I'm not sure whether I've mentioned it or not, but my parents bought an RV this past spring.They are in the process of selling everything they have and hitting the road full-time.Their goal is to be out of Iowa before the winter hits, but at the rate they are going, I'm not sure it will happen. I see another Iowa winter in their future.Anyway, we've been learning a … [Read more...]
Dear Hilton Hotels, This 15-Year Customer is Done with You
A bit ago I wrote the rant-post If You Want What I Have You Have to Do What I’ve Done.Most readers loved the snarky writing and during our discussion in the comments, I said: Maybe I should start “rant Saturday” where we can all share our stories like this!! Almost everyone thought it was a great suggestion, so I put it down as a series that I would post on now and … [Read more...]
What to Do When Visiting Colorado Springs
When you live in a gorgeous, tourist town, you get lots of visitors.We've had more people visit us since we moved to Colorado Springs than we had the entire 14 years we lived in Michigan. I wonder why that is? :)Anyway, when people come here, we always give them a laundry list of what we could see and let them select their options.Since some reading this might come … [Read more...]
Is Retiring on a Cruise Ship an Affordable Option?
As many of you know, we lived in Michigan for 14 years.Overall, I liked Michigan (after all I grew up in Iowa, so my expectations of life were low) except for one thing: the weather was the worst!Now some people might chime in with "but the summers are great". Last I checked, summer was three months.Yes, summers there are nice. But the other nine months, not so … [Read more...]
A Castle, A Burned Gift Shop, and a Diner Stuck in the 50’s
One of the great things about being retired is that you can take trips whenever you want to.While my daughter was home on spring break this year, we decided to go see Bishop Castle.For those of you who don't know about Bishop Castle (which is probably most people reading this), here's an overview at their website.Or if you'd prefer a bit more detail, here's the … [Read more...]
Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 4
Today I'm going to wrap up the details on our recent trip to Grand Cayman.In case you've missed any part of this series, you can start with Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 1.As you'll see, we shifted into cruise control and simply relaxed our last couple of days.Now, let's continue on with our journey... Sunday, January 14 I was wakened at 6 am today by the house … [Read more...]
Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 3
Today I'm going to continue sharing about our recent trip to Grand Cayman.In case you've missed any part of this series, you can start with Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 1.Now, let's continue on with our journey... Thursday, January 11 This was the best day of the trip.We didn't do much in the morning -- just sat around and chatted. We had hamburgers for … [Read more...]
Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 2
Today I'm going to continue sharing about our recent trip to Grand Cayman.In case you missed the first post in this series, check out Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 1.Now, let's continue on with our journey... Monday, January 8 When we were planning our trip to Grand Cayman (after we had already selected the dates) we found a site that listed all the cruise ships … [Read more...]
Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 1
As I detailed last week, we took a trip to Grand Cayman in January.Over the course of a few posts (which I'll spread out a bit) I'm going to detail what we did, give some tips for making the best of a trip to the island, and throw in a few pictures for fun.I'll list the events by day and put in tips where they seem appropriate. How We Roll Before I get into specifics, … [Read more...]
Our Trip to Grand Cayman
After we canceled our cruise, we began looking for Caribbean islands to visit.I still hadn't given up my desire to go to the Caribbean in early 2018, though I was wondering what our options might be since we were starting to look in mid-October. I was thinking we might have slim pickings by scheduling at the "last minute".As I said in the initial post, we wanted to … [Read more...]
