During a precious few days of home time, I enjoyed sitting still and took my time remembering how to do my job. Deb and I spent a lot of our days together, trying our best to come down gently from our European holiday. It was weird being at the Phoenix base without Cleo in the…

For the first time in three weeks, I wasn’t tour guide – that was Dad’s job. Having landed in Brussels the day before, he’d had a whole morning to familiarize himself with the half-mile radius surrounding Central Station. In that time, he’d memorized exactly the route to take from the train station to his hotel…

Our last day in Barcelona was our easiest yet. We checked out at 11am and had our bags with us so weren’t trying to hit one last Gaudi house or tourist attraction. We stopped in at a restaurant at the marina for a coffee, killing time in outrageous fashion, then moved on down to the…

“Manifestation“ My flights from Phoenix to Barcelona went seamlessly. I only had a short stop in Calgary where the cowboy hats let me know the Calgary Stampede was around the corner and I managed to get a decent sleep on the long leg over to Europe. It took me all of fifteen minutes to get…

Locked In It was Sunday so we had a nice lie in and I was so grateful Dan didn’t have to work. We had all day today to get organized. Dan took off an hour before us so he could have a head start getting his gear together so Cleo and I enjoyed one last…

As it turns out, riding bikes and flying on planes does nothing for your health. I was glad to hear Dan had found a camp for us near Buena Vista (BV) but by the time I got there on Tuesday afternoon having camped out at the airport and doing some errands in town, I was…

Airport Parking The drive from Buena Vista to Denver airport is a solid 2.5 hours but what a beautiful drive. Thanks to Stalink, I happily chatted away to Mum and Dad for most of the drive before getting into Denver proper. After filling up and stopping for some food, it was dark which meant the…

Cat Camp It was Friday before Memorial Day weekend. I shut my laptop at 1pm, got the last few bits and pieces into Berta and we said goodbye to McDonald Drive. We’d planned to be there only for the month of February but Cleo’s torn CCL meant we’d stayed a while longer. The Phoenix Summer…

It felt like the flying took all day because of the five hour wait I had in Toronto but I made good use of the time, getting a bite to eat and blogging. When the flight was coming in to land at St. John’s I purposely put my book down to look out the window…

Time for my new teeth. I’d been over to Boston in mid-January to have a nasty tooth removed from my front end and now I was due for my follow-up and some new fakes to keep my smile complete. Day One, Business My red-eye experience was much better second-time round. I put it down to…