Month: June 2022

We wrapped up our Utah/Colorado trip with a quick tour of Antelope Canyon as we drove through Page, AZ. n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n

We hit 6 National parks in 6 days. We changed our route at the last minute because of a fire north east of Flagstaff which sent us right by the Grand Canyon. n n Day 1 – Grand Canyon n We reached Mather Campground, got the camper setup and were…

Ten years ago our family borrowed a popup camper and took a camping trip from Texas through New Mexico and into Colorado. We made a Timelapse video of our camper setup. We thought repeating the Timelapse again this year would be appropriate. Thank you Kyndal and Angie for participating. I…

Anticipating feelings of isolation during Sabbatical, I bought Shelly Trebesch’s book Isolation: A Place of Transformation in the Life of A Leader. Im only halfway through the book but I just had to share an insight I found. n n She examines periods of isolation in Joseph, Moses, Elijah, Jesus…

In the Fall of 2021, Angie and I began thinking about taking a Sabbatical. To be honest, the concept always frightened me. There were three main reasons why: nn What would people think? I hate to admit this, but this was a biggie. For most of my life, I have…

We stayed in an AirB&B called Vashon View Cottage. The house was located on the north end of the island which had its pros and cons. The biggest pro was that it was close to the ferry terminal for our 1 am arrival. It was also off the beaten path…

We rode Amtrak Coast Starlight from Los Angeles, California to Tacoma, Washington. We had a roomette with chairs that converted to a bed. We ate one meal in the dining car and the rest in our room. We loved the observation car with all of the windows. We experienced a…

We’re traveling north from Los Angeles to Seattle via Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train. We are in a sleeper room, but we can move from car to car. We walked through the dining car to the observation car to be able to see out both sides of the train. Some volunteers…

One of the amazing things about working in a non-profit is the opportunity to meet so many amazing people. Not only do we serve some of the most resilient and inspiring people on the planet, the forced diaspora population, but working alongside volunteers and generous donors has us truly living…