-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Categories
Archives
Follow me on Twitter
My Tweets
A random collection of rants, reviews, and miscellaneous thoughts on everything from instructional technology to local restaurants.
A Day in Denver
So, you’ve only one day to spend in a major US city. What do you do? That was the dilemma that faced us in regards to Denver. The trick is to pick one or two things you really want to do, then perhaps hit some highlights in between so that you’ll have an idea for [...]
Posted in Travel
A Samish Island Fourth of July
The celebration actually started yesterday.  There were the beach fireworks Duff and I saw while paddling, usually involving ordnance  obtained from the reservation and NOT approved by Washington State law. Also, the neighbors a couple of doors down had hired a band.  Duff and I had heard them while paddling, and back home they were [...]
Posted in Travel
Padilla Bay Preserve
Mrs. Wright’s house looks out over Padilla Bay, a section of the Puget Sound bounded by Samish Island to the north, the flat farmlands of Skagit Valley to the east and south, and Fidalgo Island south and west. The Swinomish Channel runs between Fidalgo Island and the mainland, connecting Padilla Bay to Skagit Bay. On [...]
Posted in Travel
Rivers, Valleys, and Peaks
It was one of those days that the State of Washington would prefer that no one knows about. I think they would prefer that the rest of the US think that it’s all rainy and gloomy. Otherwise, everyone would rush to move up here. Granted, it was cold when I first got up – in [...]
Posted in Photography, Travel
Whiskey, Yard Sales, and Herons
It doesn’t matter how good the flight is, the trip from Greenville to Samish Island is always long and tiring. We awoke at 5:00 am EasternTime to head to the airport for our flight, and eventually got to bed at 9:00 Pacific, which would have been midnight Eastern. And because we are so far north, [...]
Posted in Travel
