TUESDAY 6TH MAY 2025 Our Amtrak train attendant woke us about half an hour before our San Antonio arrival. Bill and I had slept together on the bottom bunk of our bedroom compartment. Although snug, it's roomy enough for two, but, as usual when having an early call on your mind, it had been hard … Continue reading A Day in San Antonio: Riverwalk Adventures
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Having Fun at Santa Monica Pier, California
SATURDAY 3RD MAY 2025 The words of Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do" (is have some fun) rang in my head as we rode the Big Red Hop On Hop Off Bus down Santa Monica Boulevard. We were headed to the famous pier, known as the end point of Route 66. Sunny California? Don't believe … Continue reading Having Fun at Santa Monica Pier, California
Discovering San Antonio: A Trolley Adventure
WEDNESDAY 7TH MAY 2025 This photo is for fellow blogger Don Ostertag (with an explanation to follow). Preamble: It's been a year since our 7-week trip to the States, and I never finished blogging about it. Now I'm attempting to recapture that travel experience. By this point of the adventure, we'd arrived on 22nd April … Continue reading Discovering San Antonio: A Trolley Adventure
GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree 