Pining for the Fjords

Hello there, all! We hope 2024 treated everyone well, and that this blog post finds you all in excellent health and spirits as yet another year winds down.  We also hope you're reading this post stuffed with delicious food and drink - whatever makes you the happiest and concurs with your specific dietary needs/wishes - as well as being surrounded by the friends and family you love the most! On to the annual wrap-up!  Like in past years, many of the hyperlinks below will lead you to a previous blog post about the trip or event we're discussing, but some will lead you to the restaurant, brewery, or state park for more information.  Have fun clicking around! Getting ready to meet family for dinner in Kingsport, TN in October January 2024 We kicked off the year in our normal style - by bundling the doggos up in the truck and taking the travel trailer on a camping trip - this time, to Roper Lake State Park in Safford, AZ.  Some hiking was accomplished, but mostly we jus...

Howdy, y'all (although we'll have carried on by the time I publish this, as I sit writing it, we're in Amarillo, Texas)!  As you might have seen in our two previous blog entries , we sold the house in Phoenix and are moving to the Lexington, Kentucky area.   Family selfie time at El Morro National Monument Although we've changed residences a handful of times in the last few decades, these moves were always shorter - either within the greater Phoenix area or just one state away.  The last time we did a long-distance adjustment was right after we finished college (Amy), completed military service (Chris), and got married (both - to each other, in case that needs clarification).  On that trip in early 2004, we loaded all of our worldly possessions into our two cars at the time - a small Acura and a Chevy Cavalier - as well as our doggos, Bella and Luigi, and drove cross country over four-five days.  Thankfully for our bank account back then, we were able...