After completing our last season as managers at the Beaver Island Lodge, we were exactly back where we were 10 years ago when I wrote the story “Wide Open Spaces Ahead of Us”. Our first …
Port of Call: Mykonos had been in our dreams as a place we wanted to visit badly. Well really it was one of the reasons we had booked the cruise extension in Barcelona. We know …
Port of Call Kuşadası, on the southeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, derives its name from the small, bird-head-shaped Pigeon Island in its harbor. It literally means “Bird Island” and as a destination, it was new …
Crete, the largest and most populous island in Greece, about 100 km south of the mainland, has 2 cruise ship ports, both on the northern side of the island was our next Port of Call. …
With a little more than 130 nautical miles to go, the Regal Princess still took off for Naples early in the evening, which told me that the Captain wanted to get to the next Port …
The storms over the water had disappeared for our second day in Civitavecchia’s port and we were ready for a trip out to Port of Call Rome, the Eternal City. We used the free port …
Port of Call : Civitavecchia/Rome Storms have been severely affecting the port of call schedules on this cruise, probably a result of the time of year. The new captain of the ship, who took over …
Port of Call: Marseille France. Here is a thing to remember for the future: the guests on a transatlantic cruise are completely different from the ones embarking for a Mediterranean cruise. The first group is …
Our next Port of Call Barcelona was also going to be the end of our Transatlantic cruise. Impulsive as we are, especially where it comes to travel, we looked at options to extend our cruise …
The next port of call Málaga, had been on the menu for several days and finally the weather allowed us to anchor in the cruise port. It was still mostly overcast, but a visit to …
Hotel Hint: if at all possible choose a room on the top floor, west side of the hotel with two beds.
Two beds may not be the most romantic of ideas, you can always snuggle when you want, then
climb in your own bed and try to get a great nights sleep. Traveling is difficult enough without being
sleep deprived, so give it a chance.
Also to drown out excessive noise of neighbors, elevators or anything disruptive to sleep, I got a sound machine for Christmas, it is amazing and really does the job. (worth every penny) You can find it at:
Day 1 03/13/16, we set out on our trek across the US. I am seriously excited to be left to our own devices, timeline and open to enjoy any unexpected sights or adventures. It is freeing to roam while on our way to Washington State.
We are trying to stay off the interstates, as they bore us both to tears. Now if someone can give me a lesson using the GPS. lol
Our first stopover was Andalusia AL. On the way, traveling on 90, 17 and 84, we saw beautiful rolling hills, farm animals (from horses to rams), stunning plantations, quaint towns, historic districts with very little traffic to deal with.
Friday 02/26/16, we woke up to the delicious scent of breakfast. Scrambled eggs with mushrooms and cheese, toast and fruit. How we are spoiled by our dear friends Jack and Sharon. Thanks guys.
Drew picked us up before 11:00am, to drive down to Brandon FL to surprise Cody (5th child, almost 29 years old) for his birthday. We thankfully had an uneventful trip, and I found that exciting since Han was driving for the first time in six years, and I was a bit nervous. (Yes, he will see this. LOL It is what it is.)
We left our car at the shop to get a few things done.Continue reading
We will be back in Fernandina tomorrow. The thought after these almost 6 weeks of travel made me lay awake for a long time last night. Besides my wonderful friends and family, who I love dearly, there is nothing else pulling me back and nothing that I miss.
Is that weird?
I just feel one with the world now, one with nature and home is truly where the deep recesses of my heart lie and that includes the cities where my children live, even if I have never been there before because part of my heart is with them.Continue reading
Everyone woke up kinda somber. We busied ourselves with breakfast and packing the vehicles.
Donna and I will always be friends, but the past few days was not what I had expected or overly enjoyed.
It was just one long awkward weekend.
Han and I decided taking HWY 98 (the coastline road) would be a beautiful drive, however note it is quite a bit longer than going down I-10E. We loved it though, with its very winding road, signs posted for bears (sadly never saw one), passed though adorable little villages like Seaside, Mexico Beach, Port St.Joe and Apalachicola (we will probably re-visit some of those in the near future) and continued on up to Tallahassee, then hit I-10 east. The change over from 98 to I-10 in Tallahassee is quite unusual and difficult to find if you are not paying the utmost attention.
Also another little piece of advice: avoid Burger King in Apalachicola like the plague. Horrible place. I posted a well-deserved review on TripAdvisor.
“Besides the food being barely edible, the staff was SO freaking loud with yelling, laughing, completely acting like idiots and simply illiterate. We left before we finished because I could not take the insanity that was going on between the employees. They took forever to prepare the food because they were too busy farting around. What the hell??????? We ate there mid-afternoon on Sunday Feb. 21st. Whoever owns this piece of crap place should find new employees. >and that is just the beginning”
We drove quite a ways today. Ended up stopping over in Madison FL for the night and tried to get some shuteye.
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