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Tag Archive: travel

06 Jul

Time at the PCB

Last week was our annual Siggie beach week when 14 of us from age 8 to we’ll say over 60, pile into 2 cabins built in the 1950s (but recently…
July 6, 2019 at 1:25 pm 2 Comments
21 Jun

Summertime Phase One Complete

I just dropped Josie off at her last day of camp. As became our routine over the week, we spent a few minutes naming the horses hanging out in the…
June 21, 2019 at 2:23 pm Leave a comment
Josie & Chale
29 May

Shukran

Another school year in the books. I feel like I just blinked and we were landing in a new airport and walking into our new apartment in a new country.…
May 29, 2019 at 6:36 pm 1 Comment
03 May

Gone Gozo, Perusing Petra & a Kids Life

Its been a busy couple of months on the downhill side of our first year here in Amman and life is good. Here’s the quickish version of the last couple…
May 3, 2019 at 8:17 am Leave a comment
20 Aug

Settling in at Home

And so it begins. One more flight and we’ll be in our new home. A place we’ve never visited. Completely new and unknown. Even the crowd at the flight gate…
August 20, 2018 at 2:33 pm Leave a comment
03 Aug

Sound of Sunshine

Last weekend we took our kids to their first real rock n’ roll show. After a couple of years of near misses, our summer schedule finally lined up with Michael…
August 3, 2018 at 2:51 am 1 Comment
19 Jun

Floating

Starting this post sitting by a playground in Monterroso Al Mare. It’s a beautiful evening, perfect temperature, a full belly and I’ve had a delicious beer. Ok, maybe two. The…
June 19, 2018 at 6:58 am Leave a comment
08 Jun

Dear Ghana

Dear Ghana, Tomorrow we will drag our suitcases to the airport, give a few last hugs to friends and begin the next chapter of our family adventure. The next time,…
June 8, 2018 at 6:46 pm Leave a comment
04 Mar

Lonely ol nights

It’s been a busy start to the year. Hard to believe that we’ve already checked off January and February. We’ve got wiggly teeth, had a sprained wrist, placed second in…
March 4, 2018 at 9:30 am Leave a comment
09 Jan

Around the way and back again

Sitting back at my own kitchen table after a month of travels across two continents. I’m feeling pretty happy about it all even knowing that our family might have passed…
January 9, 2018 at 8:06 pm Leave a comment
21 Oct

Safari in Kenya

The sun has come and gone many times since I last Sat down to write about our adventures. I’ve finally found those few quiet moments somewhere north if Nairobi as…
October 21, 2017 at 2:40 pm 1 Comment
09 Aug

Quick Rewind

Summer has gotten away from us quickly once again. The kids start school Wednesday today and Robyn and I have already been back at it for over a week. So instead…
August 9, 2017 at 9:00 pm Leave a comment
25 Jul

Summer Break Broken Hearts

The summer is tumbling toward a conclusion faster than it seems it should be. But isn’t that the way it always is? We’re in Clifden tonight and excited to explore…
July 25, 2017 at 4:24 pm Leave a comment
06 Jul

Rolling Like the Tides Through Summer

I  feel like I should have a giant bag of ice on my shoulder right now. Maddox has once again found baseball and  I’m pretty sure I’ve thrown about eight…
July 6, 2017 at 4:34 am Leave a comment
30 Jun

Rolling into Summer

Two weeks in and it seems like forever since we climbed on board that late night flight from Accra. We’ve had adventures in Elon and Asheville so far and Robyn…
June 30, 2017 at 12:32 am Leave a comment
09 Jun

Transitions

I’m sitting in my empty office wrapping up the last few details of the school year. Ok, Maybe I’m just kind of hiding a little bit for some quiet time.…
June 9, 2017 at 11:52 am Leave a comment
28 Dec

Wonderful Winter Time

We are sitting on the tarmac waiting to begin part two or maybe three of our winter break adventures.  But I’ll get back to that in a bit. last week…
December 28, 2016 at 3:33 pm Leave a comment
03 Nov

The Elephant and the Room

We’ve had big adventures, beautiful waves and big changes in the last couple of weeks. We spent some time as a family in South Africa thanks to the AISA Conference…
November 3, 2016 at 7:48 am Leave a comment
27 Sep

Surfing, Soccer, Smiles

A small moments entry. Not necessarily in chronological order, just as they come to mind. This afternoon the Josie was excited to have been to soccer practice. She desperately wanted…
September 27, 2016 at 9:48 pm 1 Comment
31 Jul

Set the Alarm

And so ends another summer.  We’re back in our house, bags unpacked with everything most stuff neatly put away, and the alarm that is set for tomorrow isn’t to catch an…
July 31, 2016 at 10:56 pm Leave a comment
28 Jun

Playing a man down

First of all, Asheville, I think its love… I don’t mean to get all mushy on you but you showed me such a good time for the last week.  Alas,…
June 28, 2016 at 1:51 am Leave a comment
13 Mar

Nothing Short of Thankful

Just back from surfing.  The kids are watching a little tv and Robyn’s doing some yoga before we regroup for a bit of lunch.  Its the end of Spring Break…
March 13, 2016 at 3:08 pm Leave a comment
24 Dec

December delights

Well we’re almost over the jet lag.  We’ve been ice skating with old friends, played laser tag, seen the Nutcracker and Star Wars (yes please may i have another), it’s…
December 24, 2015 at 3:00 am Leave a comment
25 Oct

Potholes and positivity

First, I want to start with a little PSA.  Ghana is a beautiful country and a great place for traveling.  It may not be as easy as journey down old Route…
October 25, 2015 at 4:33 pm Leave a comment
12 Aug

Long Days, Logic and Love

This one was written on the plane a little over a week ago and set aside for jet lag recovery and getting back to work.  Its short on pics and…
August 12, 2015 at 9:01 pm 1 Comment
31 Jul

500 Miles (plus 17,676)

Its been a long traveling summer and its about to come to a close.  Bags are packed crammed full, most of the goodbyes have been said and we’re enjoying a last…
July 31, 2015 at 5:35 pm Leave a comment
24 Jul

Seven things I learned from taking my seven year old fishing

This morning, the bedroom door squeaked open and as my eyes slowly came into focus, there was Maddox standing at the foot of the bed silently making a fishing gesture.…
July 24, 2015 at 5:52 pm Leave a comment
23 Jun

Summertime, Sunshine and Suitcases

updated and edited after my editor found issues with my original post that was typed on my phone. sorry if you had to translate my poor thumb typing. We are a…
June 23, 2015 at 1:37 am Leave a comment
03 Jun

Satisfy my soul

This post started about two three weeks ago. So if it seems a little disjointed its just due to a little time warp. Sunday morning at Stone Lodge. It’s been a…
June 3, 2015 at 9:14 pm Leave a comment
22 May

Sun is shining

Another pizza Friday in the books.  Only two more of these left in the school year.  Pretty hard to believe. But I’ll do the reflecting on the year and sad…
May 22, 2015 at 10:12 pm Leave a comment
16 Mar

Nice Time

I had plans for a three part series on our Spring Break adventures, even wrote most of part one on our outbound airplane while the kids were sleeping next to…
March 16, 2015 at 10:02 pm Leave a comment
30 Jan

Keep on Moving

I’m not really sure where to start tonight.  Its been a little while since I’ve written.  I’ve thought about it a lot, but just haven’t taken the time to sit…
January 30, 2015 at 11:11 pm Leave a comment
01 Jan

High tide or low tide

I could write for hours about the adventures we had over the past week, and perhaps I’ll come back and add a bit later.  For now though, my plan is…
January 1, 2015 at 9:56 pm Leave a comment
24 Oct

Though the road’s been rocky, it sure feels good to me

It is true that the roughest roads lead to the most beautiful places.  This week, we found a few of the roughest roads I’ve ever experienced and true to their word, they…
October 24, 2014 at 7:52 pm Leave a comment
27 Sep

Growing, goals and gluten

Sunshine, a nice breeze, the beautiful game and the melodic grind of power tools. (maintenance crew is fixing a leaky pipe near by). Yep, Another Saturday at Lincoln Academy. I’d…
September 27, 2014 at 12:02 pm Leave a comment
12 Sep

Soaked feet, climbed mountains and stinky pizza

I feel like I earned this week’s pizza.  Well, maybe something a little better than this week’s pizza actually.   You see, every now and then you get some cheese…
September 12, 2014 at 10:48 pm Leave a comment
26 Aug

Chale Wote

This one is a bit outside the usual here’s what our family has been up to and look how cute the kids are type of entry.  This was an experience…
August 26, 2014 at 1:33 pm 1 Comment
10 Aug

Chasing the Cup

Man.  I’m exhausted and my big ol’ toe is throbbing thanks to some bad contact with a paver on the way to the pool today.  Seems like a good time…
August 10, 2014 at 9:50 pm 2 Comments
27 Jul

My first expat summer

That was a pretty intense set of emotions across the last ten minutes. I just watched Josie giggle and squeal as she looked out the window of our airplane as…
July 27, 2014 at 1:29 pm Leave a comment
20 Jul

Family Time

Yep family time.  Lots of different interpretations on this theme over the summer, but we’re talking about a family beach trip for now.  Once we unpacked and repacked for the forty-teenth time…
July 20, 2014 at 3:56 am Leave a comment
08 Jul

Its been two weeks…

Airport Chili’s.  Three nineteen pm.  I’ve still got five hours until my flight takes me home.  Thankfully, the bartender is cussing under his breath at his clients and there’s some…
July 8, 2014 at 8:00 pm 1 Comment
27 Jun

A lonely ol night on my own

I’m sitting on my own in a hotel that is much too fancy for me to legitimately be staying in right now.  I got nervous when I got out of…
June 27, 2014 at 2:48 am Leave a comment
14 Jun

Summer Starts Now

Please fasten your seat belts. It just got a bit bumpy here on the flight to the states, but that’s ok cause the last week has been as smooth as…
June 14, 2014 at 12:17 pm 2 Comments
17 Apr

I Know Where Vanilla Ice gets His Hair Cut or My Weekend as a Vegan

Yep.  Ice and Ludacris.  It’s almost at the top of the hill in Peki.  Just look for the sign with them on it.  I really wish I had a picture to share with…
April 17, 2014 at 10:28 pm 1 Comment
23 Jan

Re-entry

When the astronauts return to earth they have to make their way through that crazy hot layer of the atmosphere that I learned about one time in science class.  Or…
January 23, 2014 at 1:11 pm Leave a comment