We headed to Oklahoma to watch our grand daughter Isabella perform in the Nadia Comaneci Tournament (the perfect 10 score back in 1976). It ended up being a little stressful for some of the competitors as flights were cancelled and late for many of them as well as the coaches. Our flight was late but […]
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Southeast Asia Vacation – Hong Kong – February 3 – 7/2018
Well good, Our Captain Alex has found Hong Kong and we are glad. The Celebrity Millenium has been our home for two weeks now and has been quite comfortable. The meals for the most part have been good and plenty of wine to keep us happy. Lots of Tours and a deck to run on […]
Southeast Asia Vacation – Vietnam Nam January 28 to February 1/18
A one day sail in the Gulf of Thailand in calm seas takes us from Bangkok, Thailand to Ho Chi Minh City. This city was formerly Saigon under the old regime in South Vietnam and oddly, the locals still refer to it by the old name. The city is bustling with 10 million people and […]
Southeast Asia Vacation- Bangkok Thailand – January 25 &26/18
We docked in Laem Chabang, which is a port 2 hours drive from Bangkok. Our ship is two large to go down the river to Bangkok so we have to dock in the container port. Smaller ships can dock in Bangkok which would have been much more convenient. Anyways, two hour drive on the left […]
Southeast Asia Trip – Singapore – January 18-22/18
Long flight from San Francisco got us to Singapore in the morning of the 18th. Our hotel was not available, so we spent the day walking around downtown and the waterfrontSingapore, as you can see is a very metropolitan city. The Merlion, symbolizes Singapore as a “lion city”, so named by a Sumatran prince, who […]
DISNEYLAND TRIP NOVEMBER 2017 WITH HAXBYS
Jason and Jessica arrived on the 12th and we are off to Aneheim on the 13th for a couple of days at Mickey’s place. Traffic was ok until we hit freeway 91 in LA and gridlock at 8:30, fun! Anyways we got there, checked in to our hotel, the Grand Californian at California Adventure and […]
NOVEMBER 25/17 – JO POND TRAIL to CEDAR SPRING HIKE
Left home at 7:00 with eleven of us to travel up highway 74 to the trail head on Morris Ranch Road. The temperature dropped to 43 degrees at the start of our hike. The hike traversed thru tall mountain oaks to the switchbacks that took us up the mountain. The trail took us thru shade […]
San Jacinto Mountain Hike, California
We(I) have had this hike on my bucket list for a few years. If you are familiar with Palm Springs, they have a tram that transports you from sea level to 8500 feet on the San Jacinto Mountain Range. The trip is beautiful as you see the entire Coachella Valley and is a 20 minute […]
UTAH HIKING and GOLFING – NOVEMBER / 2017
We had lots of fog the last few days in the Okanagan, so we decided to leave in the afternoon of Saturday the 28th and go as far as Osoyoos for better visibility and an early entry into the US for the line ups at the border. Only one car ahead of us when we […]
Motorhome Trip – Banff Springs Golf – September 12/17
It is the fall time now in the mountains, and the morning felt like it. Trees are starting to change which paints the landscape with colours that we loved to travel to with the kids years ago to enjoy the fall time. We had a later teetime so a leisurely morning followed by a trip […]