We are traveling through another dimension on the road to Hana, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead—our next stop, the Hana Lava Tube. Lava in and of itself, is ridiculously cool, right? It is, after all, molten rock …
Leg 4: Hawaii and Asia
We leave Ventura early tomorrow morning, SBA-PDX-OGG. In 26 hours, we land on Maui. This is the fourth leg of our digital nomad adventures. Our return in February will take us right up to 2 years on the road. I’ve been making lists. In the final day, a varying carousel of emotions: ready confident excited nervous grateful blessed having fun …
Thoughts on Home from the Road
Where is home? We are repeatedly asked this. There is not an obvious answer. AliSun may reply, “home is wherever we are.” I have been calling Ojai our “home community.” We have no house to return to from the road. Just a modest office-slash-storage space holding the dwindling remains of the way we used to live. Having a home does …
Images From The Grand Canyon
I’ve traveled fairly far and rather wide over the past fifteen months, but going back ten years or more, one question I’ve never been able to answer in the affirmative: You’ve been to the Grand Canyon, right? And as we drove out in March, stayed in Sedona, had breakfast in Flagstaff and headed east on I-40 to Albuquerque and ultimately …
Hawaii and Asia Take Shape
A big, long trip is a life event. It stays with you, fills your soul with experience, colors your view. There is a lot to plan, but it is easier the second and third and fourth time around. It is exciting planting a seed and seeing the plant grow, flower, leaf, fruit. We considered destinations for the fall and winter. …
Until Next Time, Santa Fe
I am experiencing the lasts. The last time we eat at our favorite New Mexican joint. The last time in Eldorado, where we spend the day touring art studios and having a glass of wine with Judith and Will. The last time playing with the guys at the tennis table club. The last time at Lan’s, Taberna, Counter Culture. Maybe …
Beyond Santa Fe…an adventure inside the caves of Bandelier, NM
A text appears on my cell phone from a dear family friend, Judith Jones. “You MUST go to Bandelier.” It just so happens to be that Bandelier is in fact written in the stars for us today! Bandelier is the indigenous land of the ancestral pueblo people, also known as the “Anasazi.” Beyond the inspiring and lively city of Santa …
GRATITUDE…for a life well lived and traveled.
There are several blog posts on their way, however there is one that feels most important to kick off the next cycle of our journey…and what better timing than the Full Moon, which happens to be today…Today, March 25th is the Lunar Eclipse (the first of three) and a FULL MOON in SCORPIO, the sign of TRANSFORMATION & REBIRTH. Here …
The Pilgrims of El Santuario de Chimayó
Two friends walk, one covered in tattoos on his neck and hands. A family walks, wearing matching T-shirts commemorating a dear, lost relative. A man walks, carrying a large cross made out of wood, PVC and foil over his shoulder. Two girls walk, holding crosses of clothespins at their hearts. A young man walks, his steps contorted by a muscular …
Best. Crater. Ever.
A rock hurtles through space, lonely, passing through the solar system as the third planet from the sun draws near. The rock is the length of half a football field, entering the atmosphere at 34,000 miles per hour. The molecules encased on the outer layer ignite, turning the rock into a giant terra-bound fireball of death and destruction. Ten seconds …