2025 – June – USA Road Trip – Day 2
June 4, 2025
“What day is it” asked Pooh “It’s today” squeaked Piglet “My favourite day,” said Pooh Today was the first of
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2025 – May – USA Road Trip – Day 1
June 4, 2025
The usual jet lag meant I was wide awake by 5.30am and catching up on news from home on my
2025 – June – USA Road Trip – Travel Day
June 3, 2025
Oh dear – the morning after the night before was bad enough when I was younger but at my now
2024 – September – Coming Home
September 10, 2024
And then with a click of our heels we were home, because there’s no place like home. Except we weren’t
2024 – September – At Sea & Victoria – Day 13
September 9, 2024
Today was going to be spent mainly at sea before docking in the evening into Victoria on Vancouver Island. A
2024 – September – Ketchikan – Day 12
September 6, 2024
After this holiday I think I might need a holiday. Today the alarm was set for 6am and we could
2024 – September – Sitka – Day 11
September 5, 2024
After yet another comfortable night’s sleep in our small but perfectly formed cabin, we headed up for breakfast at 7.45am.
2024 – September – Icy Strait Point – Day 10
September 5, 2024
Today I woke not really knowing what to expect from this trip. The ship was going to be sailing through
2024 – September – Juneau – Day 9
September 3, 2024
It’s just another day, except it wasn’t. Today we were finally going to be in Alaska for the first time
2024 – September – All at Sea – Day 8
September 2, 2024
We didn’t wake up to until almost 8am having had our best sleep of the trip so far. We were
2024 – August – Setting Sail – Day 7
September 1, 2024
It was another disturbed night for us. Karen had set an alarm for 3am to get an update on her
2024 – August – Snoqualmie – Day 6
August 31, 2024
Today was a make do breakfast in the room. We had some porridge sachets and attempted to heat them with
2024 – August – Snoqualmie – Day 5
August 30, 2024
As it was a short visit to the only Bavarian style village on this continent, we all agreed to meet
2024 – August – Leavenworth – Day 4
August 29, 2024
Moving day again with a long drive ahead, meaning yet 8am breakfast. The breakfast was hot and satisfactory. I had
2024 – August – Morton – Day 3
August 28, 2024
After a good night’s sleep, at 7am I was out of bed and doing some holiday admin. This included trying
2024 – August – Morton – Day 2
August 28, 2024
Today was our first moving day of the trip and we were all up, breakfasted, showered, packed and in the
2024 – August – Seattle – Day 1
August 26, 2024
I managed to sleep until 5am which wasn’t bad considering the 8-hour time difference. I laid quietly reading the news
2024 – August – Pre Seattle and Travel Day
August 25, 2024
That was a quick two weeks. Despite Summer finally being here we had little time to bask in its glory,
2024 – February – Day 26 – LA to home
February 5, 2024
The overnight flight from Honolulu in the end only took 4 hours which meant we had little time to grab
2023 – November – Florida – Coming Home
November 25, 2023
I had managed to arrange a late check out from the villa out meaning we had all morning to chill
2023 – November – Florida – Day 15
November 17, 2023
When it rains in Florida, it really rains. At home we now describe any short heavy downfall as Florida rain.
2023 – Florida – November – Day 14
November 16, 2023
It was the morning after the night before and so we were all later up for breakfast today. The forecast
2023 – Florida – November – Day 13
November 15, 2023
We woke up to the worst weather of the trip. The rain started slowly and then turned from a persistent
2023 – November – Florida – Day 12
November 14, 2023
We woke up to a not great weather forecast with rain in the air and our first day without any
2023 – Florida – November – Day 11
November 13, 2023
This morning was a lazy start to the day as we were not in a rush to get out. It