Category: Travel

Thank you for your interest in our trip to Ecuador. Let me begin with a little background information about Ecuador from Wikipedia. “Ecuador [meaning “equator” in Spanish], officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean […]

Sweden, January 10 – 24, 2024 This blog entry describes a trip to Sweden that involved time in Stockholm, the small arctic town of Abisko, and the city of Luleå (pronounced LOO-lee-oh). The objective of the trip was to visit our youngest daughter, to travel north of the Arctic Circle to see the Aurora Borealis, […]

When exploring our 2023 travel destination, we noticed a gaping hole in our wall map that shows the countries to which we’ve traveled. Taking note of that fact, and after looking at multiple alternatives, we decided to travel to “the Stans” to discover an area and cultures with which we are generally unfamiliar. I also […]

This blog entry describes, on a day-by-day basis, our recent 31-day visit to Costa Rica! But, for those of you who just want the basics, here’s an executive summary. So much for the summary. Now for the agonizing detail, Internet links, and pictures! Sunday, February 12 Flew out early from MSP (7:54 a.m. departure). Flight […]

Wed, October 5 Today our journey began as we flew from Minneapolis to Paris arriving at CDG at 7:30 a.m. on Oct 6. Thurs, Oct 6 We picked up our Hertz rental car, always an arduous process, and made our way out of Paris. We selected a manual transmission car which added an additional layer […]

Our youngest daughter moved to Sweden in mid-2021, the first in our family to live abroad permanently. To show support for her and to incorporate a travel opportunity into retirement, a family trip to Sweden was planned for July 2022. The itinerary was, roughly, to allow the family to see and experience Stockholm and Gothenburg. […]

Our Spring Trip to Southwestern Utah As our friends from Minnesota would attest, the winter of 2021/2022 has been long. Too long. So, to celebrate our 60th birthdays in June, sister-in-law Liz and I planned a trip (with spouses) to southwestern Utah to (a) escape to some warmer weather and (b) enjoy some hiking and […]

Our youngest daughter moved to Stockholm, Sweden in mid-2021 for a job with a video game publisher. We first made plans to visit her in July of that year, only to have our plans thwarted by the Delta variant of COVID. We were forced to cancel our trip, much to the dismay of our daughter […]

Probably like you, I’ve used goals to keep motivated. Some were related to professional development (e.g., a number of professional designation letters equal to or greater than the number of letters in my last name). Some were travel related (e.g., travel to all seven continents by age 50). And some were family or task related. […]