A Video Tour of our Yard
What with all the restrictions from Covid-19, this is the most traveling we have done since March. I thought you might like to see a Drone Video from our yard. The challenge for a relatively new drone operator is to …
Tahiti 2020
Before Covid-19 shutdown international travel, we were in Tahiti at the start of 2020. We returned home just in time for the virus to make its presence known. We really enjoy Tahiti but if we had known what was to …
Italy and Spain in 2019
From April 8 to April 30, we traveled in Europe. Originally, we spent 5 days in Venice, Italy and then boarded the Viking Star cruise ship to travel to Split and Dubrovnik in Croatia, Corfu in Greece, Naples and Rome …
David passes away
My brother, David Payne died March 4, 2019. He had been mobility impaired for several years and was living in a nursing home for the past 3 years. He died of heart failure. In addition to his clever mind, David …
Europe 2018: The Rhine and Danube Rivers
On May 21, 2018 we flew to Amsterdam, one of our favorite European cities. We spent 5 days exploring the city and then on the 27th boarded a river boat to float the Rhine River, transfer to the Main River …
Trip to Scandinavia
From June 28th to July 17th, we traveled to several countries in Scandinavia. In the course of 16 days, we traveled from Norway, Denmark, Poland, Germany, Estonia, Russia, Finland and Sweden on a Viking ocean liner with 1000 other people. …
New Zealand
From March 11, 2017 until April 3, 2017, we traveled to selected cities in New Zealand. We had previously been to New Zealand twice and rather than redo a ‘Grand Tour’, we chose to spend time in 4 major areas. Our …
The Oregon Coast
We made a Spark presentation about our trip to the Oregon coast. This was an experiment to test this method of presentation and you can see it here. Oregon Coast Slides
Iceland Travel
We arrived in Iceland in September 2015 and traveled with our tour guide, Oli, along the Southern Coast for 8 days. We learned many things about his native country including that it has been settled since about 900 AD by …
New York City
Beginning October 15, we spent a week in New York City. In addition to enjoying the pleasure and excitement of this wonderful place, we went to 4 musicals; Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, Lion King and the Jersey Boys. …