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The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves, no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.^[1]

Travel

Braving the COVID World

Aliso Creek and Wood Canyon Loop Trail. Moderate, 10.5mi Loop (of course, we didn’t hike the whole trail!) While I’ve been working since the start of the pandemic, Josh and Sammy were mostly in quarantine. Sammy’s school pretty much went into shut down mode. She had only one teacher in Broadcast who held virtual class…

September 28, 2020August 14, 2026

• Braving the COVID WorldSeptember 28, 2020
  Aliso Creek and Wood Canyon Loop Trail. Moderate, 10.5mi Loop (of course, we didn’t hike the whole trail!) While I’ve been working since the start of the pandemic, Josh and Sammy were mostly in quarantine. Sammy’s school pretty much went into shut down mode. She had only one teacher in Broadcast who held virtual classContinue reading “Braving the COVID World”
• Sunset Cliff – amazing viewSeptember 15, 2020
  1253 Sunset Cliffs Blvd, SD 92107. Rated: EASY. 1.7mile OUT & BACK. We accidentally stumbled upon this trail while looking for something to do. When we got there, the parking lot was closed and street parking was quite full. We had to find street parking several blocks away and walk to the trail head. IContinue reading “Sunset Cliff – amazing view”
• Top of the WorldSeptember 14, 2020
  W Ridge, Laguna Beach, 92651. Rated MODERATE by All Trails App. 2.4mile OUT & BACK. Who says you can’t be in two places at the same time? Josh took a 270 degree panoramic view. Sammy was on the upper left corner with me then miraculously appeared on the bottom right. 🤣. We did a fewContinue reading “Top of the World”
• Love is HERE to Stay by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis ArmstrongSeptember 13, 2020
  Sept 13th – Happy Birtday…thanks for all the opportunities… Nine more days till the end of summer. Unfortunately, the relentless heatwave and the raging fires in the Angeles Mountain (Bobcat Fire) tell us otherwise. It’s been almost a week and the skies have remained shrouded in smoke. On Thursday, I had ashes raining on meContinue reading “Love is HERE to Stay by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong”
• 9/11September 11, 2020
  Our visit in 2017
• Sky HIGH @ Pasea Hotel – HBSeptember 11, 2020
  Ahhh! The cool breeze blowing in from the coast. The temperature in the 70s with wind speed in the low teens. This is the first year we’ve been home during a heatwave. Every year, we’ve been able to escape the country and head north to Canada where the weather is cooler. Josh says we pickedContinue reading “Sky HIGH @ Pasea Hotel – HB”
• A Welcome ReturnSeptember 1, 2020
  Airbnb has been offering unusual places for rent for quite sometime now. Their unique places range from tiny homes to yurts to castles to boats and more. I’ve yet to check them all out. During a late night search I came across a rental titled: Dome’s Life. The listing posted pictures of modernized and tastefullyContinue reading “A Welcome Return”
• The Cook, The Caretaker, The Teacher…August 27, 2020
  My mom was born July 4th. Before coming to America, that month and date meant nothing. Since being here in the US, she jokes about the whole country celebrating her birthday every year.  In Vietnam she was a teacher working alongside my dad who was the principal of the school. When she came to theContinue reading “The Cook, The Caretaker, The Teacher…”
• (wish we were) Cooking in TuscanyAugust 23, 2020
  For a while now, I wanted to rent a villa in Europe with a group of friends or another family. The villas didn’t seem too expensive. The idea of living amongst the locals for a week or two sounded fun. I surfed the webs and signed up for emails relating to this topic. One ofContinue reading “(wish we were) Cooking in Tuscany”
• MONGOLIAN YURT – right in our backyardAugust 21, 2020
  https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/yurt/#mongolian-ger Our second excursion since the pandemic was about an hour drive from the house. Up to this point, I thought I knew most of the cities around us. When I started looking for an Airbnb place, I came across a city called Bonsall. Bonsall? I thought – “where in the world is this?” IContinue reading “MONGOLIAN YURT – right in our backyard”

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