Category: Travel
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Cruise Reviews Posted
I spent my Sunday writing a cruise review about our trip on the Midnatsol. Cruisecritic.com posted it on Monday and now the Hurtigruten blog posted it. Hurtigruten included my photos that I submitted. It is very detailed but I wanted to give folks enough information so they would know what to expect. We were above the…
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Norway Coastal Voyage
The trip to Norway is over with memories to last our lifetime. It was truly a “bucket list” type of trip. We did a 15-day tour arranged by Legendary Journeys. We had a one day Norway in a Nutshell® tour before getting on the Hurtigruten Cruises Midnatsol for a 12-day round-trip coastal tour, Bergen to…
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Monterey Bay
We had a quickie trip to Monterey for the Dairy Queen Territory Operators Idea Exchange. Since the banquet was on St. Patrick’s Day, Dan’s cousin, the MT/ND Territory Operator and host for the meeting, wanted an Irish influence so she invited Dan to provide some Irish history, toasts and stories. As a self described semi-professional…
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Family Visit
It is not often we get family coming for a visit so we were pleased that Kaye, Dan’s niece, came for her spring break. Duluth, Minnesota is a long way from Middle Georgia so we had to show her the sights. We visited the Big Peach Antique Mall, the Museum of Aviation, where Kaye and…
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Traveler’s Rest B & B
We journeyed to Montezuma, Ga for an overnight at the Traveler’s Rest Bed and Breakfast. There was a town called Traveler’s Rest south of Montezuma which grew up around the ferry stop on the Flint River. It is fitting that the name carries on with the B & B.We were a few days late from…
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Heart of Italy
Dan and I took a pilgrimage to Italy with a group from our church.The trip celebrated the pastor’s 25th anniversary of his ordination and 30 years for two of the Deacons. We covered a lot of ground during our 10 days in Florence, Assisi and Rome. We traveled with 46 others with most from the…
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Mossy Creek
Today, we headed the the piney woods a few miles from our home for the Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival We try and go when it comes in the spring and fall. Many of the same vendors return each year. This year we bought honey, pecans, mayhew jelly, and homemade apple blueberry bread. We enjoyed the…
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Georgia Fair
The Georgia National Fair started this afternoon. I helped out at the Houston County Democratic Committee Booth in the McGill Marketplace. We live in a Republican stronghold here in Middle Georgia so I was expecting some negativity. But people can be so rude just because we are Democratic. The supplies including the life-size poster of…