Such a wet, Northwest weekend. The view from BoiToi's pop top. I think of September as our most glorious month. The weather is usually warm and stable until the end of the …
BoiToi worked like a dream (i.e., how it is supposed to)! I introduced Victor to the pleasure of listening to the Cowboy Junkies in the dark with WA Legal (the new …
One of my favorite drives in Washington is through Yakima Canyon. With almost no moon, I was hoping for a quick overnight in the canyon to do a bit of …
"I can come? About the only thing I know in the sky is Orion." And that is how I got myself invited to the Table Mountain Star Party. You don't have …
Last weekend I forgot my jacket, a sweater, a hat for cool Northwest nights and a hat for protecting my balding pate. Then there were simple things that might make …
After two months of one of the most glorious springs I can ever recall, the weekend proved cool and cloudy, i.e., "normal". This ended up an issue as I forgot …
I expected that I'd be part of a VW bus parade anywhere near Ventura, with surfboards strapped on top and sexy boys and girls sitting in their vans getting in …
My first paid vacation at my first real desk job found me packing my beloved Tercel with skis and snorkeling equipment for a two-week final destination unknown drive down to …
Before Vic and I got married, one of the things we agreed is that we'd each take a vacation on our own every year. This has turned out harder to …
Before we crested the false saddle, I thought I might have a heart attack after all. By the time I rounded the final switch back through the scree field, I …
I am ready for a camper van. However, camper vans are expensive and old, so we were lucky to have neighbors lend us theirs to see what it might be like …
Need to get away but keep it quick? Need an ideal place overnight with six 5-year olds with the short attention spans? Just want to relive (or create) some boy …