A Visit with David
I’m fully vaccinated, so I hopped on a plane to visit David! We refused to try to figure out just how long it’s been since we’ve seen each other. Much…
Category: Other US
January 28 – February 5, 2017: Williamsburg, VA
For our winter vacation this year, we contemplated all kinds of warm places. Mexico? Costa Rica? Even Florida, which we’ve always promised ourselves we’d avoid. Then one day, Yen pointed…
Sedona: Palatki, Broken Arrow Trail, Lower Chimney Rock Trail
Ever since our trip to Machu Picchu, we’ve been interested in visiting sites where ancient people lived. Palatki is just a few miles outside of Sedona, so we stopped off…
Catskills
Having completed Fall outings to the White Mountains and Acadia, we wondered where else we ought to go. We definitely wanted to try someplace new, and started researching the Catskills.…
Yen’s Illinois Adventure
You’ll see this next photo and think, “I knew you were going to the Midwest for Labor Day, but I didn’t realize you were traveling back in time.” No, we…
Yen’s Trip to Iowa
For Christmas this year, Yen made his first trip to the Midwest. He’d been to Chicago, but I think you know that doesn’t count. So to clarify: the rural Midwest. I…
Cherry and Other Blossoms
What’s that? You haven’t seen enough photos of me smiling in front of flowers lately? Well, ok. I think I have a cure for what ails you. But there are…
NYC
Yen says (casually) one day, “I think we need to go explore a city.” And then admits he hasn’t been to NYC in a few years. And so, because we…
CA
I had a very brief visit to CA this week, but did find a little time to myself before I took a miserable 9pm flight back home. I met up…
Playing Tourist with My Dad: DC, MD, VA
Dad had a conference in DC, so I flew down to mooch the free sofabed in the hotel and play tourist. Dad was able to join me occasionally between conference…
Playing Tourist with My Aunt: New York and New Jersey
Friday morning we head across MA and CT to where Mom had flown to stay with Jenny and Brent. The drive wasn’t bad except for a strange section of snow…
West to South Dakota
We went again to South Dakota this year. Mom has a class all summer, so she wasn’t able to come along. Let’s get right to the meat, no chatting: Here’s…
Philadelphia, Annapolis, Manassas, Appomattox
Saturday, Philadelphia I flew into Philadelphia, where I met Dad and David (they’d driven across from Illinois the day before, stopping in at Jenny’s in New Jersey). Jenny was meant…
Washington Crosses the Delaware
So Jenny says to me she says, “You’re a history type of girl, right?” And I’m like, “Yeah, baby! Yeah!” So we repaired to the spot where Washington crossed the…
Iowa and South Dakota
The big vacation this year was to South Dakota. It was like being young again—hanging out in the backseat while Dad drove and Mom navigated, trying to amuse myself while…