Posted by Mark on Feb 17, 2013
By the numbers, we were in Mexico 28 days, from January 16 – February 13. We traveled roughly 3568km (2,217miles). It looks something like this:
The first week we rented a car to explore the Yucatan Peninsula. We drove from Cancun as far...
Posted by Mark on Jan 30, 2013
It was early October, another beautiful morning at our tranquil Ecuadorian beach house. But our view of the consistently blue Pacific had changed. Large barcos lined the horizon while small fishing boats dashed out, docked and then returned,...
Posted by Mark on Jan 5, 2013
#59-#17, Unforgettable numbers…
On November 17, 2012, I turned 59. It was a beautiful morning in Cuenca, Ecuador, and the plan was a low-key celebration. We had a simple breakfast, then around 10 we took the 25-cent bus ride to el Centro....
Posted by Mark on Dec 11, 2012
Ours was an untraditional Thanksgiving. A full day of travel and exploration completed with a remarkable dinner. We were scurrying around by 6:30 a.m. in our Cuenca, Ecuador apartment, where we had lived for the past five weeks, as we...
Posted by Mark on Sep 23, 2012
We spent February in Key West, Florida, a place full of history and interesting people. Then we left the country for arty San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. In May we traveled to Baltimore to see our daughter, Stacy, receive her master’s...
Posted by Betsy on Aug 10, 2012
Heading southwest, the path from Dornoch through Dingwall, Gorstan, and Kyle of Lochalsh to the Isle of Skye; then Invergarry, Fort William, Glen Coe, Tyndrum, Crianlarich, Loch Lomond, and Luss to Glasgow was the third leg of our journey...
Posted by Betsy on Aug 10, 2012
After our week in Edinburgh, we rented a car for a road trip and while we had a general direction in mind, we basically went where the road took us and to places people told us not to miss.
Stirling, St. Andrews, Dundee, through the Cairngorms...