
Argentina December 2024
We went down to Argentina with the Gulsens, Olkins, and Scudisons over the New Year’s break, primarily to go hiking in Patagonia but…

San Diego Thanksgiving 2024
We went down to San Diego with the Gulsens and the Sanders for Thanksgiving week and stayed at Mission Beach. Mostly it was…

Dolomites August 2024
We took a trip to the Dolomites in Northern Italy to go hut-to-hut hiking. The places we stayed weren’t exactly huts – more…

Summer 2024
The summer got off to a good start with three trips in quick succession. Laura, Don, and Sierra went up to the Stanford…

Ireland March 2024
Sierra is doing a semester abroad at Trinity College, Dublin, and the rest of us visited her during Kade’s spring break. One milestone:…

Henry Coe Backpacking
Laura and Don went backpacking with the scouts down to Coyote Creek in Henry Coe State Park. It was beautifully green, but cold…

Christmas 2023
Christmas and New Years came in a couple of parts. After spending Christmas at home, we went skiing in Kirkwood for a few…

Nashville Thanksgiving 2023
We went to Nashville over the Thanksgiving break, with the kids flying in from college to meet us there. Laura and Sierra went with…

Parents Weekend 2023
We visited the kids for two successive parents weekends. Inconveniently, the two of them are going to college 3200 miles apart, Sierra at…

Italy and Greece July and August 2023
We went to Italy and Greece for a month this summer, with a variety of folks staying for differing times. Laura stayed the…

Desolation Wilderness July 2023
Don, Sierra and Riley went backpacking for a few days in the Desolation Wilderness. There was still a lot of snow and ice…