NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICTour of the Snake and Columbia RiversVaughn Gordy and Patricia Mulcahy October 2019 We had heard good things about touring with National Geographic and we weren’t [...]

It has become something of a tradition for my wife and me to join our friends, Jerry and Rosie Johnson for a long St. Patrick’s Day weekend travel adventure. This year we visited Santa Fe, New [...]

We were very excited in anticipation of our trip to South America to see the Nazca Lines, Machu Picchu, and the Galapagos Islands. Unfortunately, two weeks before our departure, Pat fell and [...]

In this interview, Vaughn talks about his World War II experience, specifically his 45th mission when his plane was shot down by enemy fire. You can listen to the interview on StoryCorps.me or [...]

It had been five years since our last visit to California wine country.  Once again, we chose the week of St. Patrick’s Day for our visit. Pat and I first flew to San Francisco to meet [...]

Wednesday, January 28, 2015: This was basically a travel day. From Ha Long Bay to Hanoi Airport to Siem Reap, Cambodia. We landed at about 8:00 pm in Siem Reap. Several of us had to obtain [...]

Visions of Vietnam Sunday, January 25, 2015 8:00 am and back on the bus to the Phu Bai Airport which has serviced the City of Hue for at least 45 years. This morning we were flying to Hanoi. The [...]

Thursday, January 22, 2015 On Thursday we boarded our bus for the Tan Son Nhut Airport to fly to Danang Airport. The flight was on time and uneventful. In Danang we boarded a bus for the short [...]

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 At 8:30 in the morning we went to the hotel lobby to meet our tour guide and our 13 traveling companions. All were from the United States so there were no language [...]

There is an old saying that the victors get to write the history. This could not be more true than with respect to Vietnam. This was my first time visiting Vietnam since the war. From November [...]