Category: Traveling
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Marathons and a Mountain
The last post to this blog was January 30th! This is what happens when routine takes over and adventures simply become living. Of course, our lives have been fairly eventful and we may come to regret not writing them down as time spirals on. I have always wanted to run a marathon and I got…
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Brick and Mortar
Our first year in the UAE, Sept 2012-August 2013, the kids were homeschooled by me. They LOVED it. I actually got sick of hearing, “Mom, you’re the best teacher ever!”. It was NON-stop…in my head. Actually I think that was my mantra over the year. It may have sounded a bit more like this though,…
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Orient Express
James had a conference in Hong Kong at the end of September for a few days. We had known for quite a while that he was going, and debated the same length of time as to whether I should go with him. He just couldn’t see how it would work with the kids starting school…
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The Rest of the Story
It’s been 5 months and I finally feel like I can talk about the first few days of our trip to Salalah with our Australian travel mates. To recall our last day near Salalah see this post. I also feel the need to apologise for the long winded nature of this post…but it’s in my…
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Staying the Course
My last post was August 23rd. It has been over a month and a half since I’ve written, not that I have not tried. There are two draft posts sitting in the queue waiting for me to conjure the determination to finish them. Though, the chances of that I must admit are rather small. …
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Fear, Pain and Choice
This latest adventure took us across the barren Arabian Peninsula to the land of Salalah in Dohfar on the southern coast of Oman a round trip of nearly 3,000 kilometres by car. A stone throw from the Yemen border we found amazing beaches and astounding views of tropical like landscapes rising dramatically from the Arabian…
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Jebel Shams
I approached the cliff’s edge with some trepidation. The large stone in my hands was easily in excess of thirty pounds. With a small swing I released the stone over the edge mindful not to let the momentum pull me over with it. I dropped to my belly and inched forward as quickly as I…
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Flying Home
This morning we drove Kirsten to the airport, it is her 13th birthday. She is taking a direct flight from Dubai to Seattle. It was difficult to say goodbye. She’ll be in Quesnel with family for the next 58 days. Flying is, of course, always exciting and generally memorable. For some unknown reason I think…
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Northern Musandam: Wadi Khasab
Days of rest are many here in the UAE. June 6th is as of now (May 20th of this year) a national holiday here in the UAE called Al Isra’a Wal Miraj in Arabic, الإسراء والمعراج. It is taught in the Quran to be the day that the Prophet Muhammed traveled to Jerusalem from Mecca…
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Time well spent
I took the week off of work but made no definitive plans. In thinking about how I wanted to spend the week it came to me that I should spend some one on one time with my kids. It was Lilli’s tenth birthday on the 27th and I’ve been repeatedly stunned with how fast that…
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