Travel – HaskinPhoto

Some things have happened

The last time I posted, in August 2020, the most interesting thing happening in my life was my new interest in soap-making.

Well, it’s now May 2021, and… some things have happened.

September 2020: road-tripped down to Texas to see my granddad (socially distantly)

October 2020: drove back up to Seattle, stopping at a few National Parks along the way… and got engaged on a hike in Grand Teton National Park!

A happy moment at the base of the Middle Teton, the turnaround point of our long hike along the Garnet Canyon Trail

January 2021: B was offered, and accepted, an assistant professorship with the Ohio State University

Okay, since I’m obviously never going to get around to writing up the lovely ten-day trip B and I took to Bermuda last October, I’m just going to give up and post a selection of photos instead. The very short summary of the trip is: Bermuda’s great. You should go. And I am not really cut out to be on the ocean. Continue reading “Bermuda (belatedly)”

France trip 2017

Back in September 2017, B and I went to France together.

Given that the trip was B’s first trip to France, my nostalgic return to a country where I’d lived, and our first time ever traveling together, it was exciting and daunting to contemplate. But happily the trip went marvelously, even despite me scratching the heck out of the rental car while trying to negotiate a narrow, curving, downward-angled parking garage entrance. The trip was too short, but at least it was good.

So here are some photos and anecdotes from the trip, rather belatedly! Continue reading “France trip 2017”