Written by Kim On Friday we will start our USA road trip. Our goal is for both of us to complete seeing all 50 states before returning home. Since it will be a long trip that we expect will take about 6 weeks we are setting a limit of 4-5 hours of driving per day. […]
Category: 2024
August 2024 – Asheville & Cherokee, NC
Written by Kim Alex had a golf trip with some Myrtle friends in Asheville so I tagged along instead of sitting home. We left a few days early to check out the Sierra Nevada brewery and Harrah’s Cherokee casino before the golf tournament started. We started our trip with a stop at the Sierra Nevada […]
April 2024 – Until Next Time Celebrity Silhouette
Written by Kim Our last 2 days onboard were sea days. It was fun to explore the ship. Last time we were on her was 2013 shortly after she launched. There was one refurbishment since then but no real significant changes. Silhouette is a beautiful mid-sized ship that holds about 3,000 passengers. I didn’t take […]
April 2024 – A visit to one of our favorite islands – Barbados
Written by Kim Barbados is one of our favorite islands. It’s pretty far south and east in the Caribbean so we don’t cruise here often but it’s always a treat. The people are lovely, the sea is so blue, there’s lots of turtles to see so we usually go snorkeling Our friend, Dee, found a […]
April 2024 – Another first – visit to Tobago
Written by Kim After a busy bus tour in St Lucia yesterday, we looked forward to a relaxing beach day at Tobago. We had never been here and realize this is the southern most point we’ve been to. Did you know Tobago is south west of Barbados and considered part of South America. We weren’t […]
April 2024 – Check off another country – our first visit to St. Lucia
Written by Kim We had a long and exhausting day visiting the beautiful island of St. Lucia. We’ve been to the Caribbean many times but never had the opportunity to visit here. We took a land and sea island tour and traversed a lot of the 238 square mile nountainous volcanic island. On 22 February […]
April 2024 – First port St. Maarten
Written by Kim We’ve been to St Maarten many times and decided to spend the day at Little Divi Bay resort. Our taxi was $6 per person and 2 chairs and an umbrella were $15. It wasn’t the nicest beach day with some showers on and off but the island was empty since we were […]
April 2024 – All Aboard Silhouette
Written by Kim We parked at Park N Go at 11 and we’re on the ship around 11:30. Celebrity is nice that you can go directly to your cabin, drop off your carryon and put stuff in the safe and begin to explore. We booked a Concierge Class room which included a nice lunch in […]
April 2024 – Travel to Ft. Lauderdale via Tennessee to board Silhouette
Written by Kim Our new routine has been to combine trips into a triangle of travel so we drove from Myrtle to Tennessee before heading to Florida for a cruise. The timing lined up so we were able to be with Alex’s mom on her birthday and enjoy dinner in a fantastic restaurant, Mauricio’s, in […]
January 2024 – Crushing it at Hard Rock Hollywood
Written by Kim We always enjoy a stop at Hard Rock Hollywood during our January Florida adventure. We’re not huge gamblers but like to play pai gow poker and some slots. We know the casinos always win but we’ve been on quite a roll with the same gambling money we budgeted before Christmas which is […]