Tag Archives: Travel

Southern Oregon Coastline still impresses

Wednesday, September 2nd ~ Southern Oregon Coast In my humble opinion, there are not many places on this planet that are as beautiful as the Oregon Coast. I may be a little prejudiced, since I was born in Southern Oregon, … Continue reading

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A Russian fort and a beach made out of glass

Tuesday, September 1 ~ Crescent City, California Did you know that there used to be a Russian fort on the California coast? I know I was surprised to learn about it. 

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Time to head further up the road

Sunday, August 30th ~ Shoreline Highway The wedding celebrations were over, friends and family were returning home, and the newlyweds were preparing to leave on their honeymoon. Time for us to continue on our road trip… 

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Winchester Mystery House

Saturday, August 29th ~ San Jose, California Most of our time was spent with family as we continued to celebrate the newlyweds. We did slip away for a few hours and joined our son and his girlfriend on a tour through … Continue reading

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Congratulations to Ian and Nadia

Friday, August 28th ~ Los Gatos, California Today was one of the happiest days I can ever remember. My nephew, Ian Kennedy got married to Nadia Shraibati at the Regale Winery in Los Gatos, California. The setting was picture perfect, … Continue reading

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Our next adventure begins now…

WHAT’S NEXT: We have a month-long road trip planned that will first take us up to Los Gatos, California for my nephew’s wedding!  That will be followed up with a week driving through Oregon and Washington en route to my sister and … Continue reading

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France ~ Searching for a lavender field in bloom

Sunday, August 2nd ~ Lavender fields near Avignon One of my biggest wishes for this trip to southern France was to see the lavender fields in bloom. I was so excited when I saw in our tour literature that our … Continue reading

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France ~ Avignon Bridge, aka Pont Saint-Bénézet, aka Pont d’Avignon

Sunday, August 2nd ~ Avignon, France (part 1) Sadly our amazing Uniworld river cruise has come to an end. After enjoying our final delicious breakfast on board, we took a pre-arranged taxi the short distance to a local hotel located … Continue reading

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France ~ Tarascon and Arles for more Van Gogh

Saturday, August 1st ~ Tarascon and Arles, France The ship is docked on the Rhone river in Tarascon, France. Our morning started out with a bus trip to Arles where we filled in a few more details from the life … Continue reading

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Avignon, France ~ Did you know there once were THREE Popes all at the same time?

Friday, July 31st ~ Avignon, France I have really been enjoying our daily walking tours. Normally they run from 2.5 to 3.5 hours. Uniworld offers several options for their guests at most stops along the way. There is usually a … Continue reading

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