Category Archives: Family

Going to Tibet, Part IV

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Al

Our scuba guide had promised all week a grand adventure on Friday – swimming with the seals. They liked to hang out and sun themselves on a large rock near the edge of the bay. They’d gotten used to the … Continue reading →

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Going To Tibet: Loreto

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Al

Loreto was a small coastal town along the eastern edge of the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), two-thirds of the way from Mexicali to Cabo San Lucas. It also had been anointed by the Mexican government. Streets laid out, … Continue reading →

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Going To Tibet (Cont’d)

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Al

Reluctantly, we turned our attention to the Western Hemisphere. A beach vacation sounded nice. Especially one with a bit of exotic history as a chaser. We’d been to Mexico several times before. First, in the ‘70s, a rapid weekend to … Continue reading →

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Aguas Caliente

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Al

“This topography is … breathtaking, “ I wheezed. We were trudging along at about 8500 feet above sea level, on the Inka Trail. While the thinner air might have had a little to do with my breath being taken away, … Continue reading →

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Machu Picchu

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Al

“What’s this called again?” Cheryl asked. “It’s the Sun Gate. It’s where the Inka trail crested the pass, facing East, where the sun is, and travelers could see the city for the first time. But, really, I think it’s the … Continue reading →

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“This guy is like that cartoon character, what’s it called, in Looney Toons, the Tasmanian Devil?” I was standing next to a madly boiling geyser in the Tatio basin, up at 4300 meters (over 14,000 feet) elevation. To the east, … Continue reading →

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Al | Comments Off on Like No Place Else on Earth

Fly Fishing in Colorado III

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Al

The next day, we drove through Glenwood Canyon. Here, the Colorado River makes the first of its iconic cuts through the rising western landscape. The Grand Canyon, with its length, depth, width, age, and National Park status, gets all the … Continue reading →

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Fishing In Colorado II

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Al

This was in 1962, back before the tunnels. In the early 70s, as part of the ongoing Interstate Highway program, the Eisenhower tunnel was bored more than a mile through the Continental Divide. Before I-70 turned Central Colorado into a … Continue reading →

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Fly Fishing in Colorado

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Al

I saw little value in rejecting fish before we’d even caught any, though. And I had enough Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn in me to see the upside of tossing a line in a mountain stream, then sitting around for hours while the fish didn’t bite. So I simply said, “OK, where are we going to fish?” Continue reading →

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Boston Marathon – The Race

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Al

All over town, transit stops were plastered with pictures of America’s premier distance runner, Med Keflezighi. The nearly 39 year-old Eritrean-born 2004 Olympic silver medalist was presumed to be over the hill. The big shoe companies no longer came calling … Continue reading →

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