Note: This post was originally started on my birthday August 2nd, and now I’m finally finishing it up a month later! I’ve been busy at home catching up on quite a few things, and feeling lots better now from my…
Mostly Recovered Now. . . Birthday Stay-Cation in The Villages!
It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve posted, during which time I’ve been recovering at home from my pacemaker surgery, and generally taking it easy a bit. It’s been nice being home, and not tied up to so many wires in…
The Globe Theater and Greenwich via Uber-boat
Today was our fourth day in London, and third full day to tour around. I’ll start this post with a London tip, but it’s actually relative to travel in general; even the best (or in our case semi-mediocre plans) are…
Birthday Week at Daytona Beach Shores
Steve (DOS) and I celebrated my 59th birthday week on another summer Stay-Cation, this time at Daytona Beach Shores, only an hour from our house. We stayed once again at the Residence Inn Oceanfront, and had a wonderful and relaxing…
Summer in Roanoke – August 2020
This year in 2020 has been like no other we’ve ever experienced, thanks to the COVID-19 which is plaguing the world. Like everyone else we are dealing with it the best we can. Fortunately I retired last December and no…
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…
Day tour of Monticello
Our Charlottesville mini-getaway continues with a visit to the mountainside estate of Monticello, home of the third U.S. President, Thomas Jefferson (link to Monticello’s official site). While DOS and I have both been to Monticello previously and separately, it was…
Welcome to 400 West High Street Charlottesville, Virginia!
My Birthday celebration week continues! Steve (DOS) and I departed my home town of Roanoke, Virginia around noon for a 3 day getaway to Charlottesville (link via Wikipedia.) Charlottesville, Virginia, is a couple hour’s drive from Roanoke, and has a…
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…
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…