Sedona Vacation – Day 1 – Dec 28, 2024
Travel Day – Getting to Sedona from Falls Church, VA via plane and car. The Brown and Tress clan are heading to Sedona, AZ for a family vacation. Our trip will be for seven days with Lauri and Mark Brown, Brad and Brittany Tress, with their two children, Isaiah (age 5 1/2) and Thea (age…
Portugal – Planning For A Two Week Adventure And The Flight to Lisbon
Booking our flights was the important first step After creating a skeleton itinerary of places and activities in Portugal, getting our flights was the first most important and expensive purchase. This trip we decided to go business class since the trip to Europe is an “overnight” flight. We want to be rested and make the…
Yard To Table
I have a small garden in the back yard where I grow summer and fall vegetables and berries. It has been a heck of challenge getting a garden going 100 yards from the Atlantic Ocean on a property where the soil is darn near 100% sand. I finally gave up trying to grow anything in…
The Blackstone Life
The Blackstone grill has become a staple preparing meals in an outdoor fun setting You can buy a Blackstone Grill at just about any hardware store or big box store these days. I got mine on sale at BJ’s Wholesale Warehouse. Critical for my taste, it came with shelves on each side and a tray…
Biking the Great Alleghany Passage – Day 0
This is the story of four guys who decided to bike ride the Great Allegheny Passage. A three day event over 150 miles from Pittsburgh, PA to Cumberland, MD Bikers travel from across the US and from Europe to experience the Great Allegheny Passage Below is a map of the route on the Great Alleghenny…
Hiking Sedona
A desert town that is an oasis in the Arizona desert provides incredible hiking. Beautiful views of red-rock cliffs amid pine forests make Sedona one of the most sought after destinations for hikers. The incredible number of trails are well marked and a stop by The Hiker’s Hut in downtown Sedona will provide you with…