Shawn

Shawn

Ogunquit – 10/17/2025

view from Old Ferry Landing in Portsmouth NH

Today we are taking our annual trip to the New England area to visit Cody for his birthday. We usually choose a place where we can stay and do some outdoor activities and just spent a nice casual weekend with…

Vashon Island – 9/23/2025 and 9/24/2025

Oscar the Bird King

This morning we leave Olympic National Park and head back towards Seattle. Wedrove in the other direction than how we entered the park, and towards Tacoma. We took the Point Defiance to Tahlequah ferry to get to Vashon, this was…

Olympic Day 3 – 9/22/2025

Views from Rialto Beach

We started our day as usual with a good breakfast at the Creekside and then headed to Rialto beach, about an hour from our lodge. We then will work our way back towards the lodge stopping at the Hoh Rain…

Olympic National Park day 2 – 9/21/2025

Views from Cape Flattery trail and lookout

We had a great breakfast at the Creekside restaurant to start our day and then packed up and headed out towards the farthest northwest corner of the continental US – Cape Flattery. It was about a 2 hour drive from…

Olympic National Park day 1 – 9/20/2025

Hurricane Ridge

We left the little seaside town of Langley early this morning, after visiting the excellent breakfast at the inn first. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Inn at Langley and would definitely return. Langley is one of those towns that’s…

Whidbey Day 2 – 9/19/2025

Sunrise view from the room

We woke up as the sun was rising over the Saratoga Passage and the Puget sound in the distance. The little sailboat that was anchored just off of our room was still there. The morning was peaceful with the sound…

Whidbey Island Day 1 – 9/18/2025

Main Bedroom looking out towards the balcony

We got an early start today, taking an Uber to the rental car facility at SeaTac to pick up our car. We enjoyed not needing to drive and park in Seattle; we walked most places, and for the few places…

Seattle Day 2 – 9/17/2025

One of the large trees.

We got up early adn took advantage of the free buffet breakfast in the club lounge in our hotel. It had everything we needed, eggs, coffee, fruit oatmeal and pastry. We filled out water bottles and called an Uber to…

Seattle day 1 – 9/16/2025

View from the market down to the Ferris Wheel

We started our Seattle and Olympic National Park trip today. We flew out of Philadelphia direct to Seattle on American Airlines. We decided to try the new AA lounge in terminal A and it was disappointing to say the least.…

Budapest Day 2 – 5/22/2025

Chain Bridge

We moved from our ship to the Intercontinental where we will spend out final night before heading to the hotel tomorrow. We left our luggage but where unable to check in yet becase the rooms weren’t ready so we decided…

Sailing into Budapest Day 1 – 5/21/2025

Sights along the Danube

As we sailed down the Danube towards Budapest we were treated to several castles, churches and bridges before reaching Budapest. Sights along the Danube Fishing boars along the Danube Sights along the Danube Sights along the Danube Sights along the…

Vienna – 5/20/2025

Rose garden in the city center

Today we took a walking tour of Vienna. We got a bus into the old city center and walked around with a guide to see the sights. Rose garden in the city center Volksgarten Park Theseus Temple – buil tto…