Destination: USA

Rocky Mountain High

Sat, 6 Jul 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [197]

IT HAS BEEN NEARLY 15 YEARS since we visited Colorado ski country—each year we promise to make the trip but keep putting it off. But Houstonian friends Greg and Laura were in town on grandparent duty and a day in the mountains seemed like a good ... Read more >

A Day at the Museum—Teen Rex

Sat, 22 Jun 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [268]

YOU DON’T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO HOLLYWOOD to see the World Premier of a film—you don’t even need to dress up! Yesterday we attended the World Premier of T.REX in 3-D right here at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and not even ... Read more >

Sweet Home Colorado

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [205]

WE HAVE BEEN BACK IN COLORADO FOR exactly a month—and, boy, have we been busy. We got much needed haircuts and retrieved some essentials from storage  even before we checked in to our latest AirBnB, our fifth “same-but-different”... Read more >

Check-in 332

Sun, 2 Jun 2024 | By rtumicki | Views [230]

332: Time flies when I neglect my journal entries.  Now I am down to 332 days and I have a sneaking feeling this time will go by quicker than I think or would like.  I have started many to-do lists in various notebooks I keep.  One, the ... Read more >

Photos: Colorado for the Summer

Fri, 17 May 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery

Photos: East to Alaska

Thu, 16 May 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery

East to Alaska

Sat, 11 May 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [205]

AFTER SIXTEEN DAYS AT SEA, THE GOOD SHIP Royal Princess arrived in Whittier, AK yesterday—East to Alaska, not North. As cruises go this one was pretty blah. It began with a last minute change of berths negating the carefully chosen location of ... Read more >

USA 50 States Part 2 Jan to Feb 2024

Sun, 7 Jan 2024 | By shaz | Views [106]

I’m by myself again and so happy to leave my sister in California. I head to Portland Oregon on an early flight. The first thing was the cold and I felt it. I added another layer and ventured outside to find the way to downtown. I hopped on the ... Read more >

Check-in 525

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 | By rtumicki | Views [148]

Not much spare time to think about other things rather than work at this point.  Knowing I have a target date in mind does make my inner smile glow.  It is a busy spell until the early January.  This Thanksgiving holiday weekend I will ... Read more >

Check-in 526

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 | By rtumicki | Views [149]

After a day like today, I wish it was 526 minutes remaining rather than days.  I find comfort in tracking the days reminding me things are not forever.  Progress for today was reading about different walks on the Amerian Pilgrims on the Camino.... Read more >

Check-in 528

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 | By rtumicki | Views [166]

527: Count down to April 30, 2025.  Yesterday was the day I decided to put a number to my imaginary line in the sand, hence 528.  Freedom calls to be out in the world once again.  Five days here and there for vacation needs to be expanded ... Read more >

Photos: USA 50 States

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 | By shaz | Photo Gallery

USA 50 States Part 1 Oct 2023 to Jan 2024

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 | By shaz | Views [105]

My trip to the US was to be a solo affair but for some reason I said yes to my sister who asked to join me. Immediately I knew it was a mistake but after weighing the pros and cons, and they were pretty much equal, I decided to embrace the first part ... Read more >

Water, Water, Everywhere—Papeete and Pago Pago

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [255]

COLERIDGE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD—just like the ditty “I joined the Navy to see the world. And what did I see? I saw the sea!” Except for stops in Honolulu and Papeete and Pago Pago, we didn’t see another ship until we neared ... Read more >

If You're Leaving From San Francisco...

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [196]

DESPITE EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY, we are not big fans of cruises. We generally take them as alternative transportation to flying or in order to reach out-of-the-way islands. Nevertheless, we’re off again, this time from San Francisco to Sydney ... Read more >