Sunday came as quickly as Friday started! Alarm sounded at 10 minutes to 08:00am, giving us very little time to get ready and out the door. We ran down the stairs, gave our apologies to our host, and jumped on the motorcycle. Riding in light rain, we made it to the Enzian Inn just minutes …
Leavenworth, WA – Samstag!
After a good night’s rest and a rush to get the day started, we found ourselves at the B&B breakfast enjoying a feast fit for a king! John, the owner/operator started us with coffee and torched grapefruit. The caramelized topping was like a crème brule but better! It was large enough to be a meal …
Leavenworth, WA – Friyay!
Every year Leavenworth, Washington celebrates Maifest. A German tradition dating back to the 10th century, when villagers would gather to celebrate the arrival of spring by planting flowers, playing music and games, and raising a “maipole” in the local square. The pole would be decorated with sausages, cakes, flowers, and ribbons, and villagers believed that …
paste up street art
there’s a new street artist in Vancity. they go by the name Earth Folk or EaFo. i first got introduced with the work of the artist(s) thru the Hot Art Wet City gallery that hosted “antisocial media” last month. over the weekend, we have been searching for EaFo’s wheat paste up street art utilizing their …
Pender Island Epilogue
The final chapter of Jenina’s birthday getaway has approached. It’s Sunday, March 13th, 2016 at 10:15am and we’ve got to check out by 11am. Pack, pack, pack, and even Nikyla doesn’t want to leave. We’ve had an excellent time at the Woods on Pender. Our ferry reservation is not until 7pm, so we’ve decided to …
Exploring Pender Island
After waking up around 10am with a dry mouth because we failed to buy water in town the night before, we headed down to the main lodge for breakfast. The meals were well prepared and tasted amazing! When we finished eating, one of the staff members recognized us from the Instagram post the night before …
Woods on Pender
This year, Jenina wanted to do something different for her birthday. Good bye 20’s and Hello 30’s! So here we are on Pender Island, tucked away within the Southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada. Woods on Pender, a country feeling cabin and lodge retreat nestled in a forest of lush greens. Hot tub, kitchenette, …
Vancity Walking Beer Tour – Part 1
It’s not everyday you can get a group of friends together, plan an elaborate walking path in which you can hit multiple breweries and still stay within their open and close times! A great deal of time and effort payed off. Here is a PDF outlining some of the planned areas and times — URBAN BEER …
Day 1: Philippines
12-26-2015 Well what can we say? We’ve traveled into the future! Nine hours later, and a plus 16 hour time difference left our bodies feeling exhausted. Does it surprise you that we had to wait before landing? We left late, we arrived late, and there was nowhere to land because we missed our time window. …
Day 0: Philippines
December 25th, 2015 – So here we are after months of planning…the Philippines! There were always last minute expenses leading up to our departure date, but somehow we managed to survive. Thank-fully the night before, Robert was able to get some help at work as we had to wake up and arrive to the airport …