Hotel Related category
Last week, we were based in St Austell, Cornwall. Karen and I love the little fishing villages. We had to travel down to the southwest with a couple of overnight stops in Blackpool and Bristol. Blackpool It took me 69 years to get to Blackpool, to see the Blackpool Tower and check out some of […]
Since the trip to Edinburgh, we have used two cottages and ticked off several items on the bucket list. [EDIT] This post I started weeks ago, and since we have been so busy, I eventually managed to post. Milton Keynes While traveling to our first cottage, we decided to split this journey up by staying
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Land of the never-setting sun. After saying goodbye to the grandkids and repacking (again), we headed to Iceland for our first, but not last🤞visit. On this trip, Karen’s sister Kathy, her husband Marc, and her brother David joined us. David has been to Iceland, so he left us to make up the itinerary. We stayed
Not a lot happening I say that. However, we have been very busy but have not done much vacationing. However, some time has been spent by or in the hotel swimming pool, even though the weather has been iffy since we arrived on the east coast, especially in Delaware. We have also been catching our
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Sunrise Lodge As we mentioned in the previous post, we are using our points of various types. This is an HGV property and has an elevation of 6900 feet. Karen, thankfully, is not suffering from altitude sickness here. This slide show has photographs from around the Ski Resort. Even though the place is closed for
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A Ski Resort (Out of Season) You may think that Brian Head in Utah, a ski resort and lodges, is a strange choice of location, especially for those of you that know Karen, who hates the cold and loves the sun! On this road trip, we are trying to be frugal and not spend $’s
Catchup As we mentioned in the last blog, family (Sister-in-law and brother-in-law) joined us this week so it was a busy time since they had not been to Las Vegas or the Grand Canyon. So, what did we do? Capo’s This was a really cool restaurant and speakeasy. The building itself on the outside had
Car Troubles All was going very well until…… We left Catalina on the 7:50 am ferry Friday. We met an interesting couple from Australia while waiting to board. They have done many trips to the USA before. They were great company to chat with and enjoy a breakfast Bloody Mary on the ferry. When we
Golf Cart rental We were at the Catalina Golf Cart Rentals at 9 am for the early bird special, where you buy two hours, get the third free. We were out for about 2.5 hours. Alex (We think that was his name, an island character) was very helpful the day before explaining the route to
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Woke up late and missed breakfast. Updated 4/19/23 As you can see on the heading we caught up on some ZZZZZzzz’s. We have arranged an excursion or two (Bison Expedition & Casino Behind the Scenes tour) through the front desk and then found a small local coffee shop for a late breakfast. We also walked
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