What you are about to read is a whiny diatribe, and I would just like to apologize to…everyone in light of Typhoon Haiyan and the devastation it has wrought and in light of the fact that Monday was Veteran’s Day. I know that my life is a dream world compared to the way most people…
I’m so glad we’re here in November and not in the summer. The 6% humidity is already causing our lips to bleed and skin to be dry and itchy. If we had to couple that with 120-degree temps, I imagine that would be rather unpleasant. There’s not a lot of plant life that grows in…
We were only in Colorado for a couple days, but we packed those two days full. It was good to see friends we hadn’t seen since we moved. Among our appointments was, of course, the orthodontist. We found out Laurel may get her braces off in early February – a bit earlier than we expected,…
I’m updating my blog with pictures while I’m here at Barb & Ray’s house since I now have a fast Internet connection. We really enjoyed our time on the central Oregon coast. We saw lighthouses, seals, sea lions, sand dunes, Art Deco-looking bridges built by the CCC, a giant Sitka Spruce, a primordial-looking forest, a…
I can’t add pictures to this post because of a slow internet connection at the house where we’re staying, but I’ll post them when I can. The house is on stilts and only separated from the beach by a few bushes. I found this house on the tripadvisor website, and it’s a gem. (Really. I…
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can stop paying through the nose for rental-car insurance? Since I no longer own a car, I don’t have car insurance. Thus, I have to pay for car insurance every time I rent a car. In Oregon, insurance for rental cars (and presumably owned cars) is about…
Lotsa train rides this week; we’re on a first-name basis with the Coaster ticket checker. Monday we went back to Balboa Park to eat lunch at the beautiful restaurant near the art museum and then to visit the art museum. (Charlie’s favorite thing to do!) Tuesday we took a trolley (bus) driven by Brian O’Brien…
On Monday, October 14, we again took the Coaster to San Diego to tour the USS Midway, an aircraft carrier from 1945-1992 that now serves as a museum in the harbor. The ship was built to accommodate 3,500 sailors but sometimes had as many as 4,500. The mattresses on the triple bunks – and many…
On Monday, October 7, we took the Coaster train to San Diego again and walked to beautiful Balboa Park. We walked through the Japanese Friendship Garden and ate lunch at the Tea Pavilion there. Many of the gardens and museums at Balboa Park were designed for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition which, according to Wikipedia, “celebrated…
Let’s see…I walked to the eye doctor in Carlsbad Thursday (a couple miles each way) for an eye exam, new contacts, and new glasses while the kids walked in the opposite direction to get some more fruit and eggs at the farmers market. Then I stopped at the organic grocery, ATM (In network! No fees!),…
Travels with Charlie and Laurel 