Victoria from the deck of the Port Angeles ferry. The Empress, right on Victoria Harbor. Here we spent our honeymoon some 30 years ago. With fall soon to become winter, the sun sets early between…

Crossing the Puget Sound aboard the Edmonds to Kingston ferry. White tail deer strolling along the water in front of the Washington Harbor cottage we rented. Charming, and quiet, streets of Port Townsend. We had…

We love the Northwest in the fall, but we thought mid to late October was pushing it weather-wise.  As it turned out, we caught it just right.  Washington is the Evergreen State, as any drive…

A staycation after leaving the workforce.  Picnic dinners and lunches on the beach and just doing what we want — between packing and the like.  Here are some of our favorite images.    Picnic dinner…

We flew from Bali to Sydney, once again going through Bangkok. Here we are leaving the coast of Thailand, with the winding Chao Phraya River in the distance. We stayed at the Park Hyatt Sydney.…

We flew Asiana from Honolulu to Inchon then Thai Airlines to Bangkok on the double-deck A380. On the A380, we flew first class on the top deck. The all-white color palette was a bit of…

Michele visited Tokyo to tour the flagship hotel of Resorttrust, the Kahala Hotel’s new owner and management company. Gene met her in Tokyo for some vacation time in Kyoto. Here Gene approaches Tokyo. We met…

Our third and final safari destination was also in Botswana, near the Okavango Delta, some 200 miles from the Kalahara. Cloudless skies meant our plane’s shadow followed us for the trip. There’s a reason why…