See ya Kwajalein… It’s been interesting.

We have been here a year now. It has been a year of mixed emotions. I know I have not posted much in here about the island, but the times I have posted have been about how much fun we have been having. But, like everything else in life, it hasn’t always been tropical beaches, […]

Psst… Hey buddy. Need a used car?

Part four (or is it part five? I can’t remember any longer) of our trip to Pohnpei last July (yep. Still haven’t gotten to the surf trip in October) finds us driving around the island in our rental car. Strangely, all the cars here are from Asian countries so they are right-hand drive cars, but […]

Nerds in front of waterfalls.

Number three in the continuing Pohnpei saga is about a couple of nerds who visit waterfalls (shoot, we still aren’t caught up to our most recent surf trip). One nerd does it with some kind of weird waterfall FOMO (fear of missing out) bordering on a squirrel-on-crack-obsessiveness. The other nerd? Well, that one tags along […]

A Pig

A perfectly proportioned, partially perturbed Pohnpeian pig, perambulating ponderously, possibly perusing a pasture for palatable protein. Probably particularly prefers the prenom Petunia. Sorry about that one guys! Anyway, it’s a pig.

A Walk Around Nan Madol

In the spirit of keeping up with our travels in a timely manner, I mentioned in the last post that we were on Pohnpei for some surfing. This is not that post. Instead, it is a post about a trip we took there in July, to hike, visit a million waterfalls, and visit the ruins […]

Here Be Dragons…

I have always loved the saying – the legend on maps – from the Middle Ages and the time of oceanic exploration that says, “here be dragons”. It was such a great description of those places marked on maps, yet to be discovered, where people had not yet traveled, or had not explored fully enough […]

My walk yesterday

I took a walk yesterday, in the morning, and, yes, it was freezing cold. Strangely, I ran into a couple people I know, and of course the topic of the election the night before came up. All right, before I go too much further, I will apologize ahead of time for any statements in here […]

A Conversation Over Brunch

Tam and I are in Tucson. It is not one of our favorite places, and it really lacks the warm salty ocean and a beach, but we are here helping her family through some big changes. Tam was here for a month, and I just got here after finishing all of the to-do lists for […]

Back…

We are back in Oregon. I felt like I should have, but didn’t put an exclamation point behind that statement because I still feel a little weird about being back here. We have actually been back for two and a half weeks, but it has been a whirlwind since we returned. We have driven to […]

Mixed Emotions: On Leaving Asia

We are wrapping it up here in Thailand. In Asia. The time has come that we feel the need to swing back through our home country for a bit. It is time to see Brittany and Collin, time for a beer and a wee dram of whiskey and good conversation with good friends, time to […]