The Trip – Part 6
The Trip – Part 6: Into the land of slick rock and canyons If you like amazing geology and unbelievable scenery to go along with your camping and hiking, then I would recommend taking a trip to Utah....
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The Trip – Part 7: The grandest canyon of them all It was now early November and, with our friends Jack and Merike, we headed south into Arizona. Our goal was the Grand Canyon but we had some business...
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The Trip – Part 8: On the road to Thanksgiving When we left the Grand Canyon we said farewell to our friends. We had a wonderful time camping and hiking with them in Zion and the Grand Canyon. They...
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The Trip – Part 9: Into the desert After a great Thanksgiving in Los Alamos we made one more stop in the civilized world to visit a friend of Kathy’s in Albuquerque. Kathy Weinfurter and her husband...
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The Trip – Part 10: Off to California Leaving Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, we made a brief stop in Ajo, Arizona. Our campground neighbor Paul Kay said if we were headed that way we might want...
View ArticleMothers Day and Fathers Day
This was a very good year for Mother and Father Anderson. Kathy and I had plans to attend the Childrens Theater of Madison production of “Fiddler on the Roof” on Mothers Day. Eric was conducting the...
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The Trip – Part 11: L.A. Leaving Joshua Tree National Monument behind, we followed I-10 into LA. We were a bit apprehensive about the freeways and traffic, for which this city is well known. Our...
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The Trip – Part 12: Driving North on Highway 1 Our first day back on the road was a short one. We drove north a couple of hours and camped at Carpinteria State Beach. This was our first campsite on...
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The Trip – Part 13: San Francisco We headed north into San Francisco. Kathy’s sister lived on Sloat Boulevard, very close to the ocean, the zoo, and the end of the L-car line. We had flown out to...
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The Trip – Part 14: Yosemite National Park We left the central valley and were driving up into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, heading for Yosemite National Park. Our main concern was that we didn’t know...
View ArticleChub investigation completed
If you’re a Washington Island regular, you know that for many years now we’ve been unable to get smoked chubs at Charlie’s Smokehouse in Gill’s Rock. Long ago, when the ferry departed from Gill’s rock,...
View ArticleHey, where are the posts?
It’s been over a year since I wrote the last post about our travels. It was Part 14 of “The Trip” that we took in 1973 – 74. I left us hanging out in Yosemite National Park. Did we freeze in our...
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The Trip – Part 15: Napa Valley and Back to the Coast Heading west again, there was one other place we wanted to visit before returning to the Pacific Ocean: Napa Valley. We camped in Bothe-Napa...
View ArticleA decade of camping with Pat Diener
As we age, our memories will occasionally fail us. That’s nothing new. Even so, sometimes a name from the past will instantly trigger memories. If we’re lucky, they will be fond memories. So it was...
View ArticleMy Favorite 45
It’s difficult to believe, but believe we must. On April 3, 1971 Kathy and I were married. That means, of course, that we have now been married 45 years. Actually, I really should say 45 wonderful...
View ArticleJust a number
Some numbers stand out more than others. Numbers ending in zero, for example. Of the usual multiples of ten, forty seems especially popular. Are you tired? You might want to catch forty winks....
View ArticleIsland Fever 2016
Another July, another wonderful vacation on Washington Island. This year was a little different. We usually all go the same week. Due to complications from work schedules, however, this year the...
View ArticleWhat’s that smell?
I’m not Irish, so why does St. Patrick’s Day remind me of my youth? Now that I am a sophisticated adult it might be difficult to believe, but I grew up on a hog farm. Across the back 40, about a mile...
View ArticleMoney saving travel tips
On a recent trip to Death Valley, Kathy and I found ways to keep our travel expenses down. We thought we’d share them with you. Avoid the big expensive airlines. Small local carriers, like crop dusters...
View ArticleChub investigation completed
If you’re a Washington Island regular, you know that for many years now we’ve been unable to get smoked chubs at Charlie’s Smokehouse in Gill’s Rock. Long ago, when the ferry departed from Gill’s rock,...
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