Walking around the capital made me tired, but at the same time I successfully got back to the main bus station. I looked at the schedule of the next bus going to the Blue Lagoon. I kept myself entertained at the bus station by browsing the net and when the bus was almost ready, I… Read More Blue Lagoon, Southern Peninsula
Gañac was a very hospitable classmate, he took his time driving me around Honolulu seeing sights that I thought never existed. After visiting the VA Hospital on top of hill we drove around the outskirts of the city and clueless of where we were going I just went with it. We drove up the mountain… Read More Nuʻuanu Pali, Hawaii
After driving on top of the mountain and visiting Buffalo Bill’s gravesite and another mansion, we drove westward to I-70 and we decided to make no more stops unless necessary and we didn’t until Deelow reminded me that Corvo have to do his call of nature every two hours. So we exit on one of… Read More Glenwood Canyon I, Colorado
Today is my birthday, so after eating some cakes and pancit at Deelow’s place, my mom, Deelow and Ta Gie with Ta Vans drove up to Lake Berryessa. We never thought that highway 128 would be so winding that most of my passengers got dizzy that by the time we reached the outskirts of the… Read More Lake Berryessa, California
Today we will be going to a park closer to home. Its the New Year and Deelow decided to go to another park with the dogs. Like I have mentioned before, dogs aren’t allowed in most state parks so I picked this simple park in the central valley. Dad, Deelow, and I together with all… Read More George Hatfield Park, California
Dad kept saying last night that we will be visiting a park to walk the dogs and a bit of walking ourselves. He first suggested Pacheco State Park but we later found out that pets are not allowed on trails so we looked for another spot and found Turlock Lake Recreation, State Park. So with… Read More Turlock Lake Park, California
Its been awhile since my last adventure and another walk with nature and history wouldn’t be so bad. So with the perfect timing, no rain and the weekend I finally decided to head on to Alum Rock Park with my Mom who came to visit. Alum Rock was established in 1872 and considered the oldest… Read More Alum Rock Park, California
Today was another adventure, and a little bit different. I usually explore something historical but today we will go through my Marine Biologist skills. We’ve been planning this trip for several weeks now and we always failed to due to the rain and the low tide schedules. But now we finally made it to Bodega… Read More Mussels Hunting, California
After our breakfast in our favorite diner Denny’s, we drove to the Glen Canyon Dam Overlook. I wasn’t sure what to find there but once we parked and walked down to the rails to the overlook Dad and Sam went to their separate ways hiking around the red rocks of the canyon while my Mom… Read More Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona
Visiting Hetch Hetchy has been on my list for some time now. Since I did a little research about the lost valley, sunken underneath a reservoir. Also, my coworker, Kevin has been talking about it since I first mention it to him. It was New Year’s Eve, my parents and Sam (Ollie) decided we should go… Read More Hetch Hetchy, California
After eating our sumptuous lunch and a walk around the city of Kaiserslautern we went off to south of the town. With Deelow’s “reliable” GPS we took the road that leads to Humberg Hill. A mountain forest at the end of the Palatinate forest. We reached the Bertha von Suttner IGS School and caught up… Read More Humberg Tower, Rhineland-Palatinate
My parents and I went up early for a new adventure. Deelow with the three dogs and I drove the van up to I-5 to I-80 heading east to the Sierra Nevada. We stopped at a rest area before Donner Pass and they used the toilets. Deelow and I walked the dogs around. The dogs… Read More Fort Churchill Park, Nevada
It was the weekend again, the time when my family and I like to go out and explore. I’ve always been intrigued by the tragic party who ventured into the frontier to head west for a better life. Their story was inspired by the horror movie, “Ravenous,” and if you have a free time, you… Read More Donner Memorial State Park, California
After taking a dip in the cool waters of Dunn’s River and Falls, I let Carlton take me to our next destination because so far I enjoyed the places we visited. Beside the historical sites, the trip to the falls was fun. He was in a hurry and finally, when we reached our next… Read More Green Grotto Caves, Saint Ann
I can definitely say my second sister is my real sister! Its not that our oldest sister is not our sister, is just that my second sister is adventurous as adventurous as me and sometimes even more. Every time Deelow comes home she will ask me to go somewhere and to explore. We’ve been through almost everywhere… Read More California Cavern, California
My Dad and I left the hotel in Cheyenne around 9:00 in the morning. We drove around the city; we took I-25 North. The weather was great and there weren’t a lot of traffic until we turned to 85 northeast where there was a road construction and we arrived at the endless views of the… Read More Chimney Rock, Nebraska
We woke up early in the morning and from Vancouver, Long and I drove southwards via Highway 99. It was still sunrise so there weren’t really a lot of vehicles. Our journey was smooth as we drove the highway trying to calculate kilometers to miles, we finally exit to Highway 17 which was more isolated… Read More Government House, British Columbia
It is New Year’s Day! And Deelow wants another adventure. Since we ate to our hearts delight last night, Deelow and I figured out to explore some more historical towns in the mother lode. This time we decided to move northwards to Angels’ Camp like our same route. We went through but instead of turning… Read More Angels Camp, California
After our little tour of the Golden Gate Bridge, also after visiting the lookout and crossing it back and forth by walking I drove Long and Laura to another magnificent view of the bridge. We exit to 101 north and took the first exit heading west to the Marin Headlands and driving up the hill… Read More Battery Ridge and Spencer, California
After going around the city of Port Isabel, and eating to our heart’s delight we continued our journey on. The summer heat of the Texas weather was getting into us and the beautiful scenery of the water was tempting. So after finishing all the historical sites in Port Isabel we have crossed the long bridge… Read More South Padre Island, Texas
