Accommodation swap, again 🙃
2023年5月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Well the hotel room I found wasn't good either. It's sofa bed, not so much a bed. Airbnb helped out and provided a discount code to use due to the cancellation/issue of the last one. Messaging lots ofもっと詳しく
Not as advertised 😭
2023年5月26日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Well, the Birmingham Airbnb was not what the photos showed, nor the description 😵💫. The host knew of my request for no air fresheners, but it wreaked! Probably trying to cover up mold smellsもっと詳しく
Managers Special EV
2023年5月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
I found a great deal with Hertz for the rental we needed for the week: The Managers Special EV! I signed up(for free) as a Gold Member to get J as a second driver without a fee! Ironically they didn'tもっと詳しく
Revolution Dognuts
2023年5月25日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Hopped on the Street Car. It's a cute idea but it's such a small route, and ridership is low. It's a big money loss for the transit system. It was fun to pop over to the Market to see it, thoughもっと詳しく
smoked jerk cauliflower egg rolls
2023年5月24日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The afternoon was more fun! Ponce Street Market, the old Sears and Robuck building. Beltline south. Weather was great. Lots of people watching. Some folks kept going back and forth on short seconds ofもっと詳しく
Botanical Gardens
2023年5月24日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
A quick transit ride to the Botanical Gardens in Piedmont park.
Wow! It's impressive 👍
We wandered around for almost 4 hours! I've never seen or smelled orchids like they have in the greenhouseもっと詳しく
Deep Fried avocado
2023年5月23日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
The day started off with a transit ride to an unpaved section of the Beltline trail near Glenwood. Again, some friendly folks on the bus chatting us up. We learned about the famous people in Oaklandもっと詳しく
Private swim
2023年5月22日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
We recovered well from the Red eye flight with close to 11hrs of sleep! 😴
We popped up a bit north in town to Atlantic Station shopping area. My walking shoes were needing replacement as they noもっと詳しく
Bubblegum pain
2023年5月21日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
We landed 20 min early in Atlanta. But, the baggage was unloaded before the passenger bridge installed! Once they opened the bridge we had to wait another 2 min for boarder control to decide if weもっと詳しく
Smoked Calgary Afternoon 🔥
2023年5月20日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We saw clear skies on the flight over! Then we decended into a smokie city.
As we exited the airport to make use of our 12hr layover we chuckled spotting 3 pine cones dropped (by a kid?) in theもっと詳しく
Hitting the less smokie skies
2023年5月20日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
After a couple weeks back home we're back at it. A lot of preparation went into getting ready. We packed as light as we could. One checked bag, a carry on, plus a motorcycle helmet!
We were able toもっと詳しく
Next chapter: USA!
2023年5月20日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Three pretty intense days of wildfire smoke 😭
Cleaning up the house and items to prepare for our departure.
After worrying about a pending strike by pilots for our next adventure, and rebookingもっと詳しく
Mother's day at Francois
2023年5月14日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Spent the weekend with my mom and Erich at thier lake property before going international. Had a wonderful time exploring and helping out around the property.
Operation New Door
2023年5月11日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
J left for a visit with his parents at the lake.
I couldn't shut our front door! It was never that great for an old door, but this was my breaking point. The hardware store near by had one in stock!もっと詳しく
Drive back north
2023年5月9日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
Headed to to the ferry terminal early. I thought I was going to be the third to last on the ship, but there was actually a bit of empty room.
I enjoyed a delicious, but weird looking mango on theもっと詳しく
Funtastic triple cookie
2023年5月8日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We didn't get into dessert last night so special cookies for breakfast!
I returned my brother's motorbikes.
It was great to spend the day with dad too 👍😎
Lasagna & Dad
2023年5月7日, カナダ ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Dad's return day home from his motorcycle tour, so I whipped up a big lasagna for him.
I enjoyed an afternoon visit with friends and their two daughters. We had not seen one another in years. Sheもっと詳しく
Pick-me-up pickle
2023年5月6日, カナダ
Errands day in Victoria and a little shopping.
I enjoyed some deep fried pickles and a beverage. The waitress commented that it was my "Pick-me-up pickle," for my afternoon. I guess she was right!
Lightening
2023年5月4日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
J stayed in Vancouver while I returned to Victoria. He enjoyed having lunch with a long time friend.
My ferry ride was relaxing. That evening I could see a lightening show in the distance. Lighteningもっと詳しく
Motorcycle road test
2023年5月3日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Jeremy enjoyed his motorcycle road course in March at a Vancouver school. The Last couple weeks of riding were excellent preparation for the big day. He was borrowing a bike from the school so weもっと詳しく
Hop on a boat
2023年5月2日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Beautiful morning in Victoria again! Today's run was around Uvic campus. I studied there for 5 years in the early part of the veg century, so it brought back memories. The outer trail is newer than myもっと詳しく
Pothole tour
2023年5月1日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
We decided to do the big loop through Lake Cowichan and Duncan on our bikes. The day seemed like it was going to be warm, but we could have used another layer while on the ocean road out to Portもっと詳しく
R & R Sunday (run and Ritual)
2023年4月30日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A nice sleep-in Sunday 🛌💤
Cappuccino success ☕
A easy run around the golf course🏃💨
Babushka, "my flying birds," was her greeting. 🧓
J remembered about Ritual Nordic Spa and weもっと詳しく
Cascade Falls
2023年4月29日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
W&A picked us up for a hike out at Cascade Falls. It was a prefect day for a walk in the woods; not too hot or busy. Afterwards they treated us to lunch at a pub. The sun beams were toasty, so we tookもっと詳しく
Hot day = ice cream!
2023年4月28日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Garmin trainer said it was a long run day. So off to Elk Lake for a fun hour.
Another motorcycle ride in the mid 20s sunshine. We found ourselves in Sydney and J thought, "ice cream!" We spotted theもっと詳しく
Walk your parrot
2023年4月27日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
We had a lovely sleep and woke up to fresh dew. Down to the garden we headed. Four flats of onion starters needed to find their homes in a bed. J and I got to it, assisted by canine supervion. The sunもっと詳しく







































































































































































































