Category: Travel

  • A number of friends have finally shamed me enough to get off my but and update my blog/website. It’s not that I haven’t been doing…

  • In the Mecca Hills, above the town of Mecca, CA, east of the Salton Sea, is a hike  sometimes simply referred to as “the ladders”.…

  • It was used in the filming of The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean and the Cicso Kid. Episodes of The Gene Autry Show…

  • It has been a while since my last post and I’m not sure where to start other by saying this will be a brief recap…

  • July 10-15 Garry and Lynda arrived first, followed by James then Peter and Brenda. As Dave was not scheduled to arrive until later we assembled…

  • July 8-10 A latte to go from Second Cup was my final purchase before heading out onto the highway. I was on my way to Jasper…

  •   It was hard to believe that our journey on the river was over.  It seemed like so long ago that we left Amsterdam.  It…

  • No sooner had we loaded onto the buses than Skadi pulled away from the dock on the way to Budapest. Our journey by bus would take about…

  • Cold, showers and very windy is how best to describe the weather that greeted us as we went for breakfast this morning. The question then…

  • Today we were treated to a very full day in Vienna. By the time we awoke we were already docked. At 9:00 am we set…

  • The gates of the lock opened, revealing a beautiful view down the river towards Melk Abbey perched atop a hill. A short time later we…

  • About 10:00 am our ship arrived in Passau and rafted up to another Viking ship. A short time later the Viking Delling rafted up to…