26 July 2014 Melk to Krems, Austria (24 miles; Total = 272 miles) How many times have I started a blog telling about Gina yelling “I can’t stand it!”? Well, add one more to the list. We are cycling high above the Danube through one small cute town after another, vineyards and apricot orchards providing …
10 June 2011 At the same time that I am writing this we’ll be touching down in Honolulu, even though we don’t leave Sydney for another 10 hours. Time travel at its finest, getting that day back we lost 15 months ago. We might not do much more with it than nap and drink a …
04 to 07 June 2011 Porongurup to Bridgetown to Fremantle to Perth Gina has become a reader. There are campground book exchange paperbacks littered about the campervan. Typically these would be mine, or they wouldn’t exist at all as someone would insist that I get my books from the library which I think is a …
03 June 2011 Stirling Range to Porongurup Bluff Knoll and Castle Rock Hikes I’ve pretty much determined that should I find myself at the Grand Canyon, I will not then find myself on that Skywalk that goes out over it, even if it’s an open-free-to-the-public-day and there are complimentary tacos being served out in the …
02 June 2011 Albany to Stirling Range It’s the second day of winter here in Australia and the weather is intent on proving it. Mother Nature has been pelting us with rain showers for the past two days and doesn’t appear to be at all inclined to stop. It’s put a bit of a damper …
01 June 2011 Denmark to Albany Not raining. Rented bicycles and pedaled forested trails. Rain came. Ate fast food chicken sandwiches with chips. Rain eased. Drove an hour. Raining again. Played ping pong and pool in the campground Rec Room. Still raining. Made the bed. Listen to that rain.
31 May 2011 Walpole to Denmark Now this is the sensible way to climb into the tree canopy, up a ramp that may sway in the breeze but whose bars and bolts have been safety-tested and approved for public consumption. A ramp for tree climbing pansies like myself who need some assistance (and assuredness) getting …
30 May 2011 Pemberton to Walpole When the United States celebrated its Bicentennial, my mom took my sister and I to Walt Disney World. I don’t really think that was the reason why we went to Walt Disney World as I don’t think my mom is into big loud events in any sort of way, …
29 May 2011 Pemberton Gloucester Circuit (12 km) While I’ve been busy trying to self-diagnose my ongoing tummy troubles (currently narrowed down to ulcer, malaria, dengue fever, or, in addition to the goulash, salami poisoning), Gina’s been busy strategizing how she will get up that Gloucester Tree. She has decided that a “don’t look down” …
28 May 2011 Nannup to Pemberton Gina is obsessed with a tree. Usually it’s me who goes on and on about things like big trees and big rocks and big birds and other big natural wonders, things that Gina sometimes doesn’t even notice as she’s busy walking and talking and telling me once more how …