Written by Kim The trip from Richmond to NJ was very familiar to us as we do it often. We traveled about 350 miles through 4 more states – DC, MD, DE and NJ – all of which we’ve been to many times. I did good with my signs but we started a new approach […]
USA Road Trip – First stop Richmond
Written by Kim We picked up our rental car on Thursday afternoon to begin packing for our adventure. Just like the Seinfeld episode, they didn’t have the car we ordered, a small SUV like Rav 4, so we got a larger Ford Explorer. It’s nice because it’s more roomy but will cost more in gas. […]
August 2024 – Getting ready for our USA Road-trip
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. […]
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 […]
Grebel Comparison of Cruise Experiences on Celebrity, Royal Caribbean and Virgin
Written by Kim & Alex Many of our friends have asked what our favorite cruise line is. Honestly, there are things we like about each so thought we’d do a summary of our thoughts and experiences. We’ve been on 28 cruises – 25 on Royal Caribbean, 2 on Celebrity, 1 on Virgin. On Royal we […]
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 – Antigua
Written by Kim We’ve been to Antigua several times. Most times we go to a beach because Antigua is know for their beaches. They have 365 beaches, one for every day of the year, along their Caribbean Sea coastline. The island is only 108 square miles so basically all beach. Several years ago we golfed […]
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 […]