VintagePinot Travels

Albania and Kosovo 2024

We returned to Turkey in April 2024

We also visited Georgia and Armenia after the Turkey trip

Back to Kauai!

Baltics 2023

The clouds parted and the sun was setting on Mount Rainier as we went to get some groceries at the IGA in Packwood, Wash. The camera does no justice to Rainier - you just have to look.

We took the Silver Falls Loop Trail out of Ohanaprecosh Camp. It was just what the doctor ordered after the grueling hike yesterday.

We visited the Chihuly Garden And Glass Museum at Seattle Center yesterday. It was outstanding. We loved our trip to Pike Street Market too.

Camels In The Desert

Revisiting Morocco

Album from our Greenland Cruise

Morrises to Eureka

We had a great eight day getaway in Wailea-Makena

Robin in front of a massive sequoia on our fourth trip to Sequoia National Park

We visited Sequoia National Park to get away. Click for the photo album.

In January, we took a cruise from San Juan Puerto Rico to Barbados, Grenada, Dominica, Sint Maartin, and St John, USVI

We visited Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Bryce Canyon National Parks

Grand Geyser, tallest predictable geyser on earth

After leaving Seaside in 2019, we visited the Canadian Rockies

We visited Walla Walla with Jan and Raye

Before going to Seaside in 2019, we stopped in at Crater Lake and Heppner, Oregon

We took a great trip to snorkel off Molokai on our recent trip to Maui.

We visited Sequoia National Park in the snow

We sailed on the Aranui V to the Tuamotus, Gambiers, Australs, and Pitcairn Islands

We spent a fun couple of weeks in Colombia

We spent August up in Seaside, and visited Oysterville.

We went back to Africa in March of 2018, this time to Kruger National Park in South Africa, plus Lesotho, and Swaziland.

We went to Yosemite with Dick & Midori in February of 2018

We spent a very happy week in Maui, celebrating my birthday.

We traveled everywhere in India in October of 2017

In 2017, we heartily enjoyed barging, bicycling, eating and drinking in France

In March and April of 2017, we toured Death Valley, and the Utah National Parks

We took a cruise around Cuba

In September of 2016, we traveled to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.

We traveled to Louisiana to visit my grandmother’s old place, and put flowers on my mothers grave. We also spent some fun time in Lafayette, and in New Orleans. We were happy to have Tammy and Andrew share an outstanding hotel room, which used to be a separate house.

We spent a few really good days hiking around Lake Tahoe. It’s been years!

We visited Shasta, California (Gold Rush era county seat of Shasta Co.), Packer’s Bay on Lake Shasta, and Castle Crags State Park.April is a good time to go.

Malaysia

We visited Kristin and her kids on the Big Island, right after Christmas. The kids were great sports about the 8 mile hike we put them through.

Barcelona To Dubai Cruise

We spent the last few days of July in Vancouver and Vancouver Island. We really enjoyed museums and restaurants of Vancouver, hiking the Pacific Rim National Park Preserve trails near Uclulet, and Afternoon Tea at the Empress Hotel.

We spent almost three weeks in Poland, visiting Warsaw, Krakow, and many places in between. I’ll never drink Russian vodka again.

For six days, we stayed in Kihei, and then for the final three nights, we stayed in Lahaina. We got in some whale watching, fine dining, good hikes, and lots of snorkeling.

We spent ten days in Iceland, in the depths of winter, chasing the northern lights, hiking, snow shoeing, sampling the local fare. Steve snorkeled the Silfra Fissure in Thingvellir National Park - truly unforgettable. And cold…