San Fransisco doesn’t disappoint.  We spent a day as blue chip tourists - knee-high socks (Nate), cameras around necks (Traci, Nate, Grammie Denise) and a plan to see: The Golden Gate, Fisherman’s Wharf, seals, Alcatraz, Ghirardelli Square, the red light...

Yosemite National Park requires very few words.  The pictures do the talking.  It's an incredible experience to be in the valley and look up at the grandness of it. Because of all the rain California received this year, they've had...

Almost every year, until I started hauling off to fun places on the opposite side of the globe, my Dad and I would pick an evening and go Christmas shopping together in Freeport, ME.  Shopping was followed by a hearty dinner...