Okay really! This doesn’t look like a 90 year old grandma. Well of course, that is because she isn’t. She’s only 89 and a half. The big event this summer in Door County was clearly the celebration of my mother’s 90th birthday. Granted, it doesn’t occur until January, but she decided to go ahead and […]
Family
Back and Loaded
Sorry for the delay in posting. It’s been a busy several weeks since arriving back. We’re also suffering a bit of “extended travel readjustment affliction,” or EXTRA. (One of EXTRA’s symptoms is photo forgetfulness, so you may see a dearth of photos.) Now, about four weeks since returning, we’ll try to catch you up on what’s […]
Copenhagen
We returned from our Hamlet adventure to Casper and Gasia’s place for a delicious dinner, cooked by Grasia. The next day we had Casper to ourselves to see Copenhagen. We headed downtown where we grabbed a canal tour. We were able to see many of the standard touristic sites (i.e. the “forever disappointing” little mermaid). […]
From Haarlem to the Sea and Kiki
Title Picture: Dirk Driving Kiki Away on the Back of his Bicycle We loved Amsterdam, and Dirk, and Kiki, but it is quite an expensive place to stay. Dirk suggested we go to Haarlem, and we’re glad he did. Once a thriving sea port, Haarlem was founded in the 1200’s. It is filled with old buildings. […]
Hoge Veluwe to Arnhem
So Dirk, our consummate tour guide/host, decided to take us home. That is to say, his familial home. But we were not to go directly. Rather we went via the Hoge Veluwe National Park. Who would have thought that there would be national parks in the Netherlands? Well, there are. And one of the nice things, […]
Virus
It’s been a bit since the last post. I developed a viral infection about a week ago. Ellen got it a few days later. Not fun, and we’re presumably on the mend, but worry about carrying it with us on the flight. Blakey flew down last Friday. We hung a bit in Lalaland. Saturday we […]
Cousinalia
I grew up with two cousins, an uncle, and an aunt. Ellen grew up with infinite cousins, uncles, and aunts. In addition, distance of cousins (first, second, third, removed, etc.) is not much of a consideration in her family. The only exception is going through the common ritual of diagramming the family tree to each other. […]
Post Card from Ellen’s Edge!
Carole King and Cat Stevens are singing to me and Steve is tolerating it pretty well. We have made it to the ocean! I keep getting asked what it is like to be on the road together so much,what do we do? How are we getting along? Well, we read a lot, listen to books […]
Santa Cruz Environs
Blakey was a great tour guide, exploring Santa Cruz and its surrounding area with us. We drove up to UC Santa Cruz. I didn’t get photos, but the place seemed like a ski resort without snow. The buildings didn’t look anything like any college I’ve ever seen. It is located on top of a mountain, […]
Blakey’s Tiny House
Tiny houses are hot right now. We even saw one being hauled on a trailer as we were driving through North Dakota. Not to miss out, Blakey is staying at her Uncle Tim’s “Sunshower Farm” estate in a bright yellow tiny house. Her brother Peter suggested that it is much like her second place while […]