July and August – Plenty of surf. La Sancha just got new brakes, rotors, and tires! Claire got a new laptop! After a few splurges we have paid off our debts and have finally started stashing money for our return trip to Guaymas. Claire’s Uncle Bud took us out for a quick day sail in […]
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North Carolina – Outer Banks
Month of June til now – we are sort of settled in here now on the outer banks. It’s a pretty small area but we’re still running into people that we haven’t seen in quite a few years. Everyone is pretty shocked when they hear about what we’ve been up to with our travels on […]
Outer Banks, NC – update
currently claire and i are working our buns off. claire is waiting tables in two restaurants, about to start bartending. i am cooking in 3 different restaurants, 6 days a week, including a few doubles. we are determined to knock out the next 4 months of hard work, family gatherings, and the rest of our […]
Back on the Outer Banks, North Carolina
OUTER BANKS NORTH CAROLINA 5/24 It was a total of a 7 hour drive to the Outer Banks, from Charleston. Through swamps and farm fields. NC produces a lot of corn, sweet potatoes, tobacco, cotton, blueberries, strawberries, wine, just to name a few. Not to mention the seafood. Blue crabs, soft shells, shrimp, flounder, stripers, […]
Driving Across America: South Carolina
CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA 5/23Claire called up her cousin Chris and we were on the road 2 ½ hours to Charleston, South Carolina. Quick ride. We were greeted by Chris and Carson, not to mention ice cold Bourbon and Gingers. Stroll around the area. Similar to Savannah, but not as historical, with a touch of Southern […]
Driving Across America: Georgia
SAVANNAH GEORGIA 5/22 Left the grandparents house before noon. My Dad is heading to the Gulf Coast. Claire and I are heading about 4 hours to Savannah Georgia to visit old friends of the Calvino’s Ms. Joy Ange and her daughter Candice. Whom have both been attending higher educational studies in the area, and are […]
Driving Across America: Florida
FLORIDA 5/18 Up with the heat of the sun on Navarre beach around 8:00AM. Claire took a morning dip in the Gulf and we were off. Heading to New Smyrna, Florida to my grandparents house. Stopped in Gainesville for dinner. Pulled into my grandparents at 11:00PM, back on the east coast! 5/19 Slept hard after […]
Driving Across America: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
5/17 I called and made a reservation for dinner at John Besh’s La Provence! He spoke at my 2008 graduation from the Culinary Institute of America. Claire and I spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out on the south side of Lake Pontchartrain. Getting some ideas of where we want to be around this […]
Driving Across America: Dallas to New Orleans
5/15 Back on the road to Dallas. Planning to stop and see Cameron, my college room-mate who I haven’t seen in over 5 years! Stopped at the Dallas Public Library to work on the website and pass some time. This place is 8 stories tall! Grabbed a case of Modelos and got to Cameron’s place. […]
Caverns of Sonora
Caverns of Sonora Link hey moms thought these were pretty cool! going down to my first cavern! oh yeah! cave bacon milk of magnesia falls almost touching since 1902 only three pieces of paper can fit between the broken butterfly. In 2006 some stupid kid broke off and STOLE one of the wings! thanks a […]