vacation

2021

Anniversary Trip: The Scenic Way Home -

Anniversary Trip: Day of Ooops -

2020

Anniversary Trip: the Vulcan Mine -

Anniversary Trip: Mojave Ho! -

Anniversary Trip: Visiting Friends -

Anniversary Trip: Twenty Mule Team Canyon -

Anniversary Trip: Desolation Canyon and the Wagon Train -

Anniversary Trip: Greenwater Valley -

Anniversary Trip: Canyon Scrambling -

Anniversary Trip: Wildrose Charcoal Kilns -

Anniversary Trip: Revenue Canyon -

Anniversary Trip: Trona Pinnacles -

Anniversary Trip: Red Rock Canyon State Park -

Day 7 of our captivity: Laguna, two weeks ago -

2019

TotSW: Long road home -

TotSW: North Rim of the Grand Canyon -

TotSW: Glen Canyon Dam -

TotSW: the scenic road to Page -

TotSW: Chaco Culture National Historic Park -

TotSW: Valles Caldera -

TotSW: Tent Rocks National Monument -

TotSW: Bandelier National Monument -

TotSW: Being (relatively) civilized in Santa Fe -

TotSW: El Malpais National Monument -

TotSW: El Morro National Monument -

TotSW: Hot windy transfer day across AZ -

TotSW: Playing around Flagstaff -

TotSW: Transition to Flagstaff -

TotSW: Mojave National Preserve -

Tour of the Southwest: Getting out of Dodge -

Ski Week for real this time -

2018

Last but not least -

The other long day -

Layover Days -

Trains -

The Airline Trail -

More Rail-Trail Fun -

Newhaven to Rocky Hill: In Search of More Dinosaurs -

Bridgeport to Newhaven: In Search of Dinosaurs -

First day riding -

Bookends -

The Grand Vacation Scheme of 2018 -

2017

Many Faces of the Kid -

After the hike -

Cove Palisades/ Lake Billy Chinook -

Other fun volcanic features -

Newberry National Volcanic Monument -

addenda to last post -

Waterfalls -

Tour of the Volcanoes: Mountain Biking -

Other things to see at Lava Beds -

Caving -

Devil's Kitchen -

Homes away from home -

Tour of the Volcanoes: The Mountains -

Mini bike trip -

Familiar territory -

Making fun of the teenager -

Playing in the Wonderland of Rocks -

Hiking amidst the artifacts -

Happy campsite at Indian Cove -

Camping with friends -

Mountain Biking near Joshua Tree -

Wildflowers on the Way Down -

This shot sums it up -

The Truckster on Spring Break -

Travel snafus can lead to good outcomes -

holiday travels -

2016

Coastal Anniversary -

Other summer fun -

Coming full circle to Budapest -

We're silly too -

The many faces of Nim -

Riding Day 5: to Esztergom -

Gyor to Komarno -

Riding Day 3: On towards Gyor -

Riding Day 2: from the wet ruins of Carnuntum to Bratislava -

Vienna to Bad Deutsch-Altenburg -

Potpourri of Vienna -

Green dudes -

Wildlife -

Naps -

Anna Streets -

Other modes of transportation -

From the Old to the New -

Roman Stuffs -

Drink -

Food -

Reflective surfaces -

Seen from the airplane -

Riding Surfaces -

Cobbles -

Rental BSO -

Markets -

Ice cream = Default answer to all vacation woes -

Holiday Weekend Bikepacking -

2015

Playing Hooky -

Tour of the West: Death Valley -

Tour of the West: Arches and Bryce -

Tour of the West: Is there Anything Here???? -

Tour of the West: How to Fly Your Truckster -

Tour of the West: Ancestral Puebloan Structures -

Tour of the West: Slot Canyons Part 3 -- Peekaboo and Spooky Canyons -

Tour of the West: Slot Canyons Part 2 -- Medium -

Tour of the West: Slot Canyons Part 1 -- Easy -

Playing in Washington -

Tour of the West: Mud!! -

Tour of the West: Petroglyphs -

Tour of the West: Dinosaur Hunting -

Tour of the West: Critters -

Tour of the West: Also Seen in Nevada -

Tour of the West: Wheeler Peak -

Tour of the West: Free Campsites -

Tour of the West: Preview -

Spring Break Torture -

Not Ski Week -

The big kid -

Merry Christmas -

2014

Yosemite Anniversary -

Summer residua -

Cousin fun in Australia -

Last thoughts from New Zealand -

Birds -

Charming New Zealand Guidbook -

Safety culture -

Caves! -

Sheep -

Mean Ma -

Geothermal fun near Rotorua -

When Nimue gets tired -

Across the water -

Emus are funny -

What would you do with these? -

Chief Chad -

Ziplining fun -

hiking with Uncle Andrew -

Family Portrait -

I'm Feeling Lucky -

Return from Backwards Land -

Unplugged for Spring Break -

2013

Summer fun in Maine and Downieville -

More sightseeing and silliness -

Things one does at forts in Quebec -

Cycling surfaces in Quebec -

Eating on the Quebec bike trip -

Happy cyclists in Quebec -

The photographic process -

Photos from ski week -

2012

Fortresses -

The kiddo in Paris -

Bay Area vs Dordogne Bicycling Comparison -

Modes of transport -

Every kid needs a beret -

Things that happen when jet-lagged -

Touring Bike Action Magazine -

2011

Yosemite in pictures -

I think I forgot a vacation... -

Camping trip in pictures -

Sand -

4th of July in Downieville -

First Week of Summer Vacation -

Pictures from the Week of Big Fun -

Week of Winter -

2010

Downieville -

Fun in Downieville -

Half Moon Bay adventure cycling -

Sugarbowl to Squaw Ski Tour -

Ski Week -

But Mom, this is my new smile! -

2009

Catching up -

Cycling trip to the Fish Zoo -

Back home after visiting WA -

Ski Week Part 2: Sugarbowl -

2008

Greetings from the North Shore -