Incline Village, NV - Sat, 8 Jun 2019, 9:30am

After we got in after midnight last night- well, technically this morning- we were tired but unable to get to sleep right away. We scouted the condo and found it's much larger than we actually need. It spreads across 3 floors and has 4 bedrooms. Fortunately for us everything we need is right on the ( Read more... )

An unusual fringe benefit Hawk gets from her employer is access to a time-share condominium at Lake Tahoe. The company owns two of them and grants employees access through a lottery system. We already have a week (well, 5 days) selected in early August.

This week one of the condos went up for grabs for a last-minute weekend stay this weekend as ( Read more... )

Las Vegas NYE Travelog 14
Las Vegas - Mon, 1 Jan 2018, 9am

Hot and wet. That's how we're starting off 2018.

I've mentioned periodically over the past few days here in Las Vegas that the heater for the pool and hot tub at our vacation rental house isn't connected properly. The pipes are swapped. And I decided fuck it, l et's go for a hot pool ( Read more... )

Las Vegas NYE Travelog 12
Las Vegas - Sat, 30 Dec 2017, 11:45pmHere it is late Saturday evening, with about 24 hours left to go in 2018. One carload of us have headed back from Main Mansion to Secondary House for the evening. The party over there was winding down with about a third of our friends wandering off to sleep or something equivalent. I ( Read more... )

Las Vegas NYE Travelog 7
Las Vegas, NV - Fri, 29 Dec 2017, 8:30amI'm pleased with myself for getting out of bed before 8 this morning. Normally that's not a huge achievement but after staying up past midnight and having consumed a lot of alcohol it is. Plus, no hangover! That's doubly surprising given how dry it is here in the desert ( Read more... )

Las Vegas NYE Travelog 6
Las Vegas, NV - Thu, 28 Dec 2017, 11:55pm

After dumping sand in our hotel this morning and then going on a hike in Red Rock Canyon and a second hike in Red Rock Canyon we drove over to the house we're going to be staying at in Las Vegas for the next four nights. Actually it's one of two houses we're going to be staying at ( Read more... )

We returned home from our Hawaii trip this week. It was just after 3am Tuesday morning when we walked through our front door. (Ugh. We're still recovering from being behind on sleep.) How fitting that this trip ended with flight problems and hours of delays given that it started with an abrupt flight cancellation and a delayed suitcase. But while ( Read more... )

Big Island Travelog #3
Friday, 30 Dec 2016, 9am. Kea'au, Hawaii.Our first 16 hours in this vacation rental house have not been good. I mentioned previously that the location is remote... that’s something I take part responsibility for as I could have vetted the choice harder when my travel companions told me to book it. But that’s only the start of ( Read more... )

Maui Travelog #1
Monday, 26 Dec 2016, 6pm. Kihei, Hawaii.

I've said before that the end of one trip is often the start of the next. That is quite literally true today as our all-too-short vacation on Kauai ended with a flight this afternoon off the island... and into Kahului airport, on Maui ( Read more... )

Kauai Travelog #13
Monday, 26 Dec 2016, 10am. Kapaa, Hawaii.

It's Monday morning already and thus time for us to leave Kauai for Maui. Time has passed so quickly. It seems like we've only had a few days here and- wait, we have only had a few days here! But still it's time to leave ( Read more... )