It’s been a very busy summer break for us, but it would be blasphemous for the kids to go back to school without our traditional […]
Generation Z
Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons and a Rodeo
We were up and at ’em early from our campsite alongside Hebgen Lake with the GPS set to what is arguably Yellowstone National Park’s most […]
Cascade and Big Sky
July of 2012 was the last time we were in Cascade at Aunt Cheryl and Tio Nelson’s house on the Missouri River. Lilia was 15 […]
Missoula, Lakeside and Glacier National Park
After our morning hike and soak in Goldbug Hot Springs we motored north on Highway 93, eventually climbing up Lost Trail Pass to cross the […]
Twin Falls and the Sawtooth Mountains
For some reason, Wild Man had it on his agenda to visit Montana this summer. I’m still not 100% sure why… Maybe it’s the big […]
Donner Summit and a Truckee River Float
Mum said it just wouldn’t be summer if we didn’t squeeze in a Truckee River float, so we started our big road trip with a […]
Istanbul
Istanbul is such a crossroads of the world: Turkey is one of the few countries on the planet with its main territory straddling two continents […]
A Wedding in Mcely
Finally, the event that was the genesis of our summer Europe adventures: Oliver and Veronika’s wedding in the rural village of Mcely in eastern Czechia. […]
Prague
After an almost sleepless flight across the Atlantic via Istanbul, Mum finally joined us in Prague and was greeted with lots of big hugs from […]
Brno
I do love traveling around Europe by train. It’s so easy rolling into the station a few minutes before departure, no security checks, hop into […]
Budapest
From Riga it was a short hop on an Air Baltic flight to Hungary’s capital. Budapest is an incredibly grand city, with Buda Castle and […]
Riga and Western Latvia
It was quite a pretty drive along the coast from Tallinn to Latvia’s capital on a luxurious (and cheap!) Lux Express coach: endless forests of […]
Tallinn
The Valtenbergs are never ones to miss a wedding, especially one in somewhere as fun as eastern Czechia! When we received the invitation to Oliver […]
AVS Promotion II
Amazing to think today marks the end of an era: no more kids attending Alexander Valley Elementary! It seems like only yesterday when Lilia was […]
Healdsburg Junior High Promotion
And off to high school she goes!
The 2025 HFFCF Fair
It’s that time of year again: months of work with sheep and rabbits all coming to fruition for the 2025 HFFCF far. The new format […]
The 2025 HFFCF Parade
Disco theme this year!
The Final Shear
One final day at the salon before we head to the fair
The Healdsburg Sheep Salon
Stan, Kenny and Betsy are looking mighty fine after a day at the sheep salon! All ready for the HFFCF shearing tomorrow…
The Anxious Generation
The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt Haidt is one of my favorite writers, his other book on a similar topic – The Coddling of the American […]