Category Archives: The Adventure Begins

I remember being in a meeting in Europe a number of years ago with a group of people from all over the world. I was sitting next to this dude from France. We were chatting at a break and at one point he said to me “It is easy to spot who is American andContinue reading “Mt. Doom”

Thankfully we have pretty much finished up all the adulting tasks that we had to do. Buy a car. Open a banking account. Meet with various money people. Figure out how to communicate to the rest of the world at something less than $10/minute. We headed out of our Airbnb in Beachlands in the lateContinue reading “Done with the Adulting”

The weather has been less than stellar in Auckland since we have been here. On the ferry back from Auckland, the captain warned everyone that the following day there would be 45 knot winds so the ride in to work might be a bit rough. There was a huge storm that came up through theContinue reading “El Duderino”

We woke up excited that today we would be finally heading back to New Zealand! The only hard part is that we had to wait until 9:50 pm before the flight took off. Bummer. It would be an anxious day of waiting again. One last wait in the long process of waiting. Can you tellContinue reading “Up, Up, and Away”

We have 100 hours before we get on the plane….not that I’m counting. We said our ka kite anō’s (“see you again” in Maori) to Jason and Cynthia and headed to Santa Barbara to spend some time with my sister and Frank. I can’t say enough good things about my sis, she is truly aContinue reading “100 hours”

The final leg of our US-based adventure is underway which involves a lot of driving again. Susanne and I decided to go out for dinner at Little on Mountain for out last night in Fort Collins. This was good because the day did not go by without some adventure…of course. Our friend Bill in NewContinue reading ““You’re not a mini-van kinda guy””

The last 8 months have been really good for Sadie…if not a bit stressful. When she was young, she would lose her mind every time she saw another dog, even if they were hundreds of yards away. It was very annoying and made it difficult to walk her. She did get better as she aged,Continue reading “Mr. Smoosh and Friends”

It has been quite a while since I posted anything on the Grand Adventure, so this will be a longer post than usual…. and hopefully not too boring. This is mostly because we have just been chilling our jets in Fort Collins waiting, waiting, and waiting. That is not a complaint at all and inContinue reading “Out of Hibernation”

Being cheap can be a good thing many times, but there are other times that it can cause you to make less than rational decisions. I tell you this because I had purchased some dental floss way back in Oregon and it turned out to be somewhat defective. It just wouldn’t feed out properly. EachContinue reading “Old Lady Purse Fight”

Ok, I have fallen way behind on the travel blog, but my excuse is that we had a lot of driving and I was lazy. After Chapter 1, we had a big reconfig to drop the trailer off, get some life stuff taken care of in Flagstaff, and then hang out in Santa Barbara forContinue reading “Beach Turkey”