We spent the day exploring Anchorage. We woke up hungry after our, not so great airplane dinner and headed out for breakfast. The Snow City Cafe fit the bill beautifully. A cool place with a large breakfast menu. We both ordered pancakes and eggs, Andy added bacon. After breakfast we went for a long walk on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. The weather was cool, but beautifully clear. Water fowl were busy on the mud flats of Knick Arm and the views of the mountains were spectac

We’re off on another adventure. This time for an Alaskan cruise. Megan and the grandkids drove us to the airport so there was no time to get nervous and continually check that my passport was where I’d packed it. Our send off was full of giggles and smiles! We headed out at 2:00 in the afternoon. I don’t like flying. I think it’s the constant hum of the engines and the closed in space. (I don’t like caves either). We flew first class this time and it was a little better, bu

Prolog – Vietnam The big dog lay next to the fallen soldier. Her huge head resting on the still chest, her paw draped over the bloody...

Have you been to Nantucket? The girls and I spent a wonderful late summer weekend in Nantucket. Here are a few notes from our trip. If...

It's the last night on the ship. I'm sitting in my suite watching the sun track over Baffin Bay. Andy is still under quarantine in his...

At tonight's briefing and recap they told us it was going to be windy throughout the night and for the day tomorrow, really windy! I...

Today we saw some walruses. Wow, what a unique animal. They were in the water moving and splashing. Their big tusks clearly visible. We...

Our first stop today was Cape Hay on Baylor Island. It was too windy and the swell too high to allow for a zodiac ride, so we viewed the...

I have to confess, I didn't really know what to expect when we started out on this adventure. I didn't know what the Arctic looked like....

I'm sitting on the couch in our suite and watching the mountains of Baffin Island pass by in the west. We just finished an evening walk...

Three to be exact! We saw 3 polar bears on the ice today!! You have to zoom up to see the bears in the photo. We didn't take this...

We left Iqaluit 2 days ago and sailed north through the Davis Strait. We are now officially in Baffin Bay. Not being able to start in...

We signed up for an expedition type cruise hoping to for a little adventure. As they say, be careful what you wish for! The seas have...

The first leg of our trip north involved an early morning charter plane from Montreal, Canada to Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. Nunavut is...

We are off again. This time for a Silversea Cruise into the Canadian High Arctic! I inherited what we call the packing gene from my dad....

We made our traditional trip to our cabin in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to celebrate the 4th of July. Our cabin, or camp as they...

The end of vacation is alway hard. We're sad our adventures are over but really ready to be home. We miss our own beds, our own shower...

We stayed at the Titanic Hotel Belfast last night. It was wonderful. The offices of Harland and Wolff, the company that designed and...

How about a walk on the beach? We have been thrilled with the weather here in Ireland. We packed for cool, rainy weather, but my rain...

We left Kells this morning and drove from the Republic of Ireland into Nothern Ireland, a part of the UK. No boarder, just a sign. Oh,...