Category: Western US Spring 2018

Well, we did say we were going to another country! I know this is not Europe. But what I mean is I really know this is not Europe! However this is our first stop for two days. Houston, Texas! Not sure why Nancy is so happy to be in Houston. Here we are in a… Continue reading Europe Spring 2019 →

Hello everyone! We are back on another travel adventure! Our route through Europe! We are pretty happy to be on the road again. This time we go off to Europe to visit 9 countries or more, for almost 2 months in full. We'll be spending some time on an island of Greece called Poros, taking… Continue reading Europe Spring 2019 →

We are in France! Frejus is our first stop in France. We dropped off our rental car in Genoa, and the next day took a train to Frejus. Here we rented another car to spend the next five days traveling in France to Bretagne region where we will meet some more family of ours. When… Continue reading Europe 2018 France →

Gelato & Friends! Yep. That's me having some gelato again. We spent a couple of days early on this trip in Palermo tasting gelato at a festival. But there is a place in Reggio Emilia that is one of my favorites. It is called Emilia Creamery and if you ever get the chance, do not… Continue reading Europe 2018 – Reggio Emilia, Italy →

Our Family! Now we visit family and friends in Sestri Levante. On the west coast of Italy, about a 30 minute train ride from Genova. This picture shows some of the relatives that are direct cousins to my mother. We found our family about 5 years ago.  It was a very emotional time for us… Continue reading Europe 2018 – Sestri Levante, Italy →

Etna! Well, this is about the closest we got to Mount Etna, so you get to see the one shot we got of it. I suppose a good tourist would of gone there and gone up, but Nancy and I were never very good at being tourist. So..................................................... Instead we went to Siracusa, a waterfront… Continue reading Europe 2018 – Siracusa, Sicily →

Now, normally I would start a post with a picture of a sign or something that states where we are. However, this picture proceeds that idea in this post because we could not find a an espresso in London terminal 3 that was in a real ceramic cup. And we are pretty strict about not… Continue reading Europe 2018 – Palermo, Sicily →

Well, we are off and running on our trip to Europe to visit family and friends in Italy and France! But first I thought I'd share with you a picture of Nancy & I with a city councilman from Sestri Levante (my Italian family hometown). This was a fortuitous meeting the day before we are… Continue reading Europe 2018 →

Onward to Washington. We spent a day in Pasco, Washington where Gary again connected with a friend from earlier in his life. Pasco wasn't much to see. The Columbia river, Farmland, Trains, And some cute goats, To be fair, we really did not stay in Pasco long. We arrived late one evening and were gone… Continue reading Wandering the West – Going Home →

We are headed back home. For this part of the trip, we really have not had a particular plan. So we decided to go back through Idaho. But first, we had to get around the eastern border of Glacier Park, which took a while, especially when you see local home made fry bread along the… Continue reading Wandering the Western States – Going Home →