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How Many Countries (But Who's Counting?) - 2016 Year End Edition

We once ran into a couple on a cruise who were strangely proud of having visi…

Our 12 Months of Travel: 2016

We count ourselves fortunate to have enjoyed a great year of travel in 2016. Ou…

Birch Bay Sights on the Shortest Day of the Year

We've seen raccoons and even once a coyote in our back yard but this mo…

Birch Bay Cold Snap

And ice on our majestic Thunderbird Lake

Shorter Days in Birch Bay

The view this afternoon from our back yard - a colorful sky over majestic Thund…

Au Revoir, San Francisco

Aboard Alaska 315 SFO-SEA at 36,000 feet, after an interesting parallel takeof…

Last Lunch of the Trip: Yank Sing

One of Kathy's brothers urged us to try it. Thanks, Tom! It made for an ex…

The Rock: Alcatraz

Amazing to learn that the total number of federal prisoners that Alcatraz house…

Rainy San Francisco

We are finally going to Alcatraz and it proves to be pouring rain. We picked up…

Dinner at Tin: San Francisco Vietnamese

It was a dark and stormy night (well, rainy) and we researched the neighborhood…

The Busy San Francisco Exploratorium

The pass we bought included entry. It's a great hands-on science center kin…

San Francisco Aquarium of the Bay

Jellyfish, sharks, and more...

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