Milestone Wanderer
Tara Choate Last Friday (Dec. 20), I took off on an epic trip to Monterey, California, and back. 1500+ miles of driving in 8 days. The main goal was to a) avoid…
Travel
The camera got a workout
Back in September I wrote a post about a weekend down at the beach and promised to post photos of one of the adventures, a whale watching tour, “the next…
Chasing Envelopes
Last week a friend mentioned an art event just down the road (Albany) from me called Northwest Art and Air. I looked it up and it looked like fun, so…
JJ, take the wheel
A couple of months ago I decided I need a vacation from attending the Watercolor Society of Oregon conventions (twice a year in April and October.) After putting one on,…
How many times have YOU fed a carrot to a Kentucky Derby Winner?
Today I made my way out to Oakhurst Equine (a combination veterinary and Thoroughbred farm) for their annual open house. Oakhurst has the honor of having two Kentucky Derby winners…
The odd fish of the sea
Today I went back to Two Step, ensuring that my whole trip is sandwiched between two excellent snorkels (with some really good ones in between.) I saw a variety of…
Keauhou & He’eia Bay
This morning I felt a little out of sorts, so I didn’t go for a big adventure. Instead I just went about a block south to a site my book…
Too tired to report properly
I snorkeled until I could snorkel no more. And now I’m too tired to report. Instead, I’ll just post a picture or three… that counts for my word quota, right?
Around the island
Today it was very windy and I decided to abandon snorkeling attempts to drive around the island and visit the much hyped volcano I have not seen so far in…