Hey Chimp CHamp!!
I am here.. Just had a surprise trip out of town. Back for now. Leaving again next week for 4 or 5 days.
We have a boat off the California coast. A nice diversion. Anyway, several things are happening related to it right now. Actually, next trip is the last to Cali for awhile. We are moving the boat up the coast to Seattle for the next 6 months to a year. The plan is to spend time in the San Juan Islands, visit Vancouver Island, and go out to Alaska and the Inside Passage. We love that part of the world.
I grew up spending a lot of time vacationing (skiing, hiking, white water rafting, mountain biking, etc.) in and around Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Bannf, Lake Louise, Jasper, Kananaskis, and Whistler. The boat is an opportunity for us to explore a little more on the coastal side from the Pacific Northwest, USA, coastal BC, and over to the Alaskan waterways. It should be fun for awhile.
The past 2 years have been spent in Southern California and Mexico. Nice, definitely warmer!
