2026–Our Bi-annual Road Trip..

Good -bye PG. We will miss our friends and the ocean, but, honestly, NOT the fog that is coming your way. We are chillin’ in SFO. Arrived at 3 for an 7:30 flight.. For both of us that is better the running into traffic and losing our minds. Please note…just…

Oh well, a little jitters happen! What can I say? Suddenly it seemed VERY important that I look at everything in our duffle bags. It is early Monday and we leave PG Tuesday at noon. Flying out of SFO at 8 pm. But many of you will be glad to…

The duffle bag is “given” to us by our tour company (OATS). And is ALL we can bring on our Safari. It needs to weigh less then 25 #. A month ago we threw in most of our stuff and it fit and came to 20 pounds. So we think…

Been listening to this book. One of the points he makes is how “The Movies” portray Africa. And he is right… The choices seem to be one of three– emotional growth of white person when exposed to a backwards culture, rival warlords killing everyone or insanely peaceful Safari. His concern…

This is the European part of our trip. I’ll keep you up to date as I read about Africa too!

Well, Max and I have a MEGA trip planned for this summer! We tried using Facebook last year, but so many of our friends and family don’t go on FB. AND if they do, they may not see our feed. So…. while we will still post once a day on FB, we are going to…

I made a quick trip to the Russian Museum. They had arranged the exhibit by decade. 1890..a murdered prince (the royal family was considered holy). And a couple of princessesThen in the early 1900’s you can see the European influence come inBut by the 1930’s there seems to be a…

Back to the Hermitage to see a bit more. Here is the room FULL of Matisse. and that has been our experience with the Hermitage…the great staircase and the hall with the gold pillars ( 8 kilos of gold in that gilding) are usually moderately full of people, but it…

We just had to return to the Hermitage. Found Catherine’s Chapel. She didn’t believe there could ever be too much gold. Then a waiting room..maybe..as we ventured off the regular track there was less English, as you would expect and then Max was in heaven when he found the Armor…