Lupe and I have arrived safely in Guadalajara Wednesday afternoon, after a most enjoyable 4 days in New Braunfels, Texas. We have consumed much brisket (especially at one roadside stop that the proprietor insisted on calling "Knucklehead’s"), and many tacos. Lupe’s brother, Pat, and his family have been here for about four months. By my [...]
Istanbul in a word: decadence. Well, at least that’s the perspective from the uniquely privileged vantage point we have enjoyed. Each night has gotten successively better. We began the week admittedly on a bad foot when our bags were caught up in laziness and red tape for four days, however the lack of American fashions [...]
Click the flag for trip journal entries. When viewing the photo sets linked below, click on any picture to view its related description. Near Dakar, Lupe and April visited the slave port of Goree, before we all headed north to St. Louis, where the con artists outnumbered the tourists. After retreating back to Dakar and [...]
So, we drove to Toronto this past Labor Day weekend via Niagra Falls. The falls were great (our room’s jacooz had a nice view of them), but Toronto was a bit of a dissapointment. The weather was fresh like San Francisco, but it had less definable character. During our stay, we were able to find [...]
Gal and I just got back from Maine. Since our “BRAND NEW CAR!” has not “left port” yet, we decided to steal my parents covertible and jet up north. Our journey took us through the White Mountains, where the roads were recently paved. This gave us a dreamy ride, with the top down, of course. [...]