During our winter stays in Palm Desert, California, we host a series of friends … and one of our regular … Continue reading The Palm Spring Aerial Tramway … 2024

Mrs Bear and I have been spending much of our last few winters in California’s Coachella Valley. It is an … Continue reading Rain Storm in the Coachella Valley

Four years ago, Mrs Bear and I visited Page on our two-month retirement cross country road trip. However, our flexibility … Continue reading Lower Antelope Slot Canyon, Page, Arizona

Mrs Bear and I have become Snowbirds since the pandemic. But unlike most Easterners, we avoid Florida and drive across … Continue reading Lincoln’s Home & the Mark Twain Museum on Another Drive West.

We made a return trip to Atlantis after about a ten-year hiatus … I had not begun writing this blog … Continue reading ATLANTIS, Paradise Island, Bahamas

So, having made the decision to fly to Calgary and Heli Hiking from Toronto, a six hour drive from Central … Continue reading Niagara Falls

We spent three days hiking in the Bugaboos … CMH has about ten lodges … Three are used for both … Continue reading Canadian Mountain Holidays … Up into the Bugaboos

After a big breakfast and a packing of food to take up on the mountain, we awaited our group’s turn … Continue reading Canadian Mountain Holidays, Getting to the Bugaboos

First a little history … Mrs Bear and I have been looking to do this for over twenty years. We … Continue reading Canadian Mountain Holidays … Trip to the Bugaboos … History and Getting There

Most visitors to George and Martha’s place make their approach by driving southeast from Washington. Mrs Bear and I attended … Continue reading Mount Vernon … A View from the Potomac River