“The AR Lag Effect” (Eaton Canyon Falls – January 5, 2025)

At some point, we caught up to Wendy’s parents, but we could see that Wendy’s Mom’s eyes were red as apparently she had a slip and fall before we showed…

“The Longevity Island” (Okinawa – November 25, 2024 to November 29, 2024)

As we were starting to get overcome by this non-stop forced cheesiness that’s kind of like a cross between Pee Wee’s Playhouse and the twilight zone…

“Conflicts And Contrasts” (Hong Kong, China – November 20, 2024 to November 25, 2024)

Thus, we divided and conquered at around 2:45pm, and I went ahead and went out on my own in pursuit of Waterfall Bay. The first thing I did was to walk…

“Fitting In A Second Chance” (Stoddard Canyon Falls – August 8, 2024)

Then, I got down to the really sketchy obstacle at the next waterfall, where I did see some guys trying to figure out how to get to where I was at the top…

“Luck Of The Irish” (Ireland and Northern Ireland – July 3, 2024 to July 24, 2024)

It definitely was the first time I felt this throughout Ireland, and I wondered if the political leanings of Derry (which was the city where the Troubles…

“Visions Of A Life” (Southern England – June 25, 2024 to July 3, 2024)

… I noticed there was a coastline beneath the beehive structures and the rocky coastline in the distance, some guy apparently walked up to the area below…

“Mid-Atlantic Island Hoppers” (The Azores – June 18, 2024 to June 24, 2024)

After at least three futile attempts at getting the car to stop rolling forward, we were up against that white car in front of us… hitting it was inevitable.

“Iberian Fringes” (Mainland Portugal – May 28, 2024 to June 18, 2024)

…it didn’t take long before the diesel nozzle started to spill out, which got onto my right leg in both the pants and the shirt as well as my cloth belt…

“Scathed” (Stoddard Canyon Falls and San Antonio Falls – April 28, 2024)

However, in one sudden instant, I noticed that she stumbled forward and fell hard on the ground sprawling on her stomach. She sounded like she was in…

“Hell, Heaven, and Hellas” (Southern Greece – March 27, 2024 to April 7, 2024)

…at first we thought that B31 and B30 (both next door to each other) were for the same flight, but at some point, Tahia casually asked “What is Kos?”…

“A Parental Getaway” (Sonoma and Central Coast, California – March 8, 2024 to March 10, 2024)

I think that effect kind of caught up to me because when we got back to the car… for our 6pm dinner, I definitely wasn’t coming in with an appetite…

“AR Consequences” (Upper Zuma Falls – March 3, 2024)

…it was still raining at home, which got everyone concerned about muddiness on the trail or landslides on the roads leading to the Santa Monica Mountains…

“Tahia’s Italian Audible” (Italy – November 15, 2023 to November 25, 2023)

And I couldn’t believe that GoogleMaps was now routing us into the ZTL of Florence as we made our way towards the Florence Airport. Why did the GPS insist…

“Surviving The Trip” (Northern Japan – July 13, 2023 to July 27, 2023)

That said, I knew that I was definitely not feeling 100% by this time… and I was also concerned about airport authorities maybe forcing quarantine on me…

“Spreading Misadventures” (Northern Japan – July 3, 2023 to July 12, 2023)

…I asked [them] to try the same ETC gate as us just to make sure it was their card that was defective or something… we needed to have a change of plans…

“It’s A Family Affair” (Taiwan – June 27, 2023 to July 3, 2023)

As the road momentarily straightened out, we immediately noticed that the front right tire was flat, and trying to fix it on these twisty mountain roads…

“K-Journey” (South Korea – June 7, 2023 to June 27, 2023)

…ignorance is not bliss moments so far in Korea. Now with this storm, I wondered what other calamity will befall us as things definitely weren’t going…

“50 Shades Of Pink” (Japan – April 5, 2023 to April 16, 2023)

I wondered if maybe I had scraped the underside of the car and something got loose and started scraping the road, or if I had gotten a flat. Well, when…

“The Rare Local Waterfalls Binge Weekend” (Upper Zuma Falls, Los Penasquitos Falls, Jack Creek Falls, and San Juan Falls – March 24, 2023 to March 26, 2023)

After being done with the meal, Mom, Dad, and I parted ways after giving each other big hugs (I’m always feeling the need to cherish these moments these…

“Austin 3 18” (Escondido Falls and Newton Canyon Falls – March 18, 2023)

One, I asked whether they were all volunteers, which they confirmed, and it also made me a bit worried about how unsustainable this arrangement could be…