We landed last night on our flight from Houston at 10:30, flying in low over a bay that seemed to have hundreds of cargo ships at anchor at the Port of Callao before touching down just as we crossed the coastline. A quick check of Wikipedia showed that Callao was the main port for the […]

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. […]

Despite our crazy adventures in California, we’ve never ventured into the sparsely populated area north of Los Angeles and between the 101 and 5 Freeways. We are usually in a hurry to get somewhere and that keeps us from taking the scenic byways that are truly remarkable. Carrizo Plain The Carrizo Plain is a broad, […]

A business trip to Boston provided an excellent opportunity to drive the Coast of Maine to Acadia National Park. But first, a Friday night Red Sox game, made more special for the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park. After a one-hour rain delay, we enjoyed the game, even though the Sox lost. The special treat on […]

Joshua Tree has to be the nearest national park to a major US city that is known to the fewest people. Just an hour and half from our home in Pasadena, Joshua Tree is a winter-only kind of place due to the extreme Summer heat in the Mojave Desert. Uncrowded beauty Its seasonality means it […]