September 29, 2023
The jetlag might have been a factor or it could have just been the go, go, go full day yesterday but regardless we decided to have a low key day. After another tropical breakfast at our hotel, we wandered across the street to the palapas on the beach. I had brought my snorkel gear but with the lack of sun…
September 28, 2023
After a wonderful breakfast including lots of fresh fruits we jumped in the car towards Suva, the largest city in Fiji. The drive was much more lush than on the western side of the island with a lot of small villages to pass through. With not much traffic, it was an enjoyable drive. About two-thirds of the way there we…
September 27, 2023
Our friends Roxy and Carl on SV Sky Pond pulled into Fiji last July (2022) and after enjoying their time so much, decided to spend all of 2023 in Fiji. Lucky for us! A plan was hatched and finally the day came to fly to Fiji to join them. Well, after a bit of big island living for the two…
September 14, 2023
Last year’s write up: Link There seems to be a trend with our friend John, this year he made it to the starting line only to have his fuel pump fail a few hours later. Blerg. Whelp, guess it will just be me and Mike again this year. A revised plan to meet in Cowdry (Colorado) and then take pavement…
January 29, 2023
Angie suggested a food tour and it was quickly “yeses” all around. After a short cab ride, the only hiccup of the day came – a passing rain shower. As visions of running from place to place wet and freezing danced through our minds we thankfully were able to push that aside and enjoy a dry tour around Old San…
January 27, 2023
Our circumnavigation around St. Kitts was not exclusively by train, a shuttle carried us to the north side of the island. But I’m getting ahead of myself, with our last day we were debating how we should fill it. Lisa and Andy were keen on a beach day so that left the rest of us to figure it out. When…
January 26, 2023
It is fairly well establish that if you travel with us at some point you are going to be pushing into extreme exercise. On this trip it was a climb up Gros Pitot on St. Lucia. Booking a guide I had not realized that it would require four hours (round trip) in a van, which made it tight on time…
January 25, 2023
I heard some rustling at 4:00am and realized Jean wasn’t in bed. Huh. Well with my birthday that day I had some idea what was going on… Getting out of bed in the morning, I found our room was filled with streamers, balloons and other paraphernalia. And it brought a big smile to start my day! Shortly there was a…
January 24, 2023
Early 2022 I tossed out the idea of a trip with friends for my 50th birthday. Much to my surprise everyone I asked was on board, even our friends Lisa and Andy who live is Sweden, woohoo! Tickets purchased it was time to wait, finally January rolled around and just the day before we were set to leave a group…
November 30, 2022
Closing out my west coast adventure I headed to Ramona, California for the first in person development meeting with my team since before Covid. Long overdue to see the guys. My plan had been to visit my friends who bought SV Strikhedonia for a few days and some formation flying in Oxnard before mother nature decided other plans for us.…
October 23, 2022
Huh, maybe not the safest idea but I was bound and determined to squeeze in a hike in the middle of a snow storm. What is the worst that could happen? I packed up some safety gear, food, water, and off I went with Moki up Buff pass. On the trail it looked like a few people had been out…
October 10, 2022
I squeezed in some nice hiking, mountain biking, and flying to take in the beautiful fall colors. The snow isn’t far off…