I begin Day 18 of my road trip (aka “my last big road trip) on Key West, and I realize how lucky I am to be having this experience as well as how privileged I am to have lived the life that I am recalling. As I previously mentioned I first came to Key West Read More

In Jacksonville visiting my old friend Garnett. Enjoyed a lovely fish dinner and a “river fire” last night with Garnett and her spouse Cindy.. Today we had coffee outside, then went for a sightseeing drive that included touring Garnett’s lovely law office, taking Jerry to a dog park and then stopping at a fish market Read More

I arrived in Pensacola on Wednesday evening and spent three full days here.(including New Year’s eve and New Years day. My time was basically broken up into three experiences. 1) I went to the Pensacola Beach every day and sat in the dog area. Pensacola has two sections of a long beach that are marked Read More

Tomorrow will be the 14th day of this road trip. I am still at the very beginning, but certain themes are emerging. I am getting the opportunity to reminisce (mostly to myself) about the life I have lived but also and perhaps more importantly to get a clearer sense of where I am going. It Read More

I am smiling as I drive down the highway. Last week at a dog park in San Luis Obispo I tallked with two sets of people (while Jerry played with their dogs) and at the point in conversation when I told both that I was at the beginning of a long road trip and they Read More

When I was young, and working constantly on high stress child protection cases I used to love skiing primarily because I found that on the mountain I had to focus on the single thing in front of me (not crashing into trees) and consequently I cleared my mind of all other stress. Along with the Read More

Had a lovely visit with my childhood friend Heshy Goldberg. We first met in 1960 (you can do the math) when my family moved to Plainview, New York and became members of the Plainview Jewish Center where Heshy’s father was the congregation Rabbi. Along with his brother Mordechai we sat together at services every Saturday Read More

Tomorrow I will leave LA and head towards Pensacola Florida. It is approximately 2000 miles and mainly along Interstate 10 through the desert and then along the Gulf Coast. My plan is to get to Pensacola by Wednesday and then stay through New Years overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. I have no reservations or specific Read More

At the beginning of the trip (day 2 or 3) I expected to have a reaction that would either be OMG what am I doing ? what have I gotten myself into ? or OMG I can’t believe I am doing this? I am so lucky. It is Friday morning and the sun is shining Read More

I started the trip on Monday with a short drive in the pouring rain to Coos Bay, Oregon where I visited friends from Boulder who have recently moved to the Oregon Coast. I got a rather late start because I needed to watch 3 hours of Continuing Legal Education credits on video to complete my Read More