THE DAY THAT D2 BEAT OLD IRON GUT AT AN EATING CONTEST
Alright time to take a stab at this…. I would hate for the Heald family archives to be filled before I have my say. So as most people already know I didn’t get to live with my dad, but as…
ANGE AND RON CLEAR OUT THE POOL AT THE SHERATON, WAIKIKI
Ange and Ron always seem to provide us with memorable times during our holidays. They were always excited and looking for adventure. This story happened one day during one of their interminable swimming sessions. We were all lounging around one…
ANGE’S TURN TO FISH THE PACIFIC OR HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHUM
Along about midweek, at the Fijian resort, came time for our family deep sea fishing expedition. Deysi had booked it as part of our package. Ange and I were pumped. The other two had already been deep sea fishing with…
DAD KICKING BUTT AND CONQUERING NIGHT GOLF
After a few days of relaxing and seeing the local sights in Fiji, we changed hotels. This new resort was a little closer to the airport for our next flight, and had a golf course just waiting for me to…
MORE SHORT CLIPS FROM OUR TIME IN FIJI “OR” MOM GETS THE LICE
At our first resort, Ron and I had occasion to take scuba lessons in the pool. It was quite fun, but I felt a little embarrassed to be dressed like a “spaceman” in full scuba garb, standing on the deck…
AREQUIPA, PERU, 1920
This maneuver was carried again by out by Francisco Pérez Chávez (photo not included)A highly experienced pilot with more than 22,000 flight hours who was a Pilot Officer in the Canadian Air Force during the Second World War and later…
ROUGHING IT ON THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA – 1991
Our next adventure starts on a long weekend near the time of Easter 1991. Deysi had decided that we would tour the Coromandel Peninsula and see all the sights we had heard so much about. This peninsula is on the…
VIDEO – GARDEN ROUTE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE WHALES 1989
This video shows a little bit of our trip from Cape Town along the Garden Route on the Indian Ocean to Port Elizabeth. We had rented a vehicle and were just making a tour along the coast. When we finished…
JMW MEETS THE H…Ds (editors note: and boy was he underwhelmed)
Let’s go back to September 2011. At this time, I was living in a town called O’Fallon in Illinois. It’s a smallish town about 16 miles east of the Illinois-Missouri border and the city of St. Louis. Veronica and I…
2018 – A DISNEYLAND ODYSSEY (NEW! NEW! GUEST POST!)
Ahhh, 2018. The year that Ange’s wildest dreams came true and Ron agreed to go to Disneyland with her. It’s like good ol’ Walt always said; “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them”.…
