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Christmas at Jekyll Island 2025!
Christmas at Jekyll Island 2025!

Christmas at Jekyll Island 2025!

Steve (DOS) and I once again celebrated the Christmas holiday week this year at Jekyll Island, Georgia. Jekyll Island is one of our favorite places to visit in the U.S. for its relaxed vibe, historical venue, beautiful beaches, and overall…

Pre-Christmas Week at Home and Disney World!
Pre-Christmas Week at Home and Disney World!

Pre-Christmas Week at Home and Disney World!

After returning from our TransAtlantic cruise aboard the Sky Princess, Steve (DOS) and I had a few busy days at home before heading to Disney World for a week. Our biggest item on our home “To Do list”, was get…

Happy Thanksgiving from Bermuda!
Happy Thanksgiving from Bermuda!

Happy Thanksgiving from Bermuda!

It’s now Thanksgiving, and we are in Bermuda for the day, which is our 14th out of 16 days on this TransAtlantic crossing from Southampton to Port Canaveral on the Sky Princes. Today we stopped in Bermuda, which was a…

Christmas at Jekyll Island 2024!
Christmas at Jekyll Island 2024!

Christmas at Jekyll Island 2024!

Steve (DOS) and I spent the week of Christmas at Jekyll Island, Georgia. We stayed at the Westin Hotel by the Convention Center, which is located beachfront along the Atlantic Ocean, and a short drive to the Jekyll Historic Village.…

Pre-Christmas Stay-Cation at Disney World 2024!
Pre-Christmas Stay-Cation at Disney World 2024!

Pre-Christmas Stay-Cation at Disney World 2024!

Steve (DOS) and I had a wonderful five night stay-cation last week at Walt Disney World. It was the week of December 15th, which was the busy week before Christmas. We are both annual Disney Pass-holders (Pixie Pass) and our…

The Steve’s Review of the Sun Princess!
The Steve’s Review of the Sun Princess!

The Steve’s Review of the Sun Princess!

Steve (DOS) and I, recently sailed on the Sun Princess on a pre-Christmas seven day Caribbean cruise, roundtrip from Ft. Lauderdale. While we are Elite passengers with Princess, and have sailed on most of their other ships, this was our…

Drive to Ft. Lauderdale for our Sun Princess Cruise!
Drive to Ft. Lauderdale for our Sun Princess Cruise!

Drive to Ft. Lauderdale for our Sun Princess Cruise!

The day after Thanksgiving, Steve (DOS) and I checked out of our Lake Mary Hotel and drove from Orlando to our Ft. Lauderdale hotel, for our pre-night cruise stay. The overall traffic the day after Thanksgiving Friday was fairly light…

Merry Christmas 2022 from JEKYLL ISLAND!
Merry Christmas 2022 from JEKYLL ISLAND!

Merry Christmas 2022 from JEKYLL ISLAND!

We are spending Christmas this year once again at JEKYLL ISLAND. We are staying at the Westin Jekyll Island, which we did last year as well as several other times. Although it is freezing here (literally!) with temperatures in the…

Pre-Christmas Recovery 2022
Pre-Christmas Recovery 2022

Pre-Christmas Recovery 2022

It’s now Thursday, December 22nd as I write this, and I’m doing much better since I last wrote. I am writing this from the passenger seat while Steve (DOS) is driving us on our first pre-hospital getaway since our two…