2024 – Winter Snowbird Season …
After a busy year of travel which included cruising for over a month, the month of May in UK, Wales, & Scotland, the Month of June in Ireland, lots of RV/Camping spots, and Volunteering the month of Sept at Assategue State Park we were looking forward to hunkering down for a few months as Snowbird’s […]
2023 – Traveling the Southeast in the Fall…
Sunday 10/8/2023: Oregon Inlet Outer Banks NC We departed today after spending nearly 6 weeks on Assateague Island. Although we love the beach there it was definitely time to move on. In 2021 we left around the same time of the year and spent only 2 nights in the Outer Banks and always said we […]
2023 – August- Back to the USA…
8/10/23 Travel day We promised we would say good bye in the morning but first up Mike has to clean the windshield. Denny comes by to chat and then it is time to say final good bye’s until December when we will see them again at DSRV. We know it will be a long way […]
2023 – Canada… British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, & Manitoba…
Wednesday 7/26/23 Kelowna Canada We had planned to visit Guy and Wendy (our neighbors at DSRV in Cathedral City) for a day, then all of us head over to Ken and Sherrie Patrick’s in Kamloops for a few days. Having made an appointment at Skaha Ford in Penticton because of the brake issues with the […]
2023 – May & June – Ireland…..
April 24th : Dublin, Ireland Today we pack up early and get to the airport to return the rental car by noon. Our flight is not until 5:30 so we will have a full day at the airport. We do get to park ourselves in the lounge courtesy of the Chase Sapphire card so it […]
2023 – May – Visting Scotland & The Isle of Skye…
May 13, 2023: Heading to Edinburgh, Scotland… As we awake we see it is another gorgeous day. But we will spend it driving. We get showers and pack up; Mike brings the car around and as we depart Ambleside we stop at the bakery again to pick up some sweets for our drive. The drive […]
2023 – May- UK & Wales
We landed in Southhampton, England on Saturday April 29th. Departing the ship we decided to walk from the port to the Southhampton train station. It was here we said our goodbyes to Deb & Tony. The train was going to take us to Southhampton airport where we were scheduled to get our rental car at […]
2023 – April – Our First Trans-Atlantic Cruise…
For years in our working life we would take a Spring cruise during April break when Joanne was teaching and I was still free before the start of my company’s busy season. We always felt it was a perfect week to get some sunshine, get re-charged, and just relax before the Spring push and then […]
2023 – April – Cruising the Panama Canal…
“Our bags are packed, we’re ready to go, standing here outside our door…” Where are we headed ? Well it’s April 1st and today is our departure date out of the Port of Los Angeles on Princess Cruise’s “Emerald Princess” ship. We are so excited to begin a 3 month international adventure and today is […]
2022- October…Memphis, TN, Little Rock, AR, Branson, MO, and heading WEST…
10/18/22: On this day we continue our trek South from St. Louis along the Great Mississippi River Trail to the Border of Tennessee and Arkansas. Although we have been through many parts of the Volunteer State, Memphis has alluded us on the very Western Border for years. We know they are known for their BBQ, […]