INSPIRED BY When you move to the suburbs, remember this: You’re not the first. You’ll find long-term residents in your new town whose parents and grandparents all went to the schools your kids will attend. They’re not used to new people. When you tell them you moved from Portland’s inner-eastside, they’ll look at you like […]
Two Shades Of Boomer Travel
March 13, 2018 by
Even when you go someplace you’ve never been, you’ll find shades of familiar. It takes a special place, one filled with its own internal music, to make everything old feel new again. The band in my brain cranked up in Barcelona, Spain when I saw the Gaudi church, La Sagrada Família. […]
BOOMER TRAVEL: GO IT ALONE?
June 2, 2015 by
The Benefits Of Single Boomer Travel Are Many, Even If You’re Married? Good reasons to travel as a couple include shared experience above all. There’s a bond that occurs between a husband and wife traveling together. Pictures and video don’t tell the story. Neither does a diary or a narrative recounting. The glee and spirit […]
BOOMER TRAVEL: THE ROAD TO UPPER SEDONA
October 17, 2014 by
Or How To Drive A Roundabout Without Sideswiping Half The State. Let’s praise the newest traffic separator sweeping the nation. This British import will be bigger than the Beatles. Not a stop sign, not a traffic light, the roundabout is a two lane puzzle designed to deliver drivers any direction they want. Or just go […]
Get Your Medical History In Another Language
January 9, 2014 by
In The Hospital And You Don’t Speak The Language. Now What? Do you like new places, the sort where you step off a plane and think, “It looks normal enough,” but you know it’s not? You know because you showed up after language immersion and Rosetta Stone, and you still don’t understand what anyone says. […]
Baby Boomer Travel, pt 1
October 9, 2013 by
Plan Ahead Or Suffer. Once you step out your front door the machinery kicks into gear. It’s either too late to change plans, or you don’t want to be the one changing. Be a good sport. Baby boomers know how to be good sports. We also know how to whine so don’t be alarmed when […]
NW Boomer Travel, pt.1
August 13, 2013 by
The Oregon Alps If you look back at Portland from LaGrande, the miles pile up. But you’re not done. You can’t drive to the Swiss Alps on Interstate 84, but the Oregon Alps are a tank of gasoline away. Look for highway 82 and read the signs to Joseph.
