Sailing Croatia – 2021

Our tradition of a group sailing adventure was supposed to be 2020 following our 2018 Bahamas’ adventure and the 2016 BVI trip. Alas as the world knows, COVID. Everything down, entire countries closed and much suffering and death. After cocooning up at home from March of 2020 till August 2021 we were finally able to … Read more

Great Adventure of 2012 – Greece & Turkey

In 2012 I took advantage of my one time sabbatical leave from the company and Red and I hit the road for almost seven weeks.  We went on the adventure of a lifetime!   We broke the trip up into two parts Africa and then Greece and Turkey.  I’m starting with the second half because while … Read more

Iceland 2011

So the country of Iceland was trying to attract tourists and started offering specials including non-stop air from Seattle and hotel as well as tours out to see the northern lights.  We never did see the lights but did see a lot of a very fascinating landscape and country.  The people could stand to be … Read more

Spain and Northern Italy – Nov 2008

After completing some business in Barcelona, Spain in November 2008 Red joined me for some vacation time.  We spent the weekend in Barcelona seeing he sites and then moved on to northern Italy where we rented a car and drove from Milan to Venice, Firenze and back to Milan.  An interesting time in the low … Read more

Scotland, Norway and the High Arctic – July 2007

For our first BIG vacation together as a couple Red and I picked something a little different.  We headed out on smallest ship for adventures in the arctic!  The Polar Pioneer served as our home base for these adventures.  The trip was designed and run by Aurora Expeditions out of Australia.  We were the only … Read more