Hold on to me as we go, as we roll down this unfamiliar road – Phillip Phillips, “Home” For most people, the vacation destination is just that, someplace to arrive and begin relaxing or having an adventure. For us, the destination is just a stopover on our continuous adventure, and getting to Krabi Beach, Thailand […]

This is a continuation of Day 1 of 3 gray and wonderful days on Belle-île-en-Mer, Brittany. Our second day in Belle-île-en-Mer started with a change of hotels. The owner of the Hotel Clos Fleuri wasn’t any easier to deal with in the morning, so we quickly booked the hotel we considered when we first planned […]

I never thought I could associate rainy skies and beautiful vistas, but Belle-ile-en-Mer, an island just 8 kilometers off the Brittany Coast of France is where you can. I call Brittany the ‘Ireland of France’ for its weather and coastline. Belle-île is located northwest of the city of Saint-Nazaire and to the southeast of Lorient. […]

It would be against our style to do things the way others do, so while many people get married in Maui (Maui’d, as the Maui wedding people say), we get married annually in Maui. We showed up at the Kihei Boat Ramp just before 5pm and had a few minutes to enjoy the breeze and […]

It’s too bad that most of the beaches that allow camping in Southern California put the tents so closely together. If you’re not careful, you can be in a tent a few feet away from an RV’s generator in the middle of the night. Leo Carillo is not one of those beaches. We made our […]

We have a habit of spending holidays doing very non-traditional things, taking advantage of inexpensive hotels and less-crowded places. Thanksgiving 2011 was no different as we took the long holiday in our favorite island destination, Kaua’i. Past adventures We’ve been here several times together and have found it one of the absolute best islands to […]

Our rescued brittanys love hiking with us and have even ridden on kayaks, but I think their favorite thing to do is go to the beach (just like us). We knew that our friends visiting from France could enjoy Huntington Beach Dog Beach as much as the dogs, so it was an easy choice for […]

We spent ‘The Fourth’ visiting our friends who live on the Peninsula at Newport Beach, California, and as always, took Gwenn and Mitch, our rescued French and American brittanys along. Rather than leave them back at the house when it was time to kayak, we decided to let them come along just to see how […]

Just because we were on an island paradise didn’t mean we wanted to sit still.  We look for adventure everywhere we go and locals are often a great source of inspiration.  Within hours of our arrival we’d met Jason and Fermin at the Royal Hawaiian.  When we explained that we love to hike, climb and […]