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A Life of Adventure and Travel

A couple of weeks ago Ilene and I were talking with a travel advisor and got on the subject of our travels. This is a nutshell of what we talked about.

Travel

We met in Hawaii while we were both on vacation there 46 years ago. We spent the first couple years before our oldest was born, traveling by car, from Chicago to North Carolina to Washington and back.

After leaving the US Army we drove to Washington and worked there for a year before heading to Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and then back up to Tacoma, Washington where we lived for several years before driving to Arizona in our new Volkswagen campervan with two sons. Betsy, our van, was dropped off in Philidelphia and shipped across the Atlantic to England where we were stationed for the next 5 years. Continue reading A Life of Adventure and Travel

Buddha n Buffy R Cruisin’

Buddha n Buffy R Cruisin’

Well…at least we’re booked

Back in “15 Days to Stop the Spread” we got a notice from Norwegian Cruise Lines that the four $250 Future Cruise Credits we’d purchased back in 2017 were at risk of expiring. It was either use them or forfeit the money we’d spent on them.

Needless to say with COVID on the rise we weren’t thrilled with the prospect of losing money yet we had no idea when cruising was going to start again. After what seemed like a disaster on the Diamond Princess off of Japan, some had thought cruising would end—completely.

Norwegian Gem

OK, I’ll cut to the chase we ended up getting some extra time and back in April, we decided we’d at least book a couple of cruises so as not to lose the credits. We were able to use two of the credits per cruise and decided to book back-to-back cruises on the Norwegian Sky out of Miami in October of this year (2021). Over the past couple of months, however, as cruise lines try to come to grips with COVID restrictions and keep their passengers safe we’ve had a few changes. Continue reading Buddha n Buffy R Cruisin’

Hanging Out for the Summer

Windmill Oaks

Ilene and I have been hanging out for the summer. Although our travels have been somewhat curtailed for the time being due to our recent landing and move to Fredericksburg, TX but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been on the road.

Back in June I wrote how we were expecting a new Oliver Travel Trailer. When I wrote back then we’d just gotten back from Hohenwald, TN and our factory tour. Our trailer began its build on July 19th and in September we leave Fredericksburg to pick it up. That trip will take a week as once we spend our day at Oliver Travel Trailers we’ll then spend three days at David Crockett State Park running the trailer through its paces so if there are any challenges we’ll be close to the factory to have them fixed. Continue reading Hanging Out for the Summer