My Travels Around The World
August 2025
2025 Africa: The Way Home; Final Thoughts
We skipped the safari activity this morning because it would have been too hectic to do a shortened version of that, then finish packing and [...]
July 2025
Day 10: Okavango Delta, Part 3
This entry is for Thursday, July 31, 2025. It is a bit after Noon as I sit here with this view to write about the [...]
Day 9: Okavango Delta, Part 2
This is for Wednesday, July 30, 2025. It’s 12:20pm as I start on the first half of the day. This is my view at the [...]
Day 8: Okavango Delta, Part 1
This post is for Tuesday, July 29, 2025. We are at Moremi Crossing. They have added technology since we were here in June 2023. We [...]
Off the grid for the next few days
We are off the grid for the next few days.
Day 7: Mozambique to Botswana
An easy travel day with a lovely evening in Maun.
Day 6: Lunch with a view; animals; 2 police shakedowns
I don’t think I’ve ever been this glad to be back in my hotel room. The entire day was filled with various cash and currency [...]
Day 5: An aborted border crossing; In the Neighborhood
A stress-inducing morning was balanced out by a relaxing afternoon and evening in the neighborhood of our hotel.
Day 4: Around Maputo
I woke up at 3 AM and was unsuccessful getting back to sleep so I gave up about 4. Ash managed to sleep until 5:30. [...]
Day 3: Date night in Maputo
After spending the entire morning in the car, we relaxed this afternoon and had a wonderful meal in the evening. Probably the best of our trip so far.
Day 2: Swazi Cultural Village
I actually slept until 8 AM, getting 10 hours of sleep again. Ash was up a little before me and was ready to go so [...]
Day 1: Manzini, Eswatini
We spent our entire morning on the road, but had a beautiful afternoon at the resort.
2025 Africa: Departure – Sacramento to Maputo, Mozambique
We have in some ways been planning this trip since we first went to Africa in 2023. That was the first time we'd used [...]
Day 4: Closing Meeting; Beach in the Neighborhood; Granville Island; Final Thoughts
Sunday, July 6, was the last day of the convention, closing with a "Big Meeting" at the stadium from 9-11am. We left the condo [...]
Day 3: Whistler Mountain. And bears.
The morning started as the prior did, with me up first and getting the blog up over coffee. Mark had spent the night with [...]
Day 2: Walking tour downtown, Opening Meeting of the convention
I was the first one up about 5:45am. I sat on the little balcony drinking coffee and getting the first blog entry up. By [...]
2025 Vancouver: Day 1 – Arrival, AA International Convention
Thursday morning, July 2, we headed to Vancouver, BC, Canada, for the AA International Convention that happens every 5 years. And since 2020's was [...]
January 2025
Day 9: The last day; my traditional Final Thoughts
We really slept in Tuesday morning, both getting up just before 5am. Well, that's sleeping in for me, anyway, almost 8 hours of much [...]
December 2024
Day 8: A lazy day in Waikiki
I was up about 3:30am on Monday, after about 5.5 hours of sleep which is sadly normal for me. And mostly enough. I went [...]
Hawai’i videos REDUX
Let’s try this again. Apologies to subscribers who received notification of the first one but nothing was working. I’ve been having challenges with videos this [...]
Day 7: Oahu beaches, Waimea Falls & Botanical Gardens
I slept in a bit for me on Saturday, not up until about 4:20am. Although we had great coffee in the room, I didn't [...]
Day 6: On to Oahu – The Royal Hawaiian, Manoa Falls
Saturday morning, I was up at my normal 4am or so and worked on the blog. Ash was up not too far behind me. [...]
Day 5: More beaches; The Road to Hana
On Friday, Ash and I were both up about 4:30am. We made coffee and he watched a movie on Netflix ("Carry-On") while I worked [...]
Day 4: Three beaches in Maui; dinner at The Plantation House
Thursday morning started just like the prior two - me up early, downstairs just after 4am to work on the blog, Ash joining around [...]
Day 3: The North Shore, Hanalei Bay, Turtles at Sunset
I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Mine started the way most travel days do: a date with the blog. I started again about [...]
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