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Category Archives: Vacation
Summer 2024
We started the summer with our family & friends camp out–Josef’s 13th year in a row! (OK, I guess the Covid year was a bust but we won’t count that!) After that he and I headed to the aptly-named Cannon … Continue reading
Rome
It’s taken me forever to get around to regaling you with tales of my two week trip to Rome! The fact is, this was a very painful trip for me in a lot of ways. It was something that Rachael … Continue reading
Mexico 2023
I knew Christmas would be especially painful if we stayed home, given the memories and associations of the previous year, and the rest of the family agreed. We decided warm water and sunshine would brighten are spirits…and we were right! … Continue reading
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Holidays 2023
Anticipating that the first holidays without Rachael were going to be kind of painful, I decided to skip out on the usual family-oriented gatherings and just get away for something really fun. It turned out that the 49ers were … Continue reading
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Summer 2023
Summer adventures included the annual family group camping trip, a vacation house on the Sandy River with good friends, learning to rock climb, Josef spending two weeks in Utah with Grammannette and cousins and also a week at Camp Westwind, … Continue reading
Fall 2022
Fall had some real challenges for us this year. Rachael was mostly bedridden with back pain and either trying to sleep or tying to manage the pain with stretching or PT exercises. Her health continued its long decline, which unfortunately … Continue reading
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Holidays 2021
With flights being so cheap from EUG to PDX, we decided to make the main Christmas gift this year a trip to Los Angeles. We left on the 26th and took Josef to Santa Monica so he could see his … Continue reading
Fall 2021
Josef started 4th grade in September. I always remembered that as one of my favorite school years, and I hope it is similarly memorable for him. To celebrate a modest return to normalcy (i.e. actually gathering together in groups again) … Continue reading
Oregon Coast Hike
I was very fortunate to get away for 4 nights for a solo backpacking trip this December. I chose to tackle a chunk of the Oregon Coast Trail, since it would be so easy from a weather and logistical perspective. … Continue reading
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Havana
Rather than blather on about my impromptu–but long dreamt of–trip to Havana, I will just post some photos. There is some blathering about each one if you click on it. Viewed in order they might compose a travelogue of sorts… … Continue reading
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