The first stop of our cruise was the Kingdom of Tonga. The group of islands is known as The Friendly Islands and the people we met were lovely. It was pouring with rain during our day in port, and I have to admit that this wasn't my favorite destination. Most of the...
During our recent cruise, Edward our stateroom steward used to service our room in the morning and do a turn-down service at night, complete with chocolates on our pillows. As part of his visit to our room he’d make the tissues and the toilet paper pointy. Every time...
During our cruise, we did a ship tour. We had to pay for the tour, but it lasted for four hours and we received several gifts from the departments we visited, drinks and canapés and a photo with the captain so we were well pleased. Behind the scenes on a ship is...
I'm back! The Pacific cruise was wonderful--relaxing, full of new experiences and fun times. Quite frankly, I don't think I'm ready to face the real world again. In the real world I have to cook, do dishes and make my own bed. Hubby had to drag me onto the plane to...
Shelley is busy with edits, so here are some photos of places she's visited during the last two weekends. This is the Sky Tower, taken from the Auckland Domain. This is the Auckland War Memorial Museum. I came across some people practicing playing their bag pipes....
We came across these mountain goats on the side of the road near Mt. Rushmore. Hubby and I were more excited about seeing them than the president's faces. The animals ignored us as they took a drink from the water that trickled down a rock face. To see more...
After our memorable Cook Strait crossing, we didn’t have much time to have lunch. We grabbed a Subway sandwich each and ate them on the way to our first stop on the wine tour. There were thirteen of us, and we managed to cover a lot of the world with passengers from...
This photo was taken at the Rocky Mountain National Park. As you can see, the elk is wearing a tracking device. We saw quite a few elk during our travels. To see more photographs of animals visit Camera Critters.
During our recent trip to Wellington, we decided we’d like to catch the Interislander ferry across the Cook Strait to Picton. We wanted to see a few of the sights instead of hanging around the city for the entire weekend. The weather wasn’t too good with lots of wind...
