Allora…Il mare, una volta che ha lanciato il suo incantesimo, ci tiene per sempre nella sua rete di meraviglia~Yves Jacques Cousteau The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever~Yves Jacques Cousteau Don’t worry this blog won’t all be in Italian (perhaps only a few newly learned words) however… Continue reading Buon Mare
Graduation(s)
Graduations and new beginnings abound… This past two weekends we celebrated Courtney’s graduations from the University of Washington’s and the Foster School of Business with a quick trip to Boston between the weekends. There was a lot that made these weekends special. First, Courtney is a fourth generation grad from the UW; great grandma, both… Continue reading Graduation(s)
Take The Waters
Unbelievably in the second week of April we woke up four mornings in a row with snow on the ground! We needed a plan and fast! That night we started googling frantically for warmer climes. Palm Springs, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara all were very enticing however with two days notice the flights were pretty… Continue reading Take The Waters
Sesenta
Milestone birthdays are celebrated in a variety of fashions. For my 50th birthday, nearly a decade ago, I celebrated mine by swimming in 50 different pools in the year. Much more challenging logistically than I would have thought. Shannon is celebrating her milestone birthday this year—sesenta (aka 60)! She doesn’t really have anything swim related… Continue reading Sesenta
Ouch
Not sure where to start with this one. For years now body art has become common place and dare I say very much acceptable. In fact, you can’t go to a beach, a park, coffee shop or even an office or basically anywhere without seeing some cool tattoos on people young and old alike. Some… Continue reading Ouch
Pool2Peaks
Inspired by the great outdoors and all the activities at ones fingertips in Bend and some free time I embarked on a new challenge. I called it Pool2Peaks! As its name implies is pool sesh immediately followed by a ski sesh. I am not sure its ever been done before and if it has-was it… Continue reading Pool2Peaks
A Year In Review 2021
Well…as I sit to write this year end blog I am not totally sure where to start. In many ways this year felt much like 2020 filled with all that grief, angst and tedium of the covid pandemic. In many other ways, there were green shoots of optimism, positivity, accomplishment and feelings of “normal times”.… Continue reading A Year In Review 2021
30
Ok, ok sooo everyone these days sees 30 and they likely think of pop star diva Adele and her new comeback album. Well…I know that’s a pretty big deal however celebrating your 30th wedding anniversary is pretty big deal too! To celebrate the occasion we popped down to the Bay Area, the place where it… Continue reading 30
Shaka
If the shaka hand gesture is the ultimate Hawaiian symbol for “hang loose” or “right on” I’ll shoot a double shaka for going to back to Maui twice this year! While not a totally unplanned trip back to the Valley Isle this trip was a twice postponed work trip that happened to be rescheduled a… Continue reading Shaka
👑 Catalina Channel 👑
Well…I have a lot of L.A. stories however this story I will remember for a long time to come! In fact, it will be hard not to think about this story every time I fly in and out of LAX as I will be looking down at the Catalina Channel knowing I swam across it… Continue reading 👑 Catalina Channel 👑
Goggle Reflections 