Seasonal Newsletter – 2024 December 9, 2024December 24, 2024 Joe Wishing you and your family much happiness during the holidays, and all the best for the coming New Year! Joe and Kirk (the humans), and Rolly (the Jack Russell Terrier) Travel & Astronomy 2024 To... Read More
Seasonal Newsletter 2023 December 6, 2023December 8, 2024 Joe Travel This year I continued to make up for lost travel opportunities by taking two cruises with Holland America. I always enjoy being catered to while aboard the ships, the onboard entertainment is f... Read More
Seasonal Newsletter 2022 December 11, 2022December 5, 2023 Joe I hope you enjoy reading about some of the news in our lives, including travel, photography (both terrestrial and aerial), technology, and even some personal stuff. In past years I have titled these C... Read More
Christmas Letter 2021 December 7, 2021March 7, 2022 Joe Travel 2021 has challenged the travel industry in fundamental ways, and I can assure you, being a dedicated traveller during a pandemic isn’t much fun. Consequently, JoeTourist hasn’t trav... Read More
Christmas Letter 2020 December 6, 2020June 17, 2024 Joe Travel I suppose I should start this year’s Christmas Letter with my pandemic story, since everyone is preoccupied with the COVID-19 virus this year. Back in May of 2019 I booked a Holland ... Read More
Christmas Letter 2019 December 7, 2019June 18, 2024 Joe Travel For the third year in a row, I traveled to southern Arizona for astronomy in March (2019) instead of February (previous years). Our host wanted to try for better weather so the date was changed... Read More
Christmas Letter 2018 November 29, 2018June 18, 2024 Joe 2018 Travel I returned to southern Arizona in February to once again take advantage of the dark skies at my friend’s beautiful observatory. I flew to Tucson, stayed at my friend’s place fo... Read More
Christmas Letter 2017 December 10, 2017June 18, 2024 Joe Total Solar Eclipse I went on a road trip to Oregon this summer to view the Total Solar Eclipse on August 21st from Monmouth, a small university town in the Willamette Valley. I shared the experience ... Read More
Christmas Letter 2016 December 15, 2016June 21, 2024 Joe In February and March, I took a 30-day Holland America cruise aboard the Volendam out of Singapore, visiting lots of destinations in SE Asia. It was my first time visiting this region of the world, so... Read More
Christmas Letter 2015 December 13, 2015June 18, 2024 Joe I started off 2015 on New Year’s Day by participating in a photo shoot at Beacon Hill Park hosted by Kerrisdale Cameras. It is always a good idea to assign yourself a task in order to learn new phot... Read More
