Today, September 23rd is the first day of fall, so I guess this was a good day to get out of town. The weather has co-operated so far, it’s sunny today with overcast skies. Perfect for schlepping our overweight suitcases to the Port of Vancouver to board the ms Volendam for Australia. Everything went flawlessly. Deb and I have done this a few times before so I guess the planning really pays off in the end. As is normally the case we made our way to the air...

In a couple of days Deb and I will be heading out on yet another adventure. This time it's just the two of us making the trip. We're leaving from Vancouver on the 23rd aboard the ms Volendam for about a month, traveling through to the South Pacific islands and Australia by way of Honolulu, Hawai'i. After a wine stop in Seattle, we'll be spending five days at sea while we cruise westward to Honolulu for an overnight stay. From there we'll be heading to: Pago P...

I take photographs so that I can use them as a return ticket to spectacular moments in time, moments for me that might otherwise be gone forever. I take photos to recall places - with greater vibrancy. Those photos, those experiences have shaped me and made me who I am right now. I take photos to the bridge distances and shorten time, to provide a legacy to the little things and real life that can too soon be forgotten. I take photos so that I can feel like an a...

Leaving San Diego, we've had two sea days ahead of us on our way to Victoria. At the present time (Wednesday April 29th – 5:10 p.m.) we have traveled 5,455 nautical miles and are at the moment just opposite Oregon on the Pacific coast. The "motion of the ocean" has been a little higher than normal and has unfortunately taken some ill-effect on Jean. We are hopeful that the winds will subside and the ocean will level out a bit so that we can proceed into Vic...

We've been back home for a couple of months and the travel bug has set in again. So we're off again on Wednesday (18th) heading to Tennessee for about 25 days where we'll have a chance to visit with the grands. Our plan at this point is for Deb and I to take a side trip to Beale Street in Memphis for a couple of days to enjoy the music and BBQ. From Knoxville, TN we'll be making our way to Fort Lauderdale via Beaufort and Bluffton, South Carolina and hopefull...