Archive for the 'United States' Category



Destination: California, Kathy’s Trip, June 27 - August 20, 2007

Published on September 7, 2007

Eight weeks of nonstop hospitality. That’s what this trip has mainly been about. Receiving hospitality from friends and family; continuous visiting, eating, drinking, conversing, catching up on life. Constant moving around as we stay with friends for two to three days at a time, then on to the next visit. […]


Destination: Bodega Bay, CA; The Wedding of Joy & David, July 14, 2007

Published on July 14, 2007

The raison d’etre for our trip back to the States this July and August was to participate in the wedding of my one and most special sibling Joy to her most suitable and complimentary partner David.
The wedding of the year some said (well, at least in Guidi & Wygant circles).
It was a destination […]


Destination: San Francisco, California July 22 - October 9, 2006

Published on October 14, 2006

Our time in San Francisco has drawn to a close. It’s been a long and sometimes bizarre trip being back in our former home city, doing things familiar to us like visiting with friends, driving our truck, going to nei gong classes, and even doing a little office work (yes, I am consulting again for […]


Destination: Black Rock City, Nevada, Aug 29 - Sept 5, 2006

Published on October 4, 2006

Burning Man.
I did my fifth trip to the playa this year and stayed for a week. I was anxious about going as I have a love/hate relationship with Burning Man. It’s a harsh environment to be in, both physically and emotionally. For me, the physical havoc wreaked upon my body is enough to make me […]


Destination: Southern Utah, July 11 - 17, 2006

Published on September 11, 2006

Grey, red, yellow, purple, white
Sunrises, Sunsets
Greens - cottonwoods, pinion pines, shrubs
Cliffs, rolling, jagged peaks, hoodoos, spires, zigzags

Blue sky, billowing clouds
Endless, expansive, majestic
Hot, arid, hard
Mesas, layers, strata
Upthrust, etched, knobular, fractal
Canyons
Clay
Riverbeds, washes
bighorn sheep, lizards, deer, birds, snakes
Lonely or alive?
Nature’s art: egyptian temples, golden thrones, thors hammer, queens
History: anasazi, mormons, wagon trains, butch cassidy, pueblos
We spent […]