I’m Going On An Adventure

“I am going on an adventure”. Bilbo Baggins excitedly announces this as he runs down the lane in the classic book, The Hobbit. And this is how I feel right now as we get ready to embark on an adventure that was a lifetime in the making. I cannot contain my elation and...
Captivating Cinque Terre

Captivating Cinque Terre

Rick and I have visited the Cinque Terre region of Italy three times, and it still is one of our happy places in the world. Cinque Terre is the name for the 5 villages of Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Manarola, Corniglia, and Riomaggiore, located on the west coast of...
Alluring Audrey Hepburn

Alluring Audrey Hepburn

Our daughter, Heather, thoroughly enjoyed Audrey Hepburn movies and her iconic style when she was a teenager. I loved Sabrina and Roman Holiday. I, too, adored her. So, when we were in Lausanne, Switzerland after our amazing time in the Berner Oberland region, we knew...
Secrets of Yosemite National Park

Secrets of Yosemite National Park

Rick and I tackled Yosemite from Los Angeles after visiting our daughters, so we drove up through Fresno, taking the two lane State Highway 41 into Oakhurst and Fish Camp. This direction, although slow, had us climbing into the forested canopy to Wawona Rd and Wawona...
Lovely Los Angeles

Lovely Los Angeles

Our daughters lived and worked in the Los Angeles area after college, so we visited as often as we could. After seeing the typical sites of the city, like the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Grauman’s Chinese Theater, we discovered so many secrets of this expansive...