On our way to Scandinavia – Reno to Walnut Creek

Valerie, Vicky, Duke and I fly from Oakland to Stockholm today on the beginning of a Scandinavian adventure. My plan is to blog every day so if you’d like to follow along just click follow in the bottom right corner or go to marionvermazen.com to see what we are up to.

Vicky and Valerie will be with us for the first two weeks in Sweden and Denmark. After they fly home Duke and I will spend five weeks exploring Norway and Ireland. On our way home we will stop for twenty hours in Iceland. If you would like to see our itinerary it is available here.

Yesterday Vicky, Nick, Duke and I drove to the Bay Area. Vicky and Nick dropped us off in Walnut Creek. This gave Duke and I the chance to spend some time with a couple of the grandkids. Later this afternoon we are off to the airport for our flight direct from Oakland is Stockholm.

Port Ludlow to Reno

On Saturday, June 30 and Sunday July 1 we finished our latest trip and drove home to Reno.

The traffic on Interstate 5 going south from Tacoma, through Portland was terrible. But we finally made it to Oakridge, Oregon where we spent the night. Oakridge is a small town but we had a great hamburger dinner and live bluegrass music at the local pub called Brewers Union Local 180.

We are home again now for the month of July then will head out again to Northern Europe. We plan to visit Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Ireland. Suggestions of places to go and things to see are always welcome.

Malahat, British Columbia – June 25 – 28, 2018

Since Monday my brother and his wife, and my sisters and their husbands, and Duke and I have been sharing a beautiful rental house overlooking the water north of Victoria, British Columbia. During the day we have each done our own things and in between we have had lots of time to talk and enjoy each others Company.

Wednesday four of us went to Butchart Gardens.

Tuesday Duke and I hiked around Thetis Lake.

Thursday we hiked to the Goldstream Canyon Trestle.