October 7 2023. Day 1 Camino Portugués Porto to Praia Chã I convinced Alice to start today early instead of clearing up a questionably functioning SIM card, and I’m glad I did as the heat really drained us. We arose at 7 from our hotel in the Tridade neighborhood, stopped for a light breakast at …
Second part of September 5, 2023 Around noon, the priest and bodyguards indicated it was time to load up and head for Zoquitlán, where we will spend the second part of our visit. we headed back out to the Panamerican highway that runs from near Ixtepec to Oaxaca. Only a few minutes after leaving the …
October 3, 2022 Last night, as I sat typing the yesterday days’s post in the closed cafeteria of Hotel de España, the room was filled with family sounds. Three generations were gathered around a board game laughing, cajoling and enjoying each other’s company. Earlier, when I asked if I could use the table to write …
On a cool cloudy September day, we took one last 6 mile hike our favorite local haunt— North Ottawa Dunes Park. After a cool rainy spell everything was green and the mushrooms were in profusion. Despite our late arrival, it was quiet without a breeze. The spongy pine needles beneath the feet and the leaden …
