Europe – Day 5 – January 29th, 2018: London, England


Cheers from our next stop...London! We flew into London and arrived around noon or so. Not as early as we wanted and the plane boarding and leaving late was unacceptable. We flew easyJet and they were pretty disorganized. Flight attendants were nice but the gate people just were not Fortunately, this was our last flight … Continue reading Europe – Day 5 – January 29th, 2018: London, England

Europe – Day 4 – January 28th, 2018: Edinburgh, Scotland


We got some really good sleep last night (8 hours!) in Dublin. We both missed out on a couple of things we wanted to see but we had to have some downtime to get over walking an average of six miles a day on hard pavement. The exercise is great but pavement is not a … Continue reading Europe – Day 4 – January 28th, 2018: Edinburgh, Scotland

Good Thing I Bought the “Savory” Beef Gravy…


I just had a giant bowl of mashed potatoes with the above-mentioned "savory" beef gravy. No real need to put that on the jar since that is the hope...savory. "Beef" and "savory " kinda go together already. I've been watching my diet closer so today is a "free" day hence the spuds. In fact, the … Continue reading Good Thing I Bought the “Savory” Beef Gravy…

And the Madness Begins!


It's that time of year - the (Un)official beginning of the summer vacation season - Memorial Day. Families packing up their bags and tossing them into the ol' minivan or SUV to head out on the open road. It is really a great American tradition that I am glad to see still is important to people. But … Continue reading And the Madness Begins!

March 19th, 2017


(I started this post on March 19th and was too busy to finish it) It has been a great time the last few days. Angie and Alexis came out to visit and we have been all over the place. The first few days we stayed at the Hotel 5 in Seattle. It is a pretty … Continue reading March 19th, 2017