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 […]
Travels
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 […]
Disneyland!
Disneyland is typically the last place I’d plan a trip during spring break, but with Granny Jenni here for a few weeks and it being […]
Palm Springs
A few weeks ago Granny Jenni decided to fly over to join us for spring break, so instead of our usual snowy spring break adventures […]
New Year Ski Adventure
This was the ski trip that almost didn’t happen… We’d been planning to visit the Hansens in Bend since Tony dropped by on a visit […]
A Weekend in Melbourne
A quick trip over to Melbourne during school holidays to visit my cousins and some friends from university
ANZAC Long Weekend in Robe
When we arrived at the Stuart shack in central Robe one of the first things I did was start flicking through the old guest book […]
Easter in Wilmington
With the kids on term one school holidays, the four of us made the trek up to the Southern Flinders Ranges to stay with the […]
Our Walkabout Two
A placeholder and link to our journey from California to Australia via Alaska and Europe during 2021.
Mammoth and June Mountain Spring Break
Last year for spring break our ski week in Utah with the Munselles was well and truly jettisoned by the onset of COVID in the […]
Christmas in Summit County
After a pretty magic week cutting up the slopes of Steamboat Springs, we headed back towards Denver to Summit County. The last time I’d visited […]
Steamboat Springs
We were checked into our flights to Colorado and standing outside at Oakland International Airport – trying to minimize our time indoors – when my […]
Mountain Biking Oregon
There was just too much adventure during our 10 day mountain biking trip of Oregon so I split it up into three separate posts: Bend, […]
The Southern Cascades
From Willakenzie we headed south along the Willamette Valley into Linn County and stopped for the night at Waterloo County Park just outside of Lebanon. […]
Northern Oregon
From Bend we shot north on Highway 97 headed for our next mountain biking stop: Hood River’s Post Canyon. Unless one heads west into the […]
Bend
It’s a roughly eight hour drive from our home in Geyserville to Bend, a little too much for a single day with the kids in […]
Shell Beach
A bit of a last minute sojourn to the Central Coast to join the McGarrys at a palatial abode they rented with Michele’s family for […]
Utah Ski (?) Week
We planned this spring break back in November with our neighbors, the Munselles: buy Ikon ski passes for the season, ski Tahoe all winter and […]