Palm Canyon

Hiking in Palm Canyon - just minutes from Palm Springs.

Joshua Tree National Park

Hiking in Joshua Tree with our friends Chris and Jack.

Joshua Tree National Park

Hiking in Joshua Tree.

Christmas Day

Poolside on Christmas Day

Ready for Winter

Thanks to our good friend Al, and his late husband Dan, we are prepared for winter this year with these awesome hats.

Another day another dollar

Kirt recently began a new position at his company, and here he is in his new office.

Headed home

Here we are at the Barcelona airport starting our journey home. 2 hrs to Frankfurt, 9.5 hrs to Anchorage. And amazingly we get to Anchorage 1/2 hour before we leave Frankfurt. (on the clock anyway).

Adios a Vilarnau

After picking up a bottle of this vineyard's wine for our own private tasting on our deck back in Sitges with some cheese and grapes, we are on our way to Montserrat

Wine tasting at Vilarnau

With the second harvest about to take place in a few weeks, there were still a few grapes on the vines for us to pick and taste.

Nice day at the beach!

Nice day at the beach today... Us white Alaskans mostly hide out in the shade, but a few dips in the Mediterranean gave a refreshing reprieve to the heat from the Sitges sun.

Paella

Pronounced pie-aye-ya.  Kirt has perfected this traditional Spanish dish he learned over 20 years ago in Spain.

More snowshoeing with friends!

Snowshoeing

Our neighbors took us out snowshoeing. Here we are in the glow of a 3:30pm sunset.

Kirt's New Wheels

Long travel day

Today we had breakfast in Spain, lunch in London, and dinner in Seattle. Heathrow airport had a great, although expensive spicy noodle dish.

Madrid Architecture

Almost time to say good-bye to Madrid. The last few evenings here the weather has been perfect for our evening walk.

15th & 16th Century Tapestries

In the Museum de Santa Cruz there were some enormous ancient tapestries on display. How about having a room in your home big enough for this monster?

Through the streets of Toledo...

There are some extremely narrow streets in Toledo. We have been in some questionable situations with a car in Spain before, but you wouldn't want to get caught down this street with more than a pedal bike.

Cheers Mate!

Having a bit of fun after a delicious lunch in Toledo!

Good Eats

Tacos de solomillo al roquefort, translated to English is: steak bits and potatoes in a blue cheese cream sauce. This is probably one of the most delicious meals we've had in Spain.