Follow along on our adventures!
Retirement + Adventure = Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy.
We were air traffic controllers who sat on our butts in a windowless building, staring at illuminated radar screens and barking out directions.
Married in 2004, goals were to raise our Brady Bunch and reach retirement.
To balance out a work-life in the dark, we spend as much time outside walking, hiking, and biking. Plus traveling to explore new places and meet new faces.
At the finish line.
Yours truly at Stonehenge.
This blog began in 2021 under the domain name cyclingfromatob.com to document Larry’s bicycle ride from Anacortes, WA to Brunswick, MA for this 65th birthday.
In 2022, I added our Camino de Santiago northbound from Porto, Portugal and travels through Greece, Ireland and Iceland.
I let the blog lapse during 2023 though Larry rode across Sicily, Italy and climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Truth be known, I wasn’t included in those trips and he doesn’t blog.
We spent the winter of 2023-24 in Texas and Florida, and visited lots of family. We took a quick summer trip to Alaska to see my cousin. And ended 2024 with a month long trip to New Zealand for my 65th birthday.
2025 started with a little back surgery and some down time. Two months later we took a ‘test’ trip to the adorable town of Salida, CO. I passed with flying colors, so we made arrangements for a mini vacation to the Azores. It was a hiking paradise.
I’m enjoying more ‘down time’ following a second back surgery. However, on the upside I have plenty of time to dream about places we haven’t see !
Larry turns 70 next spring!! It’ll be a trip of a lifetime, just don’t know where he wants to go yet.
Come join us, through our blog and photos!
Rebecca & Larry
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Story about Larry:
“I know you wanted to walk up this hill a second time,” Larry said.
“Yes, you’re so intuitive,” I replied.
“Two-a-tive, three-a-tive. Four-a-tive?” He asked.
“No, two-a-tive. Like you have two balls, two arms and two legs.” I answered.
He stopped walking and raised one hand, fingers spread out.
“Five-a-tive.”
Then he put both hands up, fingers spread, “Tena-a-tive?”
I laughed.
He’s the king of Dad jokes.
“Live everyday to its fullest.” - Larry Stephen
About the blogging master, Rebecca Phoenix
Becky. Sassy. Beckster. Sis. Bitch. Sunshine. Ei Ei O. Mommy. Happy Voice. Mom. Echo. Evil L. Honey. Momma. Beautiful. Sweetheart.
These are some of the names people call me, and I wear each one with pride.
Who am I and what am I about? Good question.
At sixty-five, I am still working on the answers.
On the day of the concert, we went hiking. I slipped and fell hard on my right buttock.