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...]
Save Money and Time by Packing Light
I have been doing a lot of traveling lately.We didn't travel much the first part of the year as people came to see us.But the second half seems like we've had one trip after another.Here's where I've been since June:Took my daughter on her senior trip to Seattle and Portland (June) Flew with my daughter across the country to college (CO to VA, August). We … [Read more...]
My Results with Travel Hacking
Last week I posted The Keys to Travel Hacking where I listed seven steps I consider to be the travel hacking process.Today I want to share my results and thoughts on travel hacking.Let's do this by first going through each of the seven steps outlined in the previous post. Step 1: Set a Goal I had the fairly vague goal of "save money when I travel."This hindered me … [Read more...]
The Keys to Travel Hacking
In August I asked whether or not travel hacking was worth the time and effort.I got responses on both sides but I'd say most were in the "yes" camp.Good thing since I had already started my travel hacking adventure. :)More on that next week when I'll share my results so far and what I think of travel hacking in general.Today I want to cover what I consider to be … [Read more...]
