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Read more: South Korea September 2017[vc_row][vc_column 0=””][vc_column_text] Korea is much in the news recently. I have stopped over in Seoul a few times, and came to like it (see Seoul October 2016). I scheduled in two weeks here in order to go beyond Seoul and get to know the area beyond a bit better. It is easy to forget how close South Korea is to Japan. It is not a large country: about half the size of the State of Washington. Its population is, however, 8 times as great, larger than that of California. (in perspective, it is nearly 3x as big in area as…
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Read more: Upcoming 2017-18The next adventure begins September 19th. Details as it progresses. [Great news on a project dear to our hearts: the Hawaiian Supreme Court has ruled that the collection of wild reef fish for sale to the international aquarium market (nearly a million a year) was not properly reviewed for its environmental impact, and must stop immediately pending such a review. We hope that it will never resume] Aloha!
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Read more: Alaska August 2017Next adventure: Alaska. Many of our family (most?) have been here before, but some of you may not, so I’ll put in lots of detail for you. This is a very long posting. Approaching Anchorage, AL at 11pm, it is still twilight. A number of glaciers stand out below us. Alaska is BIG! (noted later: my Alaska adventure included many miles by trail, 230 miles by boat, 300+ miles by plane, 850 miles by train, and 2600+ miles by car) I kept busy! Alaska, being so big, was a challenge. I regard this as just a survey trip. I only…
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Read more: Washington State July 2017I was born in Aberdeen, on the central Pacific coast of the State of Washington. When I was 2 years old, my family moved to Amboy because my father was part of a venture that had won a contract to prepare a new railroad grade to a plywood mill. My parents bought 17 acres that includes a section of Cedar Creek, and came with a 1930s little house with no indoor plumbing. After renovations, that became my childhood home. Here, though still in diapers, I’m helping dig a ditch for the new sewer line. We all worked. More than 65…
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Read more: Soaring at Williams, California June 2017My next destination lies in the Central Valley of California, just 124 miles west of Truckee. Its attraction to me is the opportunity to continue my gliding (soaring) instruction at Williams Soaring. Mural depicting the historic Williams Hotel, established 1877, burned down in 1923. Williams is a small agricultural town of about 5,250 people southwest of historic Colusa. When I pulled into the motel where I will reside while I fly, a vintage Ford Model A on tour with its owners caught my eye. My dad owned one of these in the ‘Day’. They were produced from 1928 to 1931.…