My Travels - Maps and Blog Posts
Favorite Blog Postings I Have Written:
- Am I Addicted To A Vagabond Life?
- Brilliant or Lucky?
- Another Lucky Personal Connection
- Taking A Chance and Trust
- China Kindergarten's First American Guest
- You Only Get Old When You Stop Traveling
Most Recent
July 2024 - Alaska Marine Ferry - Ketchikan to Bellingham with grandson
May 2024 - Nashville, TN
March 2024 - Orlando/Cocoa Beach, Florida
Jan 2024 - Anaheim, CA (NAMM trade show)
Dec 2023-Jan 2024 - Cape Town, South Africa
May 2023 - Ticino, Switzerland; and Athens & Corfu, Greece
March 24-April 4, 2023 - Guadalajara, MX and Orlando, Florida
February 1-26, 2023 - Australia (Melbourne, Tasmania, Sydney)
Sept 29-Oct 26, 2022 - Bali
July 9-19, 2022 - Motorcycle Portland to Yellowstone and back
May 2022 - Guadalajara and Puerta Vallarta, MX
Mar 2022 - New Orleans, LA (also visited June 2021 & Mar 2017)
Africa:
South Africa - Jan 2020 and Dec 2023-Jan 2024
South Africa - including 1000 mile motorcycle trip - Dec 2015-Jan 2016
Europe:
Ticino, Switzerland; and Athens & Corfu, Greece (May 4-19, 2023)
England, The Netherlands, Switzerland, France (Sept 11 - Nov 7, 2019)
England (London, Rochester, Canvey Island, Derby, Cambridge) - 15 days
The Netherlands (Tilburg, Rotterdam, Amsterdam) - 11 days
Switzerland (Zermatt, Locarno, Valle Maggia) - 24 days
and France (Paris) - 8 days
London/Canvey Island - June 2019
Attended two 75th Anniversary commemorations of the 1944 crash of two WWII B17's which entombed my Uncle in the Thames River - click here and here (Allhallows Event) and here (Canvey Island event) for separate reports on the commemorations.
Ticino, Switzerland - April 2019
Switzerland and Greece - September 2018 - intro blog here and photos here
Rome, Florence, Siena, Milan, Italy; and, Ticino, Switzerland - August 2017
Switzerland and Cinque Terra, Italy - February 2017
Switzerland; Rome, The Netherlands, and England - February/March 2016
Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium - March/April 2011
Switzerland with my Dad - Sept/Oct 2007
Portugal and Switzerland (Ticino) - 2005
Down Under
Australia (Melbourne, Tasmania: Hobart/Coles Bay, Newcastle, Sydney) - Feb 2023
New Zealand (South Island) - starting at World Busker's Festival/Christchurch - Jan 2019
New Zealand (North Island) - Jan-Feb 2018
Melbourne, Cairns (including Liveaboard Diving) & Brisbane - Oct-Nov, 2017
Melbourne, Daylesford, and Sydney - Nov 2016
Mexico
Guadalajara - May 2022 and March 2023
Puerto Vallarta - May 2022, Feb 2019, April 2018 & Dec 2017
South America
Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina - April/May 2018
SE Asia:
Bali - Sept/Oct 2022 (my 7th trip there - Dana's 4th)
37 Days - Shanghai & Guangzhou, China; Bali, Indonesia; and, Singapore - June/July 2018
30 Days - Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia - June/July 2017
Bali with brother Todd - April/May 2017 - with brother Todd
Bali - Dec 2016-Jan 2017
Shanghai, Siem Reap and Bali - Aug-Oct 2016
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Penang, Phuket, Bangkok, Thailand - April/May 2016
Bali, Indonesia; Singapore; and Shenzhen, Qingdao, Ciyao, Shanghai, China - October 2015
Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Wenzhou, China - October 2013
Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China - Dec 2009 and Beijing, Shenzhen and Xian April 2010 - with daughters to Beijing, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong and solo to Xian
Motorcycle:
Portland to Yellowstone and back - 2700 miles: July 2022
Ojai, California to Vancouver, Canada - 4000 miles: July-Sept 2016
Backroads Only Across The USA - 8,902 miles: Sept. 4 to Oct. 20, 2009 - Portland, Oregon to Williamsburg, Virginia and back (3 weeks each way).
Oregon/Washington - 15 days/3853 miles with friend: June 2008
Train:
A 27 day, 26 States, 10000 mile Amtrak train trip on a circular path from Portland, to Chicago, Niagara Falls, Boston, DC, Atlanta, New Orleans, Palm Springs, back to Portland - Oct 17 to Nov 26, 2008.
- Am I Addicted To A Vagabond Life?
- Brilliant or Lucky?
- Another Lucky Personal Connection
- Taking A Chance and Trust
- China Kindergarten's First American Guest
- You Only Get Old When You Stop Traveling
Most Recent
July 2024 - Alaska Marine Ferry - Ketchikan to Bellingham with grandson
May 2024 - Nashville, TN
March 2024 - Orlando/Cocoa Beach, Florida
Jan 2024 - Anaheim, CA (NAMM trade show)
Dec 2023-Jan 2024 - Cape Town, South Africa
May 2023 - Ticino, Switzerland; and Athens & Corfu, Greece
March 24-April 4, 2023 - Guadalajara, MX and Orlando, Florida
February 1-26, 2023 - Australia (Melbourne, Tasmania, Sydney)
Sept 29-Oct 26, 2022 - Bali
July 9-19, 2022 - Motorcycle Portland to Yellowstone and back
May 2022 - Guadalajara and Puerta Vallarta, MX
Mar 2022 - New Orleans, LA (also visited June 2021 & Mar 2017)
Africa:
South Africa - Jan 2020 and Dec 2023-Jan 2024
South Africa - including 1000 mile motorcycle trip - Dec 2015-Jan 2016
Europe:
Ticino, Switzerland; and Athens & Corfu, Greece (May 4-19, 2023)
England, The Netherlands, Switzerland, France (Sept 11 - Nov 7, 2019)
England (London, Rochester, Canvey Island, Derby, Cambridge) - 15 days
The Netherlands (Tilburg, Rotterdam, Amsterdam) - 11 days
Switzerland (Zermatt, Locarno, Valle Maggia) - 24 days
and France (Paris) - 8 days
London/Canvey Island - June 2019
Attended two 75th Anniversary commemorations of the 1944 crash of two WWII B17's which entombed my Uncle in the Thames River - click here and here (Allhallows Event) and here (Canvey Island event) for separate reports on the commemorations.
Ticino, Switzerland - April 2019
Switzerland and Greece - September 2018 - intro blog here and photos here
Rome, Florence, Siena, Milan, Italy; and, Ticino, Switzerland - August 2017
Switzerland and Cinque Terra, Italy - February 2017
Switzerland; Rome, The Netherlands, and England - February/March 2016
Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium - March/April 2011
Switzerland with my Dad - Sept/Oct 2007
Portugal and Switzerland (Ticino) - 2005
Down Under
Australia (Melbourne, Tasmania: Hobart/Coles Bay, Newcastle, Sydney) - Feb 2023
New Zealand (South Island) - starting at World Busker's Festival/Christchurch - Jan 2019
New Zealand (North Island) - Jan-Feb 2018
Melbourne, Cairns (including Liveaboard Diving) & Brisbane - Oct-Nov, 2017
Melbourne, Daylesford, and Sydney - Nov 2016
Mexico
Guadalajara - May 2022 and March 2023
Puerto Vallarta - May 2022, Feb 2019, April 2018 & Dec 2017
South America
Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina - April/May 2018
SE Asia:
Bali - Sept/Oct 2022 (my 7th trip there - Dana's 4th)
37 Days - Shanghai & Guangzhou, China; Bali, Indonesia; and, Singapore - June/July 2018
30 Days - Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia - June/July 2017
Bali with brother Todd - April/May 2017 - with brother Todd
Bali - Dec 2016-Jan 2017
Shanghai, Siem Reap and Bali - Aug-Oct 2016
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Penang, Phuket, Bangkok, Thailand - April/May 2016
Bali, Indonesia; Singapore; and Shenzhen, Qingdao, Ciyao, Shanghai, China - October 2015
Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Wenzhou, China - October 2013
Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China - Dec 2009 and Beijing, Shenzhen and Xian April 2010 - with daughters to Beijing, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong and solo to Xian
Motorcycle:
Portland to Yellowstone and back - 2700 miles: July 2022
Ojai, California to Vancouver, Canada - 4000 miles: July-Sept 2016
Backroads Only Across The USA - 8,902 miles: Sept. 4 to Oct. 20, 2009 - Portland, Oregon to Williamsburg, Virginia and back (3 weeks each way).
Oregon/Washington - 15 days/3853 miles with friend: June 2008
Train:
A 27 day, 26 States, 10000 mile Amtrak train trip on a circular path from Portland, to Chicago, Niagara Falls, Boston, DC, Atlanta, New Orleans, Palm Springs, back to Portland - Oct 17 to Nov 26, 2008.
