Exhaustion prevailed this morning, and we decided to skip the National Gallery and sleep. Even with a couple more hours it still wasnt enough. As I write this entry it is Sunday morning, and while we are up and in the process of getting ready, we are both still very tired. So much so, that it is prompting us to re visit the entire itinerary to see how we can make the trip a bit more relaxing, we t Read on...
The blog went on the back burner due to health issues. Eight days on a fully booked cruise with crowded dining and tour buses, I guess it was inevitable that Mr virus would take up residence in the patrons. Frank got to spend a few days in bed with a sore throat, headache and fatigue. By the end of day 8 of the cruise, it was apparent infection was widespread on the boat with one poor soul taken o Read on...
Today was another Travel Day. Taking mostly backroads again today was great, until I had to jump on 95 on my way to Williamsburg! My enjoyment today consisted of the rest stops with the beautiful flowers and trees. South Carolina had tons of moss covered tree canopies which you tend to see in any southern location movies. North Carolina is famous for a few places I have visited in the past: The Bi Read on...
They wait listed us for another tour when we first arrived here, and its on today. As was the case with yesterdays tour we didnt ask too many questions, so we still dont know anything about it. We go to reception to find out whether any vacancies up. They ask us which tour and we look at them blankly. They tell us that it must be the Explosion Gorge Tour, and then proceed to describe it in great d Read on...
To make our day easier, we first hiked the steep and steady path up to the top of Nose Hill Park (from the John Laurie entrance). For quite a ways, snow on the path challenged our stamina and our icers. The reward at the top was staring at a pair of distant coyotes surveying the dried grasses and patches of snow, no doubt seeking prey.
One of our group that we follow the path round, and then foll Read on...
This morning we head out along the Arnhem Highway to the Adelaide River where weve booked to watch the Jumping Crocodiles. We drive past seemingly endless fields of mango trees. Absolutely endless. There must surely be enough of these delicious fruit grown here to feed the entire worlds population of mango lovers.
We board our craft and our guides Wookie and Noah launch into the obligatory safety Read on...
Today was a relaxation day, one to recharge after all the recent day trips, ready for more tomorrow. Some years ago, Id planned our itinerary for our self tour around Japan, ensuring not a minute was wasted. By the last few days, I was sitting in a park in Tokyo, absolutely exhausted and looking forward to the flight home so I could sit still for hours. It was awful feeling like that, when in a pl Read on...
Think has published a great article about rhetoric from the Orange Man, and others. Here are some excerpts. It makes me sad, since my parents and grandparents went through Relocation and incarceration (see tar paper barracks above) after Pearl Harbor. I often try to imagine how they felt, particularly when my Uncles (one pictured above) were drafted into the Army, to fight the very country from w Read on...
Our last day in Porto is bitter sweet. We love our apartment and the ladies that run it have been super nice and helpful. We have alot of fun chatting and laughing with them. We dont want to leave but weve covered the city. Todays plan is to see a few things we missed. We walked down to the Crystal palace, which was a few minutes from our place, and toured the grounds. It was really nicely done an Read on...
After a windy & wet night, we woke to a much calmer morning, with the tent surprisingly dry. Making use of the pleasant weather, we had some coffee and porridge in bed, and then got ourselves ready, packed up and headed on out at about 9am; noting our German friend, who planned to walk double what we were doing, had already left bright and early. Todays planned walk for us was shorter then yesterd Read on...