This is the second of several posts that describe our multiple exciting adventures in West Texas. Ten-year-old Samuel’s interest in hiking and camping was growing and I was very much drawn to climbing Texas’s highest mountain, Guadalupe Peak. At 8,751 feet, it is nearly three times higher than anything in Great Britain. “Climb to the ‘TopContinue reading “Guadalupe Peak in 2015”
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Pop-Up Camper
A pop-up camper was a memorable step toward our imminent RV ownership. Our hotel-based road trip to DC visiting National Parks inspired us to want a pop-up camper. Janet’s family had owned one when she was growing up. We liked the idea because it would be low maintenance, we would be able to store itContinue reading “Pop-Up Camper”
Car-Camping
As we prepare to take ownership of our first motorhome next month, I reflect on how we got to this point. One part of that journey has been our car camping. In Texas, we car camped as a couple in our first few years of marriage and with our first baby. In the UK, withContinue reading “Car-Camping”
Cruising the Norfolk Broads in 2009
The Norfolk Broads are wetlands in eastern England that are best accessed by boat. In May 2009, we rented a boat for a week long holiday. Such boats have a maximum speed of about three miles per hour, a brisk walking pace, and no special qualifications are required to skipper one. We chose a boatContinue reading “Cruising the Norfolk Broads in 2009”
Our Honeymoon in Costa Rica
The highlight of our honeymoon was a Costa Rican adventure. We whitewater rafted, rode in a hot air balloon, visited a volcano, toured a cloud forest canopy, and chilled on a beach. Amazingly, Janet arranged all of this using a rudimentary WebTV set (using dial-up internet and a TV as a screen)! Janet produced aContinue reading “Our Honeymoon in Costa Rica”
Belize with Coral Cay Conservation in April 1995
In my passion project of writing up adventurous activities from my past, the time that I spent in Belize has the fewest records and dimmest memories. I have ten photos, the logs of 27 dives between 3rd and 26th April, and a faded scar on my forearm (it wasn’t a shark!). It was still aContinue reading “Belize with Coral Cay Conservation in April 1995”
Irian Jaya (West Papua) in 1992
One of the great attractions of working in the Middle Eastern desert was the amount of time off. As well as short (2-3 week) breaks every few months, there was an extended time off after about a year. My first “long vacation” was October through December 1992, and I joined a Trekforce expedition to IrianContinue reading “Irian Jaya (West Papua) in 1992”
The Adventures of the Cajunlimeys 