by Peter Kjenaas | Jul 22, 2022 | Locations and Destinations
It’s always a bit strange to visit this place we called home for over a decade. But less so now than in previous visits. It has always had, previously, the feeling of unfinished business, the sense that there was some fault in how I played the hand I was dealt, and I...
by Peter Kjenaas | Jul 21, 2022 | Locations and Destinations, Road Notes
Sometimes you get the calculation right and sometimes there is the real world. Looking at the map it doesn’t look too terribly long of a drive from the wet lushness of Bainbridge Island to the heart of Oregon and the lush environs of Eugene, but all the beauty comes...
by Peter Kjenaas | Jul 19, 2022 | Locations and Destinations, Road Notes
I find, for the first time writing about these excursions, that I cannot find the words to describe what this place and the people we know who call it home mean to me and, far more so, to Michelle. Many of us have that place, that place during Summer vacations...
by Peter Kjenaas | Jul 18, 2022 | Locations and Destinations, Road Notes
The day was not hot which was best. We hit the road around 11 and were making for our Northern Most and truly culmination destination, Bainbridge Island, Washington and Michelle’s heart and soul cousins. The first surprise was that the GPS stubbornly wouldn’t direct...
by Peter Kjenaas | Jul 18, 2022 | Locations and Destinations, Road Notes
This was a 45-mile drive that somehow took 4 hours. We stopped for lunch at a nice outdoor dining restaurant, but Michelle got pretty worked up during the wait and I elected to return to the bus. After waving to the waiter to bring the food to-go and getting the nod,...
by Peter Kjenaas | Jul 14, 2022 | Locations and Destinations, Road Notes
Mother Earth was at her finest. We departed early, for us, from Ireland’s Rustic Lodges. It was indeed “rustic” and since we stayed here some thirty plus years ago, I don’t see that they have refreshed… anything! Even the carpets look to be about 40 years old. Clean...
