This is part of a series called African Safari 2016 We enjoyed a very scenic flight up to Meru today. Â While the bush planes are pretty cramped, they are comfortable enough and get us to our destinations safely. Â Meru National Park used to be one of the “must see” national parks, but fell on hard…
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This is part of a series called African Safari 2016 We have just finished two days at Amboseli National Park. While in Kenya, it sits on the edge of Tanzania. The word “Amboseli” means “dry” in Swahili and it is a very apt description . Traveling along the dirt trails and pathways, you are constantly…
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This is part of a series called African Safari 2016 Well, we are off on our next adventure. Â This time we are going on safari for three weeks in Kenya and Tanzania, along with five other couples. Â After a long, but wonderful flight (they celebrated Deb’s birthday inflight!) from Seattle (via Dubai), we have landed…
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If it’s nearing Thanksgiving, it must be time to head to FL to visit Glen’s mom and brother. Â But this year was a little different and special — Glen’s mom wanted to have a family reunion in a rental house in Key West. Â Whoo Hoo! Â But rather than flying into Key West, we decided to…
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We went back to CT for my 45th high school class reunion. Â It’s always fun to go back to the Northeast to visit family and friends, but every time I go back, I am reminded just how little people used to travel from their homes. I lived about 30 miles from Mystic throughout my childhood,…
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This is part of a series called National Park Slam 2015 Well, like everything else, road trips have to come to an end. Yesterday, we drove across Washington taking the northerly route through the mountains. It was a truly beautiful drive. As we got closer to home, we drove through one of our favorite national…
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This is part of a series called National Park Slam 2015 After driving across Montana (at a high rate of speed), we pulled into East Glacier, MT. There were only 2 more days before the Going to the Sun Road would close for the season and we wanted to see it. Unfortunately, a snowstorm blew…
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This is part of a series called National Park Slam 2015 After caving in Custer, South Dakota, we headed north into North Dakota to visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park. I wasn’t aware of the impact this area had on Roosevelt. On Valentine’s Day of 1884, he lost both his wife and mother. He was only…
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This is part of a series called National Park Slam 2015 Hey! The sun came out and it was an amazing day out there today. We circled back on the Crazy Horse Memorial to actually see the sculpture and then headed to Jewel Cave National Monument. We even got to use our Crazy Horse Memorial…
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This is part of a series called National Park Slam 2015 After zooming through Wyoming, our “caravan” drove up to South Dakota, where most of the national parks/monuments are conveniently located on the west side of the state. The past few days have been pretty intense, zooming around the countryside, plowing through a wide variety of…
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