Forty years ago, I stumbled into Santa Cruz in a haze of youthful uncertainty. Fresh out of college with a somewhat useless theater degree and no particular ambition. Just starting to acknowledge my not-so-straight-after-all sexuality. Living in my van after…
Trailblazer Award Photos
I flew to Santa Cruz for a weekend to accept a Lifetime Achievement award for LGBTQ trailblazers. [Show slideshow] 1234►
Dodging Disaster… Again
While in New Orleans, we kept a close eye on weather reports of an approaching storm. Although we’d experienced nothing more than some wild winds on Wednesday, torrential thunderstorms loomed and were already flooding northeast Louisiana. We had planned to leave…
Louisiana Flooding Photos
We drove through Louisiana during flash floods. [Show slideshow] 12►
New Orleans Again
We have now officially reversed our direction and are heading back west. From Florida, we drove to New Orleans, camping at the same park we’d stayed at over Thanksgiving (see New Orleans Reunion). Bayou Segnette is a nice, spacious state…
New Orleans Again Photos
We returned to New Orleans, this time meeting our daughter there for her first visit to the area. [Show slideshow] 12345►
Peninsula Paradise
We’d been in Florida for three months, official snow-birds now, when we landed in St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. We’d heard about this jewel of a park from other travelers and decided to finish off our winter stay here. It’s…
St. Joseph Peninsula Photos
Our last days in Florida were in this beautiful state park on St. Joseph Peninsula. [Show slideshow] 12345►
Lunch in Apalachicola
After Kate’s family reunion, we had to leave Blue Spring early to get to Lake City for an RV repair appointment. We just had a few last fixes that had been held up waiting for parts. We spent most of…
Apalachicola Photos
Enroute to St. Joseph Peninsula, we stopped in Lake City for RV repairs and had lunch in Apalachicola. [Show slideshow] 12►
Year Milestone
One year ago today, Kate and I closed up our house in Eugene, handed keys over to our property manager, joined a temporary caravan of two other friends with RVs, and headed south. Beyond the initial six weeks, we had no…
Florida Family Reunion
We’ve visited a lot of my family on this trip. My sister and brother-in-law in Texas and then in Florida, my dad in Missouri, my uncle and cousin in Florida, and all my siblings and their partners in New Orleans.…