Steve (DOS) and I left Orlando yesterday for a 3 week road trip to Roanoke, Virginia, with several two and three night stays along the way. As we are still settling our parents estate in Virginia, our goal (along with…
Valentine’s Staycation in Daytona Beach Shores
Steve (DOS) and I stayed overnight at the Residence Inn Daytona Shores for a mid-week Valentine’s dinner. While it was a quick overnight stay, we met our Orlando friends Ben and Tom there for dinner, and went to a great…
Marriott Platinum Challenge Continues: on to Daytona Beach Shores!
After arriving home from our last trip to Virginia, we have now completed 8 days out of 15 (to be completed in 90 days) for our Marriott Hotel Platinum Challenge status match. While I have lifetime Hilton, and Globalist at…
A couple days in VA Beach
After our overnight stay at the Richmond Westin, Steve (DOS) and I headed to Virginia Beach for our next hotel stay in our Marriott Platinum challenge. We had originally booked four nights at the Marriott Courtyard oceanfront at 37th avenue…
Recovery week in Daytona Beach Shores
This week Steve (DOS) and I are staying four nights at the Hyatt Place Daytona Beach Shores, as part of my gradual recovery to my neck injury. While the weather hasn’t been ideal, it’s been perfect for our purposes of…
Weekend at Vero Beach
Steve (DOS) and I went to Vero Beach on Saturday to visit my former neighbors Kenny and Mary, who had moved here this past summer. As their kids were grown, Kenny and Mary moved to a 55 and older community,…
Halloween Week in Daytona Beach Shores
This week Steve (DOS) and myself stayed at the Hyatt Place Daytona Beach Shores; a nice oceanfront hotel in a quiet town a few miles south of Daytona Beach proper, and less than an hour from home in Orlando. As…
Happy Fourth of July Week!
It’s Tuesday night as I write this, (again, another timeout from the China trip blog) and Steve (DOS) and I are staying at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point this week. This is our first time staying at this resort in…
Beach weekend and 90th birthday party!
We spent Saturday night with some friends we had met on the Celebrity South America re-positioning cruise back in 2015 at their beach home in Flagler Beach. Our friends Linda and John are from Ohio, but bought the property a…
Welcome to Montevideo!
After the overnight flight from Miami to Montevideo (MVD), we arrived at our hotel around 10:30am. We stayed at the Hyatt Centric, a new and trendy type hotel of the Hyatt brand, with this one in an ideal location along…