May 7 to 21 My wife retired May 2nd of this year. Her past two years of work have been extremely stressful, so she asked me to plan a retirement trip for us. Europe wasn’t an option because we’re a little worried about the political environment, but language and currency weren’t something she wanted to…
Waikiki January 2024
January 16 to 23 Before I can tell you about Waikiki, I have to tell you about Playa del Carmen. If you’re lucky, sometime in your lifetime, you’ll find a place that speaks to you. It will have everything you like, and the sky is bluer when you’re there, bluer than the Minnesota sky during…
Playa Del Carmen May/June 2022
May 17 to June 11 I have been to Playa a lot so I am going to keep this brief. It will be more like a photo tour than a usual blog post. I was here for three and a half weeks, two and a half by myself, my wife came down for the last…
Puerto Vallarta and Sayulita
I’ll make this quick. Sayulita, on paper looks like the perfect place for me but I went during the wrong time of year. It was very busy, I honestly had a hard time finding a restaurant with an open seat at an outside table for dinner. I tried to get into Rustica the entire time I was there and was unsuccessful.
Playa del Carman 2022
Jan 21 to Feb 4 2022 Getting There This airfare to Playa (CUN) was probably the cheapest I have paid in more than fifteen years. I originally paid $280 but I had to change my flight so the price went up to $300. Immigration was busy because it is high season but the line moved…
Turks and Caicos
September 4 to 11 2021 We are lucky enough to have dive friends. We met them in Turks and Caico in 2015 and we have gone on dive trips with them every year since, except last of course, because of the pandemic. They like all inclusives, especially Club Med. In 2015 we went to Club…
Aruba May 2021
The California lighthouse is located on the northern tip of the island. It is a short drive north from Palm Beach. The view is amazing from the top of the lighthouse.
Traveling Again- Playa and Pto Morelos 2021
Finally traveling again. The last time I flew internationally was to Playa late October through early November 2019. It was my favorite Playa vacation and I have had many. I had a weird experience as I was leaving Playa to go back to the airport. As the van pulled away from the condo I was excited to return to Playa but I had a weird feeling that it might not be as soon as I hoped…I seriously had that thought.
Las Vegas 2019 and 2020
October 9-12 2019 and March 2-5 2020 I wasn’t going to include my last two trips to Las Vegas in my blog because it is Vegas- no big deal. However, with a pandemic closing borders and making domestic travel difficult, it doesn’t appear that I am going anywhere soon so I decided to live vicariously…
Napa 2019
The castle had a throne room, torture room, moat, small drawbridge and storage for barrels. The tour is really worthwhile. The tasting, on the other hand, was pour least favorite. The only thing we liked in the tasting was one of the dessert wines.
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