Wednesday 23rd May 2018 Despite waking to a cold and drizzly day we went ahead with our plan to ride the hop-on hop-off bus and made sure we were on the first one of the day. Although light, the rain was obscuring much of the long-distance vista and eventually all of us, including the commentary … Continue reading San Francisco Hop-on Hop-off Bus
Author: Garrulous Gwendoline
Take-Off Minus One (day – not person )
All seems in order for our departure to San Francisco tomorrow. As I pottered around making the final touches to packing, check-in, visas and so on, my mind wandered to the reason I first started blogging five years ago. It was to record our trip to Europe, and the blog was originally called 55 Days … Continue reading Take-Off Minus One (day – not person )
USA/Canada/Alaska Here We Come (Part 1)
Our USA/Canada/Alaska trip is two weeks away. There's a pile of "layers" on the spare bed for packing ideas. Given our autumn is still managing to produce temps in the mid-20s, and by all accounts the northern hemisphere spring has not yet properly sprung, I'm packing cautiously. Thought I'd detail our plans, in the … Continue reading USA/Canada/Alaska Here We Come (Part 1)
GWEN WILSON The Reluctant Retiree 