The Travel Log
This is my vacation travel log. I list a quick impression or the lead-in to a story that I hope to add to this page at a later time. I sometimes write when I'm on the road; my closest friends get bombarded with these email missives. Now you can catch up too. We have lots of stories to tell.
My Personal Opinions
- 1982 Cabo San Lucas: the three man fish
- 1984 British Virgin Islands: sailed around nowhere, ahhhhh
- 1986 Tahiti: one island looks like the rest
- 1986 Australia: a large frat house
- 1987, 1988 Hong Kong: honk, honk
- 1988 China: primitive, misty beauty
- 1988 Netherlands: ummm, the Van Gogh museum is worth a visit
- 1988 Sweden: bring me back some glass
- 1989 Banff: love the hotel
- 1990 Greece: metrios (book in the works)
- 1991 Sweden: had to buy more glass
- 1991 New Zealand: my god, this place is beautiful
- 1992 London: get out of the city
- 1992 Kenya, Tanzania, and Kilimanjaro (the top): "this man must descend now"
- 1993 Puerto Vallarta: quiet
- 1994 Hawaii 50: Ray crosses that big line
- 1995 Paris: highest museum density
- 1995 NY: Baby and Family (and Boston to visit Peggy)
- 1995 China: that is one great wall
- 1996 Utah: world class geology
- 1996 Whistler, BC: Europe in North America
- 1997 Beaver Creek: Judy and the Boys
- 1997 Paris: I'm 40 :-o
- 1997 San Luis Obispo: Katie and Bob marry
- 1997 Las Vegas again
- 1997 Pine Mountain Lake - Jon catches a fish at last!
- 1998 Crash and Burn in Vail - who was that masked woman?
- 1998 Loreto, Baja - Who likes 50 pound tuna?
- 1998 West Indies - 15 days in a boat of 8
- 1998 Breckenridge Colorado - Awesome in Summer
- 1999 Whister / Blackcomb - Live to Ski, Ski to Die, Live to Tell
- 1999 Columbus, Ohio - Cement Corn???
- 2001 Pine Mountain Lake for fishing lessons
- 2001 Cruise to Catalina
- 2003 Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach
- 2002 Family Reunion in Michigan
- 2003 Laguna Beach POM - we love the POM
- 2003 UK - All the college towns
- 2003 Palm Springs, again.
- 2004 Las Vegas - with Kim and Pete
- 2004 Las Vegas - with the family
- 2004 Laguna Beach POM - Eiler's Inn this time
- 2004 Hood River - Engelhorn family reunion
- 2004 San Luis Obispo - a human pyramid
- 2004 Toronto - almost
- 2004 Paris
- 2004 Paris - redux
- 2004 Twain Harte - NYE in the mountains with snow
- 2005 Palm Springs for the Super Bowl
- 2005 Seattle to visit Mike
- 2005 Laguna Beach POM
- 2005 Twain Harte for Movie Max - a crazy movie
- 2005 Kauai for Kyle Ravizza's first birthday
- 2005 Grass Valley
- 2005 San Luis Obispo - another college roundup
- 2006 Twain Harte, several times
- 2006 Palm Springs, in 100 degree weather - a cool spell
- 2006 Laguna Beach again - why not?
- 2006 Almost a week alone on Porcupine road
- 2007 Palm Springs for the Superbowl
- 2007 Hollywood for the California Historic Preservation Foundation
- 2007 Vegas - Pat is 50, ha ha!
- 2007 Canada - Fishing for Walleye
- 2007 Pass Christian - Rebuilding after Katrina
- 2008 Blacksburg, VA - with a nice drive through beautiful valleys (video)
- 2008 Santa Fe - to visit Marty and see a most wonderful place
- 2008 Dublin and London, more business
- 2008 Indian Lakes for more walleye
- 2008 Laguna Beach - of course
- 2008 Little Rock, AR and Branson, MO - Engelhorn family reunion
- 2008 London again
The US - places to go... again?
- Grand Canyon: must raft it
- Hawaii: the Kona coast and the Venturas on Kauai
- Death Valley: you won't believe it until you see it
- Crater Lake: zoom, skreech, zoom
- Owens Valley: take the convertible
- South Utah: world class geology
Still to Come (if you plan the trip I'll send you a check tomorrow)
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- Tonga
- St. Petersburg
- Scotland
- India
- Thailand
- Northern New Zealand
- Spain
- Seychelles
- Sailing the coast of Turkey
- Alaska
- Snow Festival at Harbin, China
- Antarctica
- Chichén Itzá
- Galapagos Islands
- Machu-Picchu
- Yellowstone
- Aurora Borealis