Tokyo Continued
Since we used Choice Hotel points for our night in Tokyo, we were in a great, central location. The room was small but comfortable, and included a vast assortment of options for breakfast. There were eggs and Japanese sausage, salads, soups, onigiri (rice balls) in different flavors, bread and pastries, juice, coffee and tea. We […]
The Rising Sun
Japan so far has been a whirlwind. We were graciously greeted by the Hashizume family, who treated us to a yummy late dinner and a place to lay our weary heads. We had a great visit with them in Chiba, and it was fun to see their daughters again, who I hadn`t seen since they […]
Bon Voyage
We are sitting in the international terminal at LAX. Off again. The past few days were a whirlwind of mental checklists: travel insurance, notifying credit card companies of travel plans so the fraud department doesn’t block the account, paying bills, last phone calls to friends and family, along with making sure they’ve all got Skype […]
Relaunch
It’s been too long since we’ve posted regularly, and hopefully that’s about to change. Part of the silence has been due to the fervent planning and plotting that’s been going on for the past month or two since our contract ended. Two posts back, we published a map of “proposed routing.” Since then, tickets have […]
Hartwell Cruisin’
Last week, we took a quick mini-road trip up to Hart County in Georgia. The Savannah River was dammed, forming Lake Hartwell, which is part of the border between South Carolina and Georgia. The dam was completed in 1963 by the US Army Corps of Engineers for flood control and to provide hyroelectric energy. We […]
Proposed Routing
Since the year-long Coke Zero tour ended a couple of weeks ago, we’ve spent lots of time contemplating what’s next. Inevitably, between the snow and the lack of income, our thoughts quickly turn to travel. Below is a map showing potential routing for an upcoming trip, which we hope to embark on sooner than […]
3 years 5 months and 14 days later, we returned
Been here before? Well, yes. Worth another visit? Most definitely!!! We always look back fondly on our first visit to Joshua Tree National Park, so we took advantage of a day off on the way to LA for a follow-up. The Joshua Tree, like something straight out of Dr. Seuss, dominates the landscape. In some […]
Sportsmen’s Lodge
Who could resist an entry on the Sportsmen’s Lodge? This Studio City hotel is a Hollywood Legend that was originally a restaurant and trout-fishing lake (Hollywood Trout Farms), where people came to catch and eat their own dinners. The hotel officially opened in 1962, but the lodge has been around since the 1880s! In those […]
Northwest Passage Scenic Byway
National Trails System Some of our cross-country drives have taken us along various stretches of the National Trails System, the network of scenic, historic, and recreation trails created by the National Trails System Act of 1968. Route 12 from Lewiston, Idaho (near the Washington border) stretching into Montana is known as the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway. It follows bits […]
Reflections
Leaving San Francisco for the last time this year marked another step closer to finishing this tour. Since it’s college football season, there are plenty of events left, but that doesn’t mean there’s no time to squeeze in a little more down time. On the way up to Pullman, WA, home of the Washington State […]