MEMORIAL DAY 2018

With sincere appreciation and humbleness for the sacrifices of so 

many soldiers on behalf of their fellow Americans.

They served with honor for us all.

VIEW FROM ON HIGH

We're on the road for my wife's birthday celebration. Given her choice of possible locations, designed to burn as many hotel and airline Frequent Traveler points as possible, she settled on San Francisco and the California Wine Country.

We're not meeting up with friends (sorry guys!!!), nor doing any really touristy things. This is her birthday week and so we're doing things quietly and to ourselves, save for one or two work-related things I'm going to be doing. Fun stuff.

Last night we took in a play, and tonight it's a late-night dinner at a jazz joint.

Slept in to 8am, myself. That's three hours after my usual morning rise.

I'm taking the lazy morning as time to get some writing done on the book and update various websites. I could get used to this.

The view from our window....

CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY

Will be in the Bay Area for the next few days. San Francisco and the Sonoma and Napa Valleys. (Burning off tons of frequent traveler points.)

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One of our global favorite destinations. Wine Country, here we come!

TIME FLIES

I *did* say it was one of those weeks. Let's see if I can get back on schedule this week.

Glaciers seem to be massive, immovable and permanent. 

Nothing could be further from the truth.

South Sawyer Glacier, Alaska. c2004

IT'S ONE OF THOSE WEEKS

The calendar is getting away from me. We're almost in May??? Criminy.

So noted, here's the famous Steam Clock in Vancouver's wonderful and eclectic Gastown district.

Time is fleeting...