It was New Year’s Eve in 2012 and we were nearing Genoa, Nevada. I had chosen to visit my California family for the latter part of the holiday season and today my son Kim, his wife, Wendy and I were about to honour a promise that we had made in August of that same year. […]
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Shirley’s Travels – Memorable Maui
Many times during my adult years I was told that everyone must visit Hawaii at least once in their lifetime. There had been little opportunity and now in later life far less expectations. However life is filled with surprise and adventure! My brother Jim and his wife Sue have enjoyed holidays in Maui for several […]
5 Tips to Visit Juneau Alaska Without Cruise Ship Crowds
In planning a trip to Alaska, visions of untamed wilderness twinkling under sunny skies fills my imagination. Arriving to visit Juneau, Alaska’s capital city, from the peacefulness of Glacier Bay, I begin to think the plane has taken a very wrong turn. The city of just over 30,000 is swarming as if we are standing […]
Seattle Gum Wall – A Sticky Seattle Attraction
You can smell it long before you see it. A carnival like aroma of tutti-frutti with a sprinkle of spearmint wafting toward Seattle tourist attraction seekers. Then presenting itself like a rainbow explosion of sticky DNA samples, the Seattle Gum Wall stops visitors in their tracks. “Don’t touch that!” A parent screeches while grabbing a […]
Glacier Bay Lodge – Alaska’s Best Kept Secret
The purple lupines sway as the baby moose bounds behind her mother through the wildflower laden grass. With snow-capped mountains tucked in their cloud blankets, Mama moose meanders by our ocean view window at Glacier Bay Lodge. She and baby are totally unaware of our open-mouthed, super size stares. Our warm breath fogs the glass […]
Shirley’s Travels – California Bound
Philosopher and poet Kahlil Gibran said it best. “Your children are not your children … You are the bows from which your children are sent forth” And indeed it happened in the blink of an eye! Suddenly our children had become adults and were ready to choose their life dreams. While attending the University of […]