Tagged With: Traveling
Packing List
I am busy formulating a packing list for our Boston trip. I like to pack in my head before I pack in real life. I’m wondering how far I can pare down my luggage. When we went to Europe for Christmas a few years ago, we traveled from London to Munich and back to London. … Continue reading
WWBD
We’ve got some vacations planned for the next few months, one to the snow and one to the beach. Naturally, I am concentrating on my shopping; as a professional, I keep my head in the game. But how can you shop for two such disparate climes? WWBD?* There has to be a way to make … Continue reading
Honeymoon V: Salt Lake City
Midnight in Salt Lake City. Gene realized he needed his phone charger from the car and went out for it. When he got back in, he said “You need to come see this.” Incidentally: Salt Lake City? Not what you’d expect. Sure, they’ve got the giant Mormon temple compound at Temple Square, with dozens of … Continue reading
Honeymoon IV: Car Camping
We toured the Deschutes Brewery in Bend and spent two nights camping in Eastern Oregon. I won’t get into those, because we were perfectly happy and it’s impossible to be interesting about perfect happiness. (Unless you are Dorothy L. Sayers and writing Busman’s Honeymoon. But I am no Sayers.) We drove across Idaho, where we … Continue reading
Honeymoon III: Crater Lake
We drove to Crater Lake and arrived around dinner time — and not just for us. The area was swarming with more mosquitoes than I’ve ever seen in my life. (We found out later this is because the valley is basically a lake with a thin layer of soil on top. There is a 14-inch … Continue reading
Honeymoon II: Bear trouble
Our first night camping was spent in Jedediah Smith campground, where a cat-burglar bear had apparently been wreaking havoc. We were warned in no uncertain terms never to leave any food or scented lotion or anything outside the bear box, not even in the trunk of the car. That’s the bear box off to the … Continue reading
Honeymoon I: Mendocino
Our first day of the honeymoon saw the introduction of our trip-long theme of eating only at breweries. We started at Bear Republic Brewery in Healdsburg. All the locals on the restaurant patio and passing by outside seemed to know each other, which made me believe we’d discovered the fabled Small Town America. (This conviction … Continue reading
Good
We set up camp next to Magone Lake in Oregon. In the morning the chipmunks came out and scurried all over camp. At sunset they disappeared and the mosquitoes came zipping around. At nightfall, the hundreds of frogs living around the lake started yelling to each other. In the morning, the birds sang, and the … Continue reading
Train
Gene’s heading off to Europe next week with Clark (his dad). I would go, but, you know, that’s the three week period when New Moon is released on DVD, so it’s just not really a good time for me to be away. One of the many exciting activities they have planned which I am totally … Continue reading
Some stuff I did in Philadelphia
– Ate goat tacos – Drank raspberry beer (but not with the tacos) – Met a zombie prison guard – Participated in a Jewish temple ceremony – Rediscovered the marvelous prose of Shirley Jackson – Had gourmet cupcakes from two different places – May have told some people that my fiance is Amish – Hung … Continue reading