Today, we left for Denver to embark upon an epic, two-week road trip to visit the remaining 11 states that Libby and I haven’t been to: We flew out of Tampa at 7:30 (a little early for the girls), connected in Atlanta, and arrived in Denver a little after noon (local time). All went smoothly […]
Category Archive for 'North America'
Day #1: MA, RI, CT
Posted in USA on Sep 5th, 2015
A while ago, Libby and I figured out that we could get the 157×50 project done by age 40, but we’re horribly deficient in our state count. We’re now on a quest to do this and have three (maybe four) remaining trips to make it happen. This weekend we’re visiting New England. All of it. […]
Day #1: To Miami
Posted in Florida on Feb 28th, 2014
Our flight schedule is a bit unusual. To make best use of our SkyMiles, we’re flying not from Tampa but from Miami. So, we had to start our journey to Europe by driving four hours to Miami International Airport. The day was rather hectic for Libby and me with our work obligations, as well as […]
Today, we returned to Cozumel for the third time. We were first here on a cruise in 1997 aboard Norwegian’s tiny Leeward on our honeymoon. We didn’t like it then. We returned in 2008 on our inaugural Thanksgiving cruise, and we found it more appealing. Today, we enjoyed it a bit more. So, it seems […]
I’ll post more fully later, but here’s a photo from our beach club in Costa Maya: Continuation… I don’t normally do a lot of advance planning, especially for Caribbean ports of call. For Costa Maya, I’d read in our Frommer’s guide that there was a nice private beach right by the pier, as well as […]