Category Archives: Travel

Explorations: Japanese Exclusion Memorial

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Skip Walter

Places evolve.  Life changes.  Lives change.  Attitudes broaden.  Or not. In the midst of self-quarantine in the new normal, we take social distancing walks from our home most days.  Today’s walking journey brought us to the Bainbridge Island Japanese Exclusion … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Mourning Notre Dame Cathedral

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Skip Walter

I couldn’t watch. My wife kept beckoning me to see the live coverage of the terrible fire at Notre Dame Cathedral.  I couldn’t bring myself to watch.  I wanted to keep my fond memories of several visits to the cathedral … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Seeing the United States from 40,000 feet

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Skip Walter

On a recent trip from Seattle to Newark, NJ, I had a window seat on an Alaska Airlines flight.  Normally I opt for an aisle seat, but all were taken. I decided that this would be the day that I … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Alaska Airline Surprise

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Skip Walter

My definition of a good trip is that nothing surprising happens.  When it comes to airline trips, I want boring. On a recent return trip to New York City, I chose Alaska Airlines for the trip from Newark Airport to … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Travelling Protected?

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Skip Walter

During this time of government shutdown, it is always fascinating to experience what is essential and non-essential government work. On my trip to the airport to spend a week in Palo Alto, CA, we started our journey on the Seattle-Bainbridge … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Exploring Bryce Canyon National Park

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Skip Walter

The weather in Seattle had been miserable all winter and spring. I finally threw my hands up in mid-June and told my wife “we’ve got to get out of here and find some sunshine, preferably really hot.” So we hopped … Continue reading →

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Wildlife in the San Juan Islands

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Skip Walter

We’ve lived in the Pacific Northwest for over 20 years and have never been to the San Juan Islands.  We remedied that over the Fourth of July weekend, when our newest inlaws, the Shellys, invited us to spend a couple … Continue reading →

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Visualizing the Taste of Wine – Shape Tasting

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Skip Walter

A couple of years ago, my wife and I attended a wine blending seminar put on by one of our favorite winemakers, Anna Matzinger of Archery Summit Estates. As Anna was describing the art of wine blending, she commented: “As … Continue reading →

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Cameron Crazie for a Night

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Skip Walter

I am an over the top obnoxious Duke Men’s Basketball fan.  I have to be as the rest of my siblings and my wife and her siblings are Carolina graduates (now there is an oxymoron). Ever since I entered the … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Day at Duke University

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Skip Walter

What a quick way to drop away forty years of my life as I revisited Duke University this week.  As I walked around the quadrangles, so many memories from my four years as an undergraduate came flooding back.  Thoughts I … Continue reading →

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