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FoodAugust 25, 2019

Escanaba And The U.P. State Fair

Well we had been to the largest and second largest cities in the U.P. and today we would complete the hat trick by visiting the third largest, Escanaba. It was the last...

MichiganAugust 18, 2019

Lake Superior, Marquette And The Maritime Museum.

The largest fresh water lake in the world by surface area and third by total volume. It is the farthest north and west of the Great Lakes, the highest in elevation and...

FoodAugust 17, 2019

A Delightful Round of Golf, A Steak and A Trip To Mayberry, I Mean Newberry.

It has been the better part of 16 years since I last played golf at Hiawatha Sportsman's Club golf course. It still held incredibly vivid imagery and warm memories in my...

HistoryAugust 12, 2019

The Easy Riders

It had been many years since I last sat down into the driver's seat of an automobile and headed into Atlanta only to merge on to I-75 north and essentially drive until...

Da NangJuly 11, 2019

The Honeymoon

After an incredible evening we retired to the apartment where the floor had erupted into quite a flat party. The festivities carried on into the wee hours of the night....

FoodJuly 3, 2019

The Night Markets and Returning To Hội An

As I've discussed previously the heat is blistering here. In Southeast Asia one of the many beautiful things that is either directly or indirectly caused by an attempt...

FoodJune 2, 2019

A Sunrise, Some Art, and an evening in the neighborhood.

After falling asleep very early the night before, I awoke around 5:45 to a quite morning. The sun rises at closer to 7 and I wanted to catch at least one. The sun rises...

FoodMay 31, 2019

The day she’s been waiting for.

I awoke on this our second morning and I knew this was the day. Our entire trip began with one simple request many months ago. I asked Maggie sometime last year what she...

FoodMay 30, 2019

Sharks, Turtles and Iguanas oh my!

I awoke just before dawn and stepped outside to see our small Colonia street begin to wake up. Off the terrace, I could see a woman sweeping the sidewalk in front of her...

San DiegoApril 21, 2019

Einstein Had It All Wrong.

I landed in San Diego Friday night at 11:30, and it's been a while since I posted much content, so I was hoping a trip to Southern California would quickly get me back...

HanoiFebruary 1, 2019

Zen And The Art Of Balancing Anything And Everything On A Motorbike.

Now that I've gotten the boring statistical data I find fascinating out of the way, let us talk about the reality, that is, life on two wheels. You can not imagine the...

An LaoJanuary 29, 2019

The Lady From An Lão.

I will take this time to let my readers know a little about my traveling companion and guide for the duration of my trip. As I discussed in an earlier blog, Tina and the...