During our camping trip to First Landing State Park, Ken and I did some local sightseeing. (I covered Part 1 of our trip,…

Ken and I packed a LOT of activities into our short 2.5 days in the Big Sur and Carmel area. But, of…

Welcome to this monthly feature where I link to blog highlights from previous years!  2016 I was in the midst of reviewing…

Last week, Ken and I were supposed to have been on a vacation in the Canadian Rockies. After seeing photos of haze…

Prior to buying our first rental property, we had read (and heard) a LOT of horror stories.  Tenants trashing the place. Tenants…

After our two days in Santa Cruz, we began the next phase of our Northern California road trip. We set south on…

This was a bit of a rough week. My 75-year-old dad is back in the hospital for a fourth time this year.…

I realize that the solar eclipse is ANCIENT news by now, but, since we take photos using a regular camera and we…

There are three airports within a reasonable driving distance from where we live: Washington Reagan Airport (DCA), Dulles Airport (IAD), and Baltimore…

Here’s a type of conversation I have with a decent amount of regularity when I talk to friends and family about how…