Last year when we dove on the Rainbow Reef Maxie got himself hooked on SCUBA, so for his most recent birthday we gave him a […]
Travels
The Young McClain Wedding
I remember meeting Savannah when she was younger than Max is now, shortly after I moved to the US back at the end of 2000. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Diving Taveuni and the Rainbow Reef
Unlike driving a car or flying a plane, there’s no age limit associated with SCUBA diving. Max had been wanting to join me on a […]
The Garden Island
Twenty years ago when Lisa and I got engaged we decided to get married on neutral ground somewhere between Adelaide and San Francisco. So we […]
Adelaide
Last year we received news of the St Mark’s centenary gala dinner to be held on March 15, 2025. Given Lisa and I met at […]
A Wedding in Hampshire
Way back in 2018 Lisa hired an English intern for the harvest, Will Perkins. And then, thanks to Will’s skill with crafting sparkling wines, she […]
The Coral Coast
The Fijian government holds a majority stake in Fiji Airways, so to entice travelers to experience Fiji as they transit the Pacific the airline doesn’t […]
Christmas in Adelaide
The last time we spent Christmas in Australia with Granny Jenni, Pops John and Steve was 2014. Way too long ago! So after the AVS […]
Los Cabos
When Annie called me up in May asking if I’d be interested in accompanying Kevin on a surf trip to Los Cabos for a long […]