Category: vacation
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Where does the time go?
How did it get to be November already?!? Seems like just yesterday we were getting back from North Carolina and I was feeling pretty good about keeping up with the blog. Oh well, so much for my good intentions. We’re getting down to the wire with preparations for our African safari in January. All vaccinations…
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The quest begins
After much talk we have finally begun our official exploration into places where we might retire. Okay, that sentence really does a good job of illustrating how indecisive I am. But hey, baby steps! We decided to start with North Carolina, a place we have heard mentioned in lots of articles as a nice state…
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Countdown begins – Weigh In
Leaving tomorrow morning. Appears Eileen has won the luggage weight competition. My final weight for my suitcase is 22.8. Now I’ve got to say if Eileen comes in at 20.8 I feel it would be a tie as she did go out and get a MUCH lighter suitcase, at least 2 pounds lighter than mine.
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O Canada!
Our road trip continues… we left the stark beauty of Utah behind for the big sky country of Montana (we also drove through Idaho and saw just enough to make me think it would a grand place to come back and visit). It never ceases to amaze me how the United States has such diverse…
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Me and you and a dog named, well, not Boo
We’ve been on the road for two days now and are officially leaving the crazy hot part of the trip behind us. We spent last night in St. George, UT, a very nice place right on the border of Utah and Arizona. It was 108 when we arrived around 6pm and by 9pm had cooled…
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Home again
Post the Inside Passage cruise, we stopped in Sitka for a day and a half before heading to Talkeetna. Sitka turned out to be (in my opinion) the jewel of the Inside Passage. It’s a lovely little town (population of around 9,000 which makes it the fourth largest city in Alaska) – very walkable with…
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