The people you meet – LAX

Travelling is all about the people you meet. Take today for instance. We like Bob, but we’re a bit disappointed in Joe, even though it worked out all right in the end.

Killer whales – up close and personal

Any trip where you have to wear a survival suit just has to be fun.

I’m not scared – Vancouver Island

Have you ever wondered why Canadians don’t come to Australia? I’ve asked a few, and the answer is always the same – “snakes”. Ok, so about half also mention spiders, and some talk about sharks, but without fail – it’s snakes.

There and Back Again – Home (to Canada)

Bilbo Baggins once wrote a book titled “There and Back Again”. Unlike modern-day Hollywood, Bilbo not only chronicled his adventures up to the point where the dragon was defeated and the war was won, but also recorded his journey home.

Stay – Hood River to Leavenworth USA

They say some places are hard to leave. That’s certainly the case with Hood River this morning, not because we don’t want to go, it just won’t let us out.

Take your pick – Oregon USA

There are two highways between Portland and Hood River. Sometimes they are the same road, sometimes they diverge by about a hundred metres. I-84 is a freeway. Highway 30 is not. Take Highway 30.

Boom boom – Oregon USA

I heard today that there is a rare type of fly that lays its eggs on the surface of Crater Lake. The eggs sink all the way to the bottom of the lake where they hatch….Do the fly larvae ever think “hey, it’s pretty cool down here at eighteen hundred feet, why bother going any higher?”

If I were like that – Oregon

I’ve heard that all some people write about in their travel stories is the food. Well, we’re not like that. If we were, I would probably open with the story of the great meal we had last night at the Black Trumpet Restaurant in Brookings Oregon