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Change of Plans As many of you know we’ve been planning a much-ballyhooed multi-month road trip and you’re probably thinking, why are they in Sedona? Aren’t they supposed to be bopping down some little-known lane in the steamy southern portions of the massive and nuanced country that they call home? By this time, shouldn’t they…
Do Snowshoes Have Bladders? “With all of the rain we’ve gotten down here recently, Flagstaff must be buried in snow,” Pat surmised. “Let’s go snowshoeing.” Well, that’s a suggestion you don’t have to make twice. Before he finished his thought, I had the snacks ready to go, my play-in-the-snow base-clothes on, and a bottle of…
Hot in the City It wasn’t a dark highway, but it was most definitely a desert one. Saguaro cacti stood with their arms reaching toward the sky asking for rain or absolution, or whatever cacti ask for. They populated the area as far as the eye could see. No cool wind was in anyone’s hair,…
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Living in the USA (Steve Miller Band) Oh, we got to get away. Living in the U.S.A. Come on baby, Owwww! Fall 2016 Yes, the Vinohikers are back in the good old USA and itching to get back on the road. With a couple of weeks to kill before we begin a remodel on a…
Homeless. We have known we would be since we started planning to go to Southeast Asia and Europe. It wasn’t as emotional as when we sold our place in Flag to go sailing though. We are renting the house this time. But still, what seemed to be far out on the horizon has happened and…
After many months of talking about a plan to fly off to SE Asia, we are finally committed. Not to a mental institution like some of you probably think, but to the trip itself. With my hands sweating as I plugged in the final digits of the credit card number and my eyes double-, triple-…
It had been more than a year since we ventured to the back of Fay Canyon in Sedona. The weather was absolutely perfect and the parking lot was surprisingly empty. We looked forward to a relaxing afternoon. At the trail head we were greeted by a Bear Advisory sign. Really? When did Fay Canyon get…
Well we’re finally back on the boat! Back on the boat?, you ask. Where have you been? As you may remember from our last update, we arrived in Ecuador April 1,2007. Shortly thereafter, we received an email from Pat’s Ex-employer asking us to come back to help out on a project for 3 to 6…
