My roof was damaged last year during Hurricane Irma, and I’ve been patiently waiting nearly a year to get it replaced. While I didn’t have the extensive damage I had back in 2004 when it was last replaced, (thanks to…
Pre-Christmas Weekend at Jekyll Island 2017
This past weekend we had yet another wonderful stay at Jekyll Island. In what has become an annual tradition for the last few years, we stay for a 3 night weekend during the month of December, and get an early…
Wine touring around Santa Barbara in a Tesla!
We woke up early Saturday morning as expected due to the 3 hour time change from the East Coast. We got to our hotel, the Fess Parker Doubletree in Santa Barbara around 10pm last night, and as we got in…
Pre-Christmas weekend at Jekyll Island
I’m behind in writing the blog a bit and am doing so this week from Maysville, Kentucky where I’m working on business. I’m going to recap the past weekend however, which was spent at beautiful and serene Jekyll Island. We…
Halloween weekend at Jekyll Island
We spend the weekend at Jekyll Island, and as always had a wonderful time. I’ve blogged about Jekyll Island before, and have a gallery on the home page of some of our previous trips. To us, Jekyll Island is one…
Blast from the past – the Westin and Coco Palms Kauai revisted!
This morning we were scheduled to take a 10am helicopter tour over Kauai. We left our hotel, the Grand Hyatt Poipu, at 8:30am to meet our arranged pre-board/checkin time of 9:15am. As it turned out, traffic was light and we…
Exploring the Grand Hyatt Kauai
We’re staying at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Poipu, which is a quiet area about half an hour’s drive from the Lihue Airport. This oceanfront resort is absolutely gorgeous, without being overly fancy or pretentious. The design is actually very…
Birthday in Atlantic Beach, NC
I celebrated my 54th birthday this week (alone) in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. I traveled here on business for the week (as well as next week), and while I was traveling solo, it was nice to FaceTime family and friends…
From the Quarry to the beach: Our Easter Island tour continues . . .
Our Easter Island tour continues with our next stop at the Quarry on Easter Island. In the last post, we visited Tonjariki, which is the most spectacular and famous of Easter Island’s ruins. I also noted earlier that 70% of…
Flying back from San Juan in midst of tragedy
On Sunday we slept in a bit at our Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan. As our flight wasn’t until 4pm, we requested (and were granted) a 2pm checkout which was nice, as we didn’t have to store our luggage.…