Sometimes the fall sky gets so heavy in Seattle. It drops low, a big gray blanket that covers everything and drags your spirits down. We had four days of miserable weather, cold and wet and dismal. Every afternoon last week I’d wander into the kitchen around four muttering. “What the hell? Why is it so …
We were delighted to host Gunther, Anna, Vanessa, and Alex from Austria at our place last month. They used the Nerd’s Eye View West Coast Headquarters as a base camp for the expedition around the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain States. Today we received this this photo of them with all their gear on our …
On June 21st, the first day of summer, we loaded the car with camping gear, a ukulele, and Lumpy the Sock Monkey. We pointed the car north and went to look at parts of Canada. The weather was bad, the campground neighbors were loud, and the Rockies were awash in busloads of tourists. Did we …