Joyfully Retired

Last week Jay and I took a road trip. No RV. We just packed a few things in the truck and took off. We headed north to southern Oregon. We’ve visited many national parks, but there are still a few big ones we haven’t seen. One of those is Crater Lake National Park. We set [...]

Favorite Places is a feature on my blog that allows me to share some of the places I’ve visited in my travels. Whenever I travel on Amtrak from Northern to Southern California I see an old mission out the window on the west side of the train. The mystery for me has been: which of the twenty-one [...]

A vegetable garden is definitely one of my Favorite Places to be. One day we were taking a drive along a nice country road leading to Bodega Bay. Just off the road is a nice country bakery. The goodies inside are wonderful but what I wanted to show you is what’s out back. Right next [...]

Since April I’ve been following the growth of grapes here in Sonoma County, California. Actuallty, I’ve been following one particular field of grapes. It’s become a Favorite Place. I’ve been gone for a month so I was surprised at how much they have grown. The picture of the vine above was taken in March of [...]

Favorite Places is a time when I can share with you some of the places we’ve been in our travels. This week I want to share another of our Alaska chapters. There are several ways to get to Alaska: airplane, ferry, cruise ship or the Alaska Highway. If you have unlimited time and you crave [...]