This is our third trip to Mendoza, and as we did on the last two trips, we took wine tours for a couple days with Vendimia Wine Tours. Leo is the owner of Vendimia, and we used him the last…
Easter in Roanoke Virginia – He is Risen Indeed!
Steve (DOS) and I went to Roanoke for Easter Week to visit my family. I was glad to see American Airlines (American Eagle) is flying jets once again into Roanoke. I took this Embraer 170 which was a regional jet,…
EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival and Disney Springs Weekend
Now that Spring is in the air, that means it’s time for the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival. We had some friends visiting from out of town, so we stayed at the Hilton Lake Buena Vista Palace on Saturday night…
Happy Easter from Roanoke!
I got back from my work week in San Diego on Friday evening around 5pm. I was home just overnight as Steve (DOS) and I headed up to Roanoke, Virginia on Saturday to see my parents for Easter. As I’m…
Aloha flight from DFW
After a great night’s sleep at the Grand Hyatt DFW Airport, we had a nice breakfast at the hotel’s restaurant. With a stack of pancakes, bacon, and fresh squeezed orange juice, we were ready for our 8 1/2 hour flight…
Mother’s Day weekend in Roanoke
It was a quick, but fun-filled weekend of travel. I flew back from Los Angeles on Friday morning after being in Calistoga all week, arriving to Orlando around 5pm, after a slight delay. DOS met me at the airport, as…
Bangkok . . . Oriental city . . .temples and more
I love that song by Murray Head ‘One night in Bangkok’. Well here we are touring Bangkok! We had the most amazing day today touring around Bangkok with a pre-arranged private tour with Mandy. We had booked this tour based…