After leaving Roanoke, we stayed in Charlottesville, Virginia for four nights. Charlottesville is a two hour drive from Roanoke, and is a good stop-over for us when we are taking the Auto Train home from Lorton, Virginia, which is also…
Welcome Home – Need a New Fridge!
We got back to our house in Orlando safely and a bit tired the next day, after having taken the Amtrak Auto Train home from Virginia yesterday. We stopped at McDonald’s for a coffee and McMuffin on the way, and…
Video Tribute to Mom
This week was very difficult as we laid my Mother to rest. We had a viewing at Oakey’s Funeral Home in Roanoke on Friday, followed by a small graveside service on Saturday at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Due to COVID…
July Road Trip to Roanoke!
It’s now July 17th and Steve DOS and I have been to my hometown of Roanoke for a week now. This is the first trip we’ve taken since March, when we were last here and flew home in the midst…
Happy 61th Birthday, DOS!
This weekend was Steve (DOS)’s birthday, and we celebrated with a quiet and lately rare weekend at home in Orlando. I wanted to take DOS out to dinner for his birthday, but as we were going away the next day…
July in Roanoke
It’s now the middle of July, and I’m temporarily staying in my hometown of Roanoke, Virginia. After the wonderful July 4th holiday in the Naples area with DOS, I headed up to Roanoke (alone) for a month or so…
Milwaukee brewery hopping by land
Steve (DOS) and I spend a nice Spring weekend afternoon in Milwaukee taking a brewery tour, and yes as the title says, it was by land this time, as opposed to a boat tour. We took a boat brewery river…
Day Three of Wine Touring and Lunch at VIK!
Today was our third and last day of wine touring thru the beautiful Chilean wine country. Like on previous days, we had a full breakfast at the hotel, which is especially important if you’ll be tasting wines most of the…
Happy Chinese New Year!
Yes, we celebrated the 2018 Chinese New Year in style in Singapore! In my last post I wrote about our day 1 private tour with Su Ling of Hello Singapore Tours, and now I’m continuing this post on Day…
Happy Thanksgiving 2017!
It’s Thanksgiving (as always) I’m celebrating with the family in Roanoke, VA. It’s a bit bittersweet this year unfortunately as both of my parents are in the nearby rehab center due to falls they had recently. My brother Andy and…