Rocky Mountain High

Rocky Mountain High

My summer sabbatical has been great.  I departed Dallas on Wednesday for my drive to Crested Butte, Colorado.  It was a long drive but worth every mile.   I have settled into my http://www.vrbo.com/156157 VRBO and have been a busy boy.  So far I have have played...
San Juan Islands Spring 2012

San Juan Islands Spring 2012

I just spent two wonderful weeks touring and relaxing in the San Juan Islands.  My friend Phil leased a VRBO 3 bedroom / 3 bath house on Lopez Island.  It sits out on a point all by itself.  I saw more deer and rabbits than people.  The back of house had a great view...
WOW…what a Vacation!

WOW…what a Vacation!

Let me see,,,,,,,, where do I began.  My five days at Miraval were filled with an variety of emotions and experiences.  Let’s start with the Quantum Leap.  A mixture of calm and anxiety combined.  You are to climb up a telephone pole and stand on the...
Miraval Spa in Arizona

Miraval Spa in Arizona

Lucky find on my part.  After canceling my Asia trip early last month, I decided I needed a bit more vacation.  I ran across the Miraval Resort on a web search and booked the trip.  It was perfect timing because the Spa building just reopened May 1st after a 6 million...
Dalat, Saigon and the Delta River Cruise

Dalat, Saigon and the Delta River Cruise

I spent 5 nights in a beautiful suite at the Sheraton.  Everyday I had breakfast and often dinner since it was free.  They had my favorite Polish vodka, freshly made Pho, and all the sushi you could eat. One day a took a on  delta river cruise visiting a local market,...
Vietnam Adventure April 2012

Vietnam Adventure April 2012

I am back on my favorite side of the world that is exactly 12 hours ahead of Dallas, Texas.  Being the lucky man that I am, the flight over to Japan is 13 hours of wining and dining in the First Class Cabin.  Basically its like hanging out in your pajamas and laying...
2012 Tales of Yelapa, Mexico

2012 Tales of Yelapa, Mexico

This trip was a delious 10 days of great food, friends, yoga, and the constant sound of the ocean waves splashing on the beach.  I arrived a few days early for the yoga retreat to settle in to my open air palapa right on the beach.  During this time I was instrumental...
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chiang Mai, Thailand

I have been slumming it here at the Le Meridian with an awsome view of the mountinas of northern Thailand. ($83.00 per night). I have been doing the spa thing everyday. When getting a maniqure & pedicue on Holloween someone had the steller idea of orange and black...
One Night in Bangkok

One Night in Bangkok

As the song goes: Bangkok, Oriental setting And the city don’t know that the city is getting The creme de la creme of the chess world in a Show with everything but Yul BrynnerTime flies — doesn’t seem a minute Since the Tirolean spa had the chess...