Farewell, Cancun
I was not sitting on the balcony watching the Gulf wash ashore the beautiful beach of my Cancun hotel. Thank goodness. I was in the lobby with Rachel, who was a speaker at a conference, waiting on the cab that was taking too long to get there. The bellman had taken our suitcase and my [...]
Vacation Day VI
It was a little past noon when we turned off state highway 209 in search of lunch before we continued our hunt for light houses. Exactly one block on the left was a sign that said “Homemade Soups and Sandwiches.’ We turned around and pulled into the front yard of what looked like a small, [...]
Vacation Day V
Wednesday started out foggy and overcast and the high temperature was 68, but it was an incredible day. Maine is truly a beautiful, natural state and while it will no longer be on my bucket list, I will come back here. Rachel Kremer had a list of places to explore and we started with a short drive [...]
Costa Rica
A few years ago on the day I was to leave for a vacation in the Philippines a mild travel warning was issued by our government. My daughter, Whitney, freaked out, and I canceled the trip but with two weeks vacation starting wanted to do something. I had a huge airline credit from the canceled [...]
Vacation wrap up
This is the wrap up to my vacation blogs. Starting next week the focus will be sports and a 31 year career covering them in Arkansas. When I was planning my vacation I wanted to knock out a couple of the states I haven’t been in. I’m now down to five after making it to [...]
Helena
I more or less took Saturday off and explored Helena, Mt., a beautiful little city that has rich areas with gorgeous old mansions and down the social scale to a few unkempt trailer parks way out on the edge of town. However, for the most part the city is very clean. Most yards are mowed, [...]
