From Steve – On the weekend of April 6-7 Mona Liza and I went with Dave and Sue to Chandler to witness the NHRA Arizona Nationals drag races. I had not been to a major drag race event in many years, and fortunately my buddy Hans had told me about this one several weeks before. … More A Weekend of Cars and Stars
This is my final post covering the rebuild and startup of TAM, our 1969 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am convertible. Go here if you missed the disassembly of the car. This post won’t be wordy, but it will be picturey (is that a word?). Several of the shots were taken by my wonderful and talented photographer … More Steve’s 2-year TAM Rebuild, part 2 – Back On the Road!
NOTE: If you’re into cars, read on. If not, you should probably go back to what you were doing 🙂 Along with our travels and maintaining all of the systems and gadgets in our house and on our property, Steve has been working on his ultimate automotive project over the past two years. Below is … More Steve’s 2-year TAM Rebuild, part 1 – Disassembly
Having cruised from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, (click Part 1 and Part 2 if you missed our previous posts on this trip) we stopped at Cadiz, our last port in Spain. This was near the end of our cruise, with Portugal being the last country to visit. We made port stops at … More Atlantic Crossing – Portugal to the USA
Dec 5-10, 2023 Barcelona We made five port stops in Spain: Barcelona, Valencia, Cartagena, Malaga, and Cadiz. Our first stop at Barcelona showed us a trendy city brimming with stunning architecture and rich culture. Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, it’s known for Antonio Gaudí and other Art Nouveau architecture. There were many points of interest, but … More Sunny Spain – Cruising the Mediterranean, part 2
From Rome, (click here if you missed our previous story) we took a taxi to the Port of Civitavecchia to embark on our Mediterranean Explorer and Atlantic Crossing Cruise aboard Viking Neptune. This was a multi-country cruise with several port stops in Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, then an Atlantic Ocean crossing ending in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. … More Cruising the Mediterranean, part 1
Nov 29-30, 2023 We’re back! It’s been two months since our last blog post because of the holidays and my additional travels. Two days after returning from our Mediterranean Explorer and Atlantic cruise crossing, I went to the Philippines for almost a month to attend a wonderful family reunion. Starting to write again now is … More All Roads Lead to Rome
Nov 23-27, Strasbourg, Speyer, Rüdesheim, Cologne, Amsterdam We finally enjoyed our first night on the ship after a bus ride to meet up with it at Ludwigshafen, Germany. I’m lumping together the rest of our Enchanting Rhine River Cruise, which was marred by rain and cold temperatures most of the time. Being from the desert, the … More The Rest of our Rhine River Journey
Nov 22 – Colmar, France Remember in my previous post that I said the best laid plans always have a surprise for you, just to get you stressed and upset? Now here we were in Basel, Switzerland, all excited to embark on the first day of our Rhine River Cruise. Our itinerary began at Basel … More A Slight Change in our Itinerary
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