Family 2018 – Gerardin Travels

Paris – Part 2

Posted on October 23, 2017By Lisa

We were pretty much adjusted to the time change by this morning. Which was a good thing as we had lots planned for today. Read More ...

Athens – Day 2

Posted on October 27, 2017By Lisa

We walked our feet off today. Totaling over 10-1/2 miles from our hotel to Syntagma Square, up the Plaka to make our way around the Read More ...

Safaga Day 1 of Luxor Overland Trip

Posted on November 1, 2017By Lisa

There were about 12 busses that would be going on this 2 day trip. The ship did an excellent job organizing the large number of Read More ...

Safaga Day 2 of Luxor Overland Trip

Posted on November 2, 2017By Lisa

After buffet breakfast in the hotel, we were on the bus at 8:15a bound for the Valley of the Kings. The Valley of the Kings Read More ...

Petra, Jordan

Posted on November 4, 2017By Lisa

We had an early departure for pretty much everyone onboard the ship for the full day excursion to Petra. There were 14 busses with an Read More ...

Thanksgiving 2014

Posted on November 27, 2014By Lisa

What a treat it was for us to be able to live locally for the Thanksgiving Gerardin family gathering. Years before it was a real Read More ...

Pacific NW Hiking and Road Trip – Part 1

Posted on July 24, 2018By Lisa

After getting our Tesla and no longer having mileage limitation on our vehicle, we started planning a hiking vacation by car north to British Columbia. Read More ...

Tourists in Paris

Posted on May 6, 2014By Lisa

We had booked a super hotel in the 6eme for two nights for us to wander around our favorite city to say our good-byes. This Read More ...

There be penguins matey!

Posted on December 24, 2013By Lisa

We started the day with breakfast in our cabin: Breakfast Puerto Madyrn It was so strange to think that we were going to a penguin Read More ...

Day 1 Antarctic Peninsula

Posted on December 28, 2013By Lisa

Navigation Chart for Day 1 Antarctica: We made it! This morning we arrived at Elephant island in blowing snow, fog and winds so strong you Read More ...

Day 2 Antarctic Peninsula

Posted on December 29, 2013By Lisa

Wow does not describe sufficiently our emotions! The captain had said that IF there was not too much ice (he really is a bit of Read More ...

Day 3 Antarctic Peninsula

Posted on December 30, 2013By Lisa

Day 3 found us in the Gerlache straights to the Neumeyer Channel and on to the final destination of Palmer Island. Since we didn’t want Read More ...

Mendoza Day 2

Posted on January 10, 2014By Lisa

This was our best day in Mendoza. We left around 11 in the morning to drive south for about an hour and a half into Read More ...

Arctic Adventure Part 1 – Iceland

Posted on August 3, 2019By Lisa

Well, we’re off again. This time on an expedition cruise on the Seabourn Quest. Iceland and Greenland were the last places on our bucket list Read More ...

Arctic Adventure Part 2 – Greenland

Posted on August 7, 2019By Lisa

Our first day at sea was a busy one filled with lectures, briefings, and planning. We started off with a presentation by Iggy the Read More ...

Arctic Adventure Part 4 – Labrador & Newfoundland, Canada

Posted on August 22, 2019By Lisa

We had originally put ourselves on a waiting list for a hiking trip at the Birchbrook Nordic ski club about 12kms from the town Read More ...

Arctic Adventure Part 5 – Quebec Province, Canada

Posted on August 26, 2019By Lisa

Monday found us in Havre – St. Pierre in the Quebec province. So now French is the primary language but man, there’s such a Read More ...

Tahiti 🇵🇫 bound 🏖🌞 ~ Part 1

Posted on January 5, 2020By Lisa

Tired of the cold California winter weather we jumped on a super special offering when we saw it. The Azamara Journey is the same ship Read More ...

Tahiti 🇵🇫 bound 🏖🌞 ~ Part 2

Posted on January 11, 2020By Lisa

Our arrival in Hilo was overcast, windy and without sun. We were properly rested for the full day ahead of us whatever the weather Read More ...

Tahiti 🇵🇫 bound 🏖🌞 ~ Part 4

Posted on January 21, 2020By Lisa

Well, today was what to be the high point of our entire trip… We were returning to Bora Bora after 35 years. We were Read More ...

Thanksgiving 2018

Posted onNovember 22, 2018May 15, 2019

2018 being an even year was the grand Gerardin Thanksgiving gathering year. Since Stevie & Gerry’s kitchen was finally being remodeled we hosted the gathering Read More …

Fun with Phyllo!

Posted onMarch 18, 2018December 20, 2018

Crazy isn’t it? But we need to take advantage of good cooking classes when they are offered. Phyllo has always been very intimidating for me Read More …

Cousins Gathering

Posted onFebruary 25, 2018December 19, 2018

It’s been a couple of years since we’ve had our cousins gathering. This year all the cousins (13) attended. We had a very long lunch Read More …

Welcome to our web site

Follow us on our journeys (mostly by water) over the years starting in 1999. Digital photography had just come out in 1999, the year we Read More ...

2020

This year started out at the beginning of January with a 3+ week cruise to French Polynesia. We were tired of the winter weather and Read More ...

2019

This year was a year of two wonderful trips. Our first trip was nearby to Monterey for hiking, brew pubs, and visiting the Monterey Aquarium. Read More ...

2018

This year was a year of travel and finishing the remodeling of our house. Click here to view reverse chronological entries for 2018. You can Read More ...

2017

2017 had two major events in our life. One was the Tubbs fire on the 9th of October, that forced us to evacuate our home Read More ...

2016

2016 was a busy year for us. The extension remodel was completed in January. We flew to London for Sophie’s wedding in February. We hiked Read More ...

2015

The year was filled with discovering a new hobby for us … hiking. We took some classes at Pt. Reyes National Park, hiked (literally) in Read More ...

2014

Our adventures continued along with some amazing changes for us during 2014. The New Year found us on the last portion of our Antarctic cruise, Read More ...

2013

Our year kicked off with the annual cousins gathering. We returned to France around the middle of April. We hauled JoLi’ Folie out in June for Read More ...