Harbor, Maine, we disembarked in Boston. It was our daughter(Jodi) and son-in-law(Wade) 16th wedding anniversary. So in planning this trip, we decided to stay […]
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No Kids Allowed Cruise – Bar Harbor, Maine
Our final port of the cruise was at Bar Harbor, Maine, which is on an island. We started the morning in O’Sheehans for breakfast and then headed to deck 2. We had […]
