Shelly and I are doing a complete remodel of our Ocean Front condo in Ocean City, MD. Currently, when you walk in the entrance, you are...

We started our Virgin Voyages cruise today. We left the hotel around 1:00pm and taxi'd to terminal V at the Port of Miami. We entered...

Shelly and I booked our first cruise on Virgin Voyages for January 28, 2023 through February 5, 2023. Virgin is a relatively new cruise...

Our driver from mydaytrip.com arrived at our hotel and we left Salzburg and headed to the gorgeous Lake Königssee in Germany, nestled at...

We left the beautiful city of Prague and with our driver from mydaytrip.com, drove to Salzburg, Austria. It was a 4 hour drive, and we...

Day 1 - Driving to Prague and Acclimation We chose to use a service called MyDayTrip.com to go from city to city. With 4 people, it’s as...

Day 1 - Flight and Getting Acclimated Shelly and I had booked a 15-day Viking cruise in the Baltic Sea with friends Pat and Lani...

Day 5 - Middleton Place, a Massive Plantation Northwest of Charleston We went to Middleton Place, a plantation northwest of Charleston in...

Day 4 - Fort Sumter and the Aiken-Rhett House Tours Our first stop on day 4 was the Port of Charleston to catch a ferry to Fort Sumter,...

Day 3 - McLeod Plantation Day 3 started a bit later in the morning. We got to the McLeod Planation around 10:00am. It's located about...

Day 2 - Exploring the French Quarter and the Battery Our first full day in Charleston started early with a 9:00am horse carriage ride by...

Day 1 - Travel to and an Evening in Charleston Dear friend, Kate Coleman, Shelly and I decided to plan a trip to Charleston, SC. We had...

It's been a cold winter, and Shelly and I were starved for sunshine and warm weather. Shelly found a great deal on a 7-day Carnival...

Shelly and I are overjoyed that we visited our 6th continent, Antarctica. It was a fabulous experience for us despite some Atlas...

Yesterday we learned that we would not be touring Ushuaia on our last day, rather we would depart the ship at 7:00am, get bussed to a...

We had an excursion planned for 11:00am. We woke up around 8:00am and headed to breakfast. Covid was the lead topic of conversation. ...

Excursion to Paulet Island Shelly and I thought we saw a lot of penguins on Brown Bluff, and we did. 100,000 or more. But on Brown...

Atlas planned for a ship navigation of the Prince Gustav Channel, providing us views from ship. But the weather was moderate, and it was...

January 1, 2022, was the big day! The day Shelly and 70+ others would jump off a platform into 29-degree seawater (seawater freezes at...

We had a great day, and now prepared for a wonderful evening. We started out at dinner by celebrating my 61st birthday (my actual...