Ireland 2018 – Part 2

The first half of the trip is here. Day:4 This day was a crazy windy day. Many tress fell, both big and small branches were everywhere on the road and it was hard to walk against the wind. We decid…

Ireland 2018 – Part 1

It’s been a long time since I wrote about our trips. We did another cross country trip last year with our pick-up truck though, long story short, we left California in June 2017 and moved to …

Winter Adventure in Bear Valley, 2016-2017

Well, we had tons of snow in Bear Valley, California this season and Northern California got its wettest winter in nearly a century!

Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park, 2017 – Part 2

After leaving Jackson Hole, Wyoming(previous article is here) we headed to our next destination, West Yellowstone a gateway town to Yellowstone National Park. There is a world class cross-country s…

Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park, 2017 – Part 1

When we visited Yellowstone National Park a couple of summers ago, a picture in the visitor center drew my attention. A snow covered bison sitting still on the snow staring at me(camera). This made…

2016 Cross country trip

Just to leave a record of our cross country trip in the United States in 2016. After doing some climbing in Rumney, New Hampshire, we attended our annual family reunion in Hunter, New York and Colu…

Rock Climbing in Rumney, New Hampshire

One of our biggest events on this cross-country trip was to attend the annual family reunion in Hunter, New York at the end of July in 2016. When we left our house in California in late June, we on…

Niagara Falls, New York

After leaving Red River Gorge in Kentucky, we paid a brief visit to Niagara Falls in New York. We were overwhelmed by the breathtaking view from US side. There is a bridge named Rainbow Bridge over…

Rock Climbing in Red River Gorge, Kentucky

Our next destination is Red River Gorge in Kentucky, known for one of the best sport climbing spots in the USA or the World!? There are variety of cliffs and projects that you can work on. We decid…

Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado

After leaving Grand Teton National Park, we drove 500 miles to Boulder Colorado where R’s sister lives. We spent a week with her family and they took us to Rocky Mountains National Park on th…

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Two years ago on our USA cross-country RV trip, we spent several days at Yellowstone but only one day at Grand Tetons NP. Realizing the splendor of the Tetons could hardly be enjoyed in just one da…

Winter Adventure in Bear Valley, 2015-2016

El Niño finally hits California! We’ve been through a serious drought for 4 years here. It didn’t rain/snow much last winter (rainy season) and last summer was dangerously hot and dry w…

北ニューヨーク – カヌー80kmの旅

今年4月、「昔ボーイスカウト時代に行ったカヌーの旅をもう一度やってみたい！」と言い出したR氏の話をなんとなく聞きながら、2つ返事でOKしてしまったところから始まった今回の旅。旅の舞台はニューヨーク州北東部のアディロンダック州立公園。この公園内には、大小10,000以上の湖と沢山の川が存在し、すべての川の長さを合わせるとなんと48,000km以上。…

Winter Adventure in Bear Valley, 2014-2015

At the very end of 2014, we finished our first cross country trip in the United State and set up winter base camp in Bear Valley, California. (This base camp is NOT on wheels! Yes, it is on the gro…

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

On our way to California, we enjoyed a stopover at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona to see some of the natural wonders of the past 250 million years. I have never seen scenery like this pl…

Another 3,700 miles from New York to California

Well, I was in Japan for 3 months (Mr.R was there for 2 months) and came back to New York at the end of November. We then resumed our cross country trip, This time from New York to California, to h…

Autumn adventure in Japan

We spent autumn in Japan, doing hiking, camping and some interesting stuff on mountains. There are 100 famous mountains in Japan and we climbed 4 of them this time. It was fun!

Sylvan Lake beach park, Hopewell Junction, NY

Just to leave a record of our cross country trip in the United States in 2014. We left California on 4/28/2014 and arrived New York safe and sound on 7/21/2014. Travel distance: 4,600 miles (7,400 …

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan

In the middle of June, we had a family reunion in Traverse city, Michigan and spent a week in a cottage. Since we are living in the RV and traveling all the way from California, staying in a cottag…

We are in the middle of nowhere…

We left South Dakota right after Independence Day. Our next destination was Traverse City in Michigan and we planned to reach there in 3 days. The distance is about 1,233 miles and we drove thoroug…