Postcards from the Road

Thirteen years of my travel journals - with photos!
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2012
Defying Gravity Tour
We are on the road now!
11 December 2011 - ???

2011
Mental Floss Tour
20 December 2010 - 7 May 2011
A life changing trip.

2010

Cal Road Trip
9-19 November
We follow the Oregon Ducks to Berkeley

Oregon v Tennessee
7-13 September
We fly to Tennessee for the Big Game.

Take the Weather with You Tour
We visited Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks.
2-25 August 2010

Deja Vu All Over Again
We re-visit some of our favorite spots in the Southwest - and Mexico.
28 February - 24 May 2010

Rose Bowl
We went south for the 2010 Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
18 December 2009 - 11 January 2010

2009

Fall Football Tour
We follow the Ducks to Stanford... and beyond
30 October - 14 November

The Sandwich Tour
Diamond Lake & Crater Lake National Park
11-20 September

World Track & Field Championships
BERLIN, GERMANY
14-25 August

Coastal Confessions Tour
8 days exploring the Oregon & Washington Coasts,
and a visit to Mount St. Helens

The Maiden Voyage of the Magna Peregrinus
We finally receive our long-delayed motorhome and hit the road for six months

2008

Napa Culinary Tour
May 11-16
I join an organized tour for a week of walking, food & wine

Eugene08
June 28 - July 6
The US Olympic Track & Field Trials from Historic Hayward Field

Tour of Oregon
August 11- 18
Oregon Coast to Crater Lake!

Slow Food
28-31 August
I attend the Slow Food Conference in San Francisco

Loose in the Palouse
26 September - 5 October
We toured through Washington State

Fall RV Trip
17 October - 10 November
We followed the Oregon Ducks to ASU & Cal... with plenty of fun along the way.

2007

Winter RV Trip
72 nights | California | Arizona | Mexico

Spring RV Trip
Highlights from the Road | Rogue Jet Boat

The RV Rally
Five days in Redmond, Oregon

OSAKA, JAPAN
2007 World Track & Field Championships

Weekend in Newport
We taste-test local fish & chips

2006

Pacific Coast
One week
Southern Oregon to Northern California

Italy
23 days
Florence | Venice | Tuscany | Rome | Sorrento

2005

Windy Piece of Land Tour
22 March - 16 June 2005
3,836 miles | 86 nights | 6 states

Baltic Cruise
A few days in England then a 14-day Cruise aboard the Oceania Regatta
Belgium, Amsterdam, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Helsinki,
St. Petersburg, Estonia, Stockholm

2004

Maiden Voyage
The First Trip in our new Intrigue
9 December 2003 - 23 February 2004
4491 Miles | 76 nights
Palm Springs | Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas
Puerto Penasco, Mexico | Death Valley National Park

Big Trip 2004
19 April - 20 July
92 Nights | 10,529 miles
We had a month-long adventure getting from Oregon to Cape Cod
for a wedding, then drove back...
around the north shore of the Great Lakes in Canada!

Oklahoma v Oregon
17-19 September
We fly to Oklahoma City for Sooner Stompin'

2003

Travels with Goldie: June RV Trip
11 June - 2 July 2003
Jackson, Wyoming | Grand Teton National Park
Yellowstone National Park | Baker City, Oregon
Joseph, Oregon | Wallowa Lake | Pendleton, Oregon

Alaska Cruise Aboard the Star Princess
August 9 - 16, 2003
Roundtrip from Seattle to Juneau, Skagway, Tracy Arm & Ketchikan

2002

Caribbean Cruise
We sail aboard the Dawn Princess
2-12 January

2002 A-10 Basketball Tournament
March 1-9 | Philadelphia
Washington DC | Philadelphia Flower Show | A-10 Tourney

Travels with Goldie: Far Side of I-5 Tour
55 nights | 5,190 miles
17 May - 11 July
Pac-10 Track & Field Championships | Salt Lake & Park City
Las Vegas & Jimmy Buffett | Sedona | Petrified Forest | Canyon de Chelly
Albuquerque | Santa Fe | Taos | Mesa Verde | Arches | Canyonlands
Natural Bridges | Capitol Reef | Escalante | Bryce Canyon | Zion
Great Basin | South Lake Tahoe | Merced | Bandon Dunes

Travels with Goldie: The Perimeter Tour
80 nights | 9,980 miles
19 September - 6 December
Yellowstone | Upper Peninsula | Purdue | Washington, DC
Outer Banks | Disneyworld | New Orleans | Tucson
And Everywhere in-between!

2001

Floridays
5-17 January
We spend a few days in Key West with Lisa

A-10 Tournament
2-11 March Visiting Lisa in DC | Philadelphia for the A-10 Tourney

Travels with Goldie: February RV Trip
21 nights | 2,779 miles
1-22 February
Calico Ghost Town | Golfing in Las Vegas | The Desert Bar
San Diego Zoo | Wild Animal Park

Travels with Goldie: Spring RV Trip
22 April - 9 May
17 nights | 2,076 miles
Morro Bay | Hearst Castle

Travels with Goldie: Mt. Lassen
1-9 July
We hike to the top of Mt. Lassen!

Travels with Goldie: Canada
30 nights | 2,755 miles
26 July - 25 August 2001
World Track & Field Championships in Edmonton
Jasper National Park | Banff National Park

2000

Caribbean Cruise
8-18 January
We cruise on the Sea Princess, round-trip from Ft. Lauderdale
visiting the Bahamas, Jamaica, Grand Cayman & Cozumel

Travels with Goldie: Winter RV Trip
5-23 February
A three-week swing through California
Merced | San Diego | Palm Springs

Travels with Goldie: Spring RV Trip
7 April - 7 May
Mammoth Lakes | Death Valley | Las Vegas | Grand Canyon
Lake Havasu | Yosemite | San Francisco | Redwoods

2000 Olympic Track & Field Trials
11-26 July
Sacramento, California

Hawaii
4 - August
A few tropical days together before Lisa goes back to GW

Travels with Goldie: Fall RV Trip
12 October - 5 November
24 nights | 3,360 miles
We take the long way to Tempe for the Duck v SunDevil contest

Snickers Memorial
The Sweetest Beagle Ever

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"It's a semi-true story, believe it or not.
I've made up a few things and there's some I forgot.
But the life and the telling are both real to me,
And they all run together and turn out to be a semi-true story."
- Jimmy Buffett