Hyannis, MA
Hyannis became famous as a playground for the Kennedy family. JFK's father Joe Kennedy, already a millionaire in 1926, had been blackballed from a private club near Boston, reportedly due to his Irish Catholic roots. [...]
Chappaquiddick Island, MA
We ferried over to Chappaquiddick Island on our bikes to check out the famous Dyke bridge. In 1969, that's where Senator Ted Kennedy drove off the bridge (which at the time had no guardrails), overturning [...]
Rhode Island
So Rhode Island is NOT an island, although it has many of them! We loved the White Horse Tavern. Cheers from the oldest continuously operating tavern in the USA, since 1673. Rhode Island had the [...]
Good Vibrations in Las Vegas
Dancing at the Stirling Club, with a great Beach Boys cover band.
Golfing in Suncadia, WA
Suncadia, only about 90 miles from Seattle, makes a nice getaway in Eastern Washington. It's become wildly popular with the work-from-home crowd.
Tahoe Time
What a beautiful evening at the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. “Much Ado About Nothing” set in the 1920’s, with flapper dresses. All good fun until the end of the show, when Mike couldn’t find the [...]
Hiking in Olympic Nat’l Park, WA
Mike backpacked 30 miles up the Bogachiel trail in Olympic National Park. He wanted to visit the trail crews that we help sponsor with our foundation. Part of their work was to historically restore a [...]
Hiking in the Sawtooths, ID
Mike backpacked for three days in the Sawtooth Mountains. The group began and ended the trip at JoAn and Ralph's beautiful cabin in Stanley, ID.
Second Beach, WA
Second Beach is an undiscovered gem in Olympic National Park, especially at low tide. We were guided by a board member from Washington's National Park Foundation, John Meyer, who offered up his company and expertise [...]
Great Falls, MT
Once upon a time, Great Falls, Montana had the beauty and dramatic landscape of a potential National Park. Instead, the magnificent falls were harnessed for hydroelectric power in a series of five dams. Great Falls [...]
Teddy Roosevelt Nat’l Park, ND
New Yorker Teddy Roosevelt first came to North Dakota in 1883 to hunt bison. In 1884, when his wife and his mother died on the same night, he was devastated. Leaving his newborn daughter in [...]
Cornfest in Moline, IL
We were a little early for sweet corn this year, but Rolly came through with some "private stash" from a farmer buddy. Mike still holds the record at 15 ears of corn at one sitting [...]