Grand Tetons Morning

Two more weeks until we leave for Europe. I think I’m about ready to go except for the actual packing. It’s been fun getting ready for this trip. I’ve spent hours booking tours (with local companies) to see as much as we can at each port. Charlie and I have always been very compatible as traveling partners. We both like to see all that we have time for. And that’s basically what we are going to do. We booked a room with a balcony so that we can sit outside to read or just watch the sights when we don’t want to go on deck. I think it will be nice since we will be mostly going from island to island on this trip.

I generally had everything I needed for the trip as far as clothing goes, but I ran across a dress at the Florida Mall that I fell in love with. Since I’m now 72, I try to dress appropriately for my age–not necessarily matronly but not outlandish either. This particular dress is one of those skin-tight ones that all the younger people are wearing (but not too short), and I decided I really like it. I’m not sure if I’ll ever find a place to wear it again–no one dresses up in Florida–but I talked myself into it, so it’s hanging in my closet. I’ll get a picture on the ship and if I don’t look too outlandish, I will post it here.

This is a trial page to see if I can post more than one photo at a in my blog.

My bucket list of places to go so far after this trip: Yosemite and Big Sur, Galapagos, Mounument Valley

Delicate Arch with San Juan Mountains in Background

In my last post, I mentioned that I would keep going on these workshops as long as I could. The reason I put it that way is that I have noticed on a couple of my last outings that it is getting harder to take certain trips. I seem to be having problems doing much physical activity at higher altitudes and my camera bag seems to be getting heavier. It makes me understand that I should start making lists of places to go and things to do and try them sooner rather than later.

With that in mind, Charlie and I are going on a cruise to the Eastern Mediterrean. Charlie is having trouble walking more than 1/4-1/2 mile any longer so we decided to do it the easy way and take private tours off the ship. That way if he wants to stay in the car he can. I hope to get many photos and will share some of those with you at my smugmug site. I will be using this new blog to keep you up to date on our Mediterrean adventure. We will be flying to Rome, then going to Sicily, Athens, Ephesus (Turkey), Rhodes, Santorini, Mykonos, Naples and back to Rome. Probably our last trip to Europe, but there are a lot of other places to go too, so I will keep updating my “bucket list.”

For instance: Yosemite next, Galapagos after that. I’ll add on to this list as they come up.