Yosemite – the Walleighs Favorite Place on Earth
Starting in Summer 1972 when Rick and Wendy took their cross-U.S. trip in their red VW camper between each of their graduate schools, their first visit to Yosemite began their life-long love affair with this amazing place. On that trip, one of their first guided...
U. S. Cross-Country Road Trip
Starting May 31, 2008 in Los Altos, Calif. and ending almost 4,000 miles later on June 10, 2008 in Greenville, North Carolina, Wendy and Garner ventured across the southern U.S. to deliver Wendy’s 2002 VW Beetle to Diana (so she could drive to/from her new...
Rick’s Heli-Skiing in Alaska: Once in a Lifetime!
In March 2006, Rick’s friends, the Burwens, persuaded him to join them Heli-Skiing in the Chugach Range near Valdez Alaska. In essence, instead of taking a chairlift or tram to the top of a mountain to find fresh powder, 6 or 7 times per day he rode in a helicopter,...2011 Walleigh Travel Journal Part 2: East & West Coast of U.S.
JUNE 16 – 30, 2011 — DR. DIANA BECAME A PEDIATRICIAN and MOVED TO PHILADELPHIA. The main reasons for this trip were: 1) to watch our daughter Diana officially become a Pediatrician and 2) to move her from NC to PA. Rick and I were delighted to find that Bryan,...2009 Walleigh Travel Journal: Our Nomadic Life in U.S. to See Friends & Family
Rick and I only had 2 breaks of 4+ weeks in a row at home in 2009. What would you do if you lived in California but both of your adult children along with many friends and the rest of your families lived Back East? Since returning from living in Africa in 2006 and...Read Our Book for FREE
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