shiftfocus Musings and Motivations

Manley Hot Springs

If I didn’t believe it already, I do now… keeping a blog is the way I want to preserve memories. In 2016, Jenna and I went on a Labor Day flying adventure, with Sadie....

McCarthy

Labor Day weekend has become a semi-tradition for our family, where we all head out in different directions. I say “semi” because it isn’t like we’ve done it several years in a row, or...

Walch Family Reunion – Thanksgiving 2017

The Walch Family pulled it off and had an awesome family reunion over the 2017 Thanksgiving weekend. People came from all over and with several of the Walches living close by, we had lots...

Amsterdam – the complete trip

Note: I tried keeping up while on the trip, but didn’t do a good job. I still want to keep a log of our adventures, so I wrote up the trip and posted it...

Hello Amsterdam

Monday, March 27, 2017 We arrived mid-morning into Amsterdam and navigated our way to our cozy little room. We found the place on AirBnb. It looked perfect for us and so we were anxious...

Off to Europe

Back to travelling and writing. I made a big (and hard) decision this past week, but one that would provide me more free time. As we launched on our trip I decided that I...

Paella

Maybe I’ll write on here a bit more… we’ll see. Here is a sort-of-recipe I put together for my Toastmasters club after a gave a speech on preparing paella. It is a fun dish...

Home

Our flight home from Hong Kong left at 7pm, so we had some time to kill before leaving. Our plan was to check out late, try and get our bags checked in, and do...

Hong Kong Day 3 and 4

Hong Kong is a big city and the number of stores, little shops, food stands, and people is just amazing. In some ways, I would want to spend enough time in this area to...

Hong Kong Day 2

Our first full day in Hong Kong started off a bit rough. The air quality here is poor and that, combined with constantly going in and out of a/c buildings and having fans blow...