Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
I loved Australia. The continent had never been high on my list of places to visit because no matter where I was Australia was always really, REALLY far away. Then surprise! Chris is deploying so we’re going. Nothing prepared me for Sydney. More exotic and far more friendly than Europe, Australia was in fact a…
I have these disoriented flashback memories every time I’m in California. Have I been here before? A lot of the coast looks kind of similar, so I’m not sure if it was here, or Torrey Pines, or La Jolla, or some other place in the foggy kid-memory section of my brain. Something about Sunset Cliffs…
Get this! This is the first time Chris and I have been to San Diego together! This is very odd. We both have family here. I was here in October. Chris has been here for Navy stuff a couple times. We’ve been to some of the same places. But shortly before he left I said,…
My last post was a race against my computer’s dwindling battery power and the ‘all aboard’ call for my flight to Miramar Marine Base. I was the 8th of just 10 people allowed on the flight–the two retired men who had been on the same flight from Kadena, Okinawa to Hickam, Hawaii two days before…
The sun was up when we set out for Mackapu’u. Not Mackapu—Mackapu’U! During the winter months this is a good vantage point for humpback whale viewing, but it’s getting a little late in the season and we didn’t see any. But here’s what we did see: this nice lighthouse, which you can see in the…
The cargo hold of a C-17 is heated but toward the back it still gets pretty cold. My wool hat, scarf, long-sleeved shirt, Australia fleece and knee-high socks under my jeans weren’t enough, even with the wool blankets they handed out. I still slept ok, but I would have slept even better had I known…
Dear Mama,I walked by this bench and found a small white envelope with your name on it, so please consider this your formal invitation to meet halfway in Hawaii whenever you want. These cabins have a full kitchen and two bedrooms for $80/night!!Love,Your partner in beach 🙂
