Travellin' On

Looks like I have a travel plan. Not exactly a trip to Africa but it should be quite an adventure nonetheless. I am taking my 15-going-on-16-year-old nephew on a road trip down the Pacific Coast. We'll head to Vancouver on August 2nd to spend the night watching the fireworks with my lovely husband Kevin and then Sean and I will hit the road in the morning. Car camping/cheap motels and perhaps the odd hostel is the plan. Head for San Fransisco and then turn around and come back. Kinda cool that a woman I recently met on the Croatia cycling trip lives north of SF, so we can visit her for a bit. As well, Liza and Paul are living down there so there will be a couple of familiar faces. I love the Pacific Northwest Coast and I know Sean will think it's cool too. It'll be good to get him out of all that is familiar. Time to shake up his known world a bit...and mine too.

Croatia

It was only a couple of months ago. Actually late May/early June I guess...Looks so far away from here and now. Viola (on the left) looks so Kodachrome with the yellow sign as a complementary graphic to go with her shirt.

It was such a good trip.

Beautiful riding, cool people on the tour and great guides.

Here's a link to some photos from the trip...

http://picasaweb.google.com/colleenfriesen.colleen/CyclingCroatia

Catching Up

It's summer in Sechelt and I'm just finally going through our February photos from Morocco. Why is it that as soon as a trip is over, it is SO over? Gone. Gone. Gone.
Tagines, oranges, mint tea, dust, donkeys, minarets and rug salesmen...some of the stronger encounters still resonate.
I'm trying to catch up with what's happened this past year but I'm not really sure if it's possible or even necessary but I'm happy to at least add this entry.
Next plan is to throw on some photos from my Croatia/Italy trip this past May but first things first. It's a sunny evening. I want to make a little dinner and enjoy it on the deck.