The New Year is the perfect time to reflect on the past year and to dream of the future. We are a little behind in getting this post up – but it is better late than never! 2019This was our first full calendar year playing this retirement game, and whew, what a year we have lived! …
Mobile Alabama has so much to offer for the visitor. But like so many places we visit, it is often the people we meet that make a place so memorable. The same holds true with Mobile. The people of the Delta Bike Project (DBP) help to make this city a place worth visiting (and a …
The morning came as a shock. It was 4:30! When I got rid of the guck out of my eyes, I remembered that today was the day we were going to soar in a hot air balloon with Serengeti Balloon Safaris! On route to the launch pad I alternated between dozing off and humming the …
This is a guest post by a good friend of ours who is currently living in a van as she roams. She visited with us on the second last day of our bike trip and told us the story below. She graciously agreed to put fingers to keyboard to share the story with all of …
Imagine the rich feel of leather enveloping you while staring at a dashboard of buttons that control everything from temperature to music choices.I am guessing that sitting in the first class of a renowned Air Emirates flight would be similar to the decked out GMC Yukon XL we were driving. Such was the machine that …
The dictator of the day got us into this mess. They wanted to Rock and Roll. So we did. Our good friends Rob and Anne had graciously agreed to visit us in Thailand. When we learned they were coming we spent the night finding the best flights and had two tickets from Tanzania to Bangkok with …
Well….kind of. More like “home-like” for a rest. And I don’t use the term “like” in the familiar teenage manner – you know: “like yesterday I like went to the like mall.” I am using the term as an analogy…we didn’t actually go home… but where we went was similar to home…except it was in …
Well Mr. Cochburn they are in the Ngorogoro Crater in Tanzania! This is also where you are more likely to see the very endangered Black Rhino. Throw in the Oldepei (Oldevei) gorge where ancient human remains were found and it’s obvious why Matt and I chose this adventure in Africa. Like the Jordan blog, I …
We had such an incredible experience trekking the Mountain Gorilla’s in Uganda and feel like everyone should experience this. So, I thought I would write a “how to guide” to help you plan your own trip (and gain an understanding of our experience). 1. Learn about the mountain gorillas Even if you don’t want to …
As high as you can into the wild blue – Dixie Chicks” Matt and I live in what many consider to be ‘cowboy central’ in Canada. Every year for 10 days our city drops large quantities of hay bales in front of bars and restaurants, people dust off their cowboy hat and boots, and country …
Whale sharks are large fish that are neither whales nor sharks. They are plankton feeders. When I say large I mean really, really, really big! We have always “just” missed the opportunity to swim with the creatures, and always swore we wouldn’t let the opportunity pass in the future. Imagine our excitement when our Lonely …
Egypt! What a place filled with a lot of OLD stuff. It was about surreal to actually find ourselves standing near these ancient structures that are a piece of our collective history..we both kept pinching ourselves because it just didn’t seem real! We started our tour of antiquities in Cairo and were blessed to spend …
Ok…so I stole that from Lonely Planet..but it is kind of funny. I am talking about summiting Mt. Sinai: the biblical mountain where Moses received the 10 commandments. It is a popular tourist destination and for some reason unclear to us…it must be hiked at night to witness the sun rise. Matt and I are …
“No we can’t leave tomorrow, it’s too lovely here” ~ Matt It needs to be scientifically confirmed, but I do believe the gravitational pull of the earth is stronger in Dahab Egypt. It can only explain how Matt and I got stuck in this fantastic little town. Somehow, we were able to leave…perhaps this is …
Or just one hump and a really bad temper? Not sure. I don’t think I really did anything to piss her off but she made lots of noise and was somewhat ill tempered. But I do know she only had 1 hump…one uncomfortable hump. I will share more about Alia the camel a little further …