Alaska Adventures

Alaska Adventures

Alaska. The forested wilderness. The soaring snow capped peaks. The friendly people who truly believe their state is the best and they love living there. Rick and I with Steve and Sue were totally captivated by the sheer incomparable beauty of the mountains and vast...
Luscious Lavender

Luscious Lavender

Images splashed all over Instagram of waving fields of lavender in France has fascinated me forever. As a dedicated lover of the color purple, I believe that the vision of these fields would be treasured forever. The problem was that lavender is in full season in July...
Barcelona Buildings

Barcelona Buildings

Strolling 25,000 steps a day in this town full of architectural delights, we noticed an old store front called Casa Beethoven. Filled with great sheet music and all sorts of instruments, we looked down on the way out and stepped over a bronze plaque about 25 inches by...
Bustling Barcelona

Bustling Barcelona

Stopping in Barcelona at the beginning of our first cruise through the Mediterranean, I dragged our family of four from the bus station and under the Arc de Triomf on our determined walk to the port. Hailing a taxi an hour later, we later laughed at our quick and...
Provincial Villages of the Tarn and Dordogne

Provincial Villages of the Tarn and Dordogne

Basking in the scenic Dordogne Valley three years ago for Heather and William’s wedding, we knew we had to return and visit some of the Les Plus Beaux Villages of France. And each one we strolled through was just as spectacular as the last one. From scenic vistas cut...