Cozumel, 2015

As has become traditional,  we book a “Last Minute Deal” to a warm place for our anniversary.  This year,  the destination was Cozumel, Mexico.    While in Cozumel,  we spent a lot of quality beach time.  We also did more…

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How Work ruins Vacations

As we took our first “Retired” trip, a very interesting transformation occurred. We really did not understand BEFORE retirement how the prospect of returning to work affects one’s vacation “mentality.”  At least for me,  it used to take a couple…

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South-by-Southeast

This was our first “Retired” Road trip. We left Chicago on 25 January, headed South-by-southeast. Plans were to stop in Atlanta, to visit Liz’s Brother and family. Then continue on to Bradenton, FLA, where some friends had a condo rented…

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Washington D.C.

We visited Washington D.C. to help my Great-Aunt Marilee move. This was a somewhat “forced” situation as her Retirement Community was closing for construction. Management offered to pickup all the costs for her move to another of their buildings, where…

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Our First Visit

8 April .. Our first visit to “the Bus.” This was an EXCELLENT DAY on the RV front.   We  drove down to St. Louis to take a look at  the offered RV.   Many thanks to brother-in-law Paul Kokkin for coming…

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Our new Home!?

We may have shared with some of you that we intend our first “destination” to be an RV trip around the USA and Canada.  Well,   upon hearing that plan, a client “threatened” to give us their RV.  The cost:  $1. …

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India, October 2010

Itinerary: 24-25 Oct       Delhi   Hotel Parkland  www.hotelparkland.in   Qutab Minar, India Gate(War Memorial), Humayun’s Tomb, Lakshmi Narayan Temple, drive past President’s House, Parliament House and Secretariat Building. Also visit Raj Ghat- the cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi,…

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