Category: Travel

  • The Next Trip

    So it’s been over two months since our last post.  We’ve been busy with family things.  We’ve put nearly 7,000 miles on rental cars doing two trips from California up through Utah, Idaho and back to California again But now we are about to head out to Great Britain to spend (hopefully) 5 weeks.  The…

  • An abrupt change in plans

    We ended our trip early on February 15th and headed straight to Ojai, California where Marie Wendel (Susie’s mom) had just been hospitalized with breathing issues, and had taken a turn for the worse.  Other family members gathered there as well and we visited with Marie in the hospital during the last 4 days of…

  • A walk in the jungle

    We spent three days walking through the mountains just west of Chiang Mai, visiting two Karen People villages, and staying in homes of Karen people both nights.  Our head guide was James, a great guy that guided Susie 5 years ago when she took a similar trek with a group of teenagers.  James had two…