On February 21, 2025 my wife Lita and I left on an Alaska Air flight to Kona, Hawaii at 8:15 in the morning from Seattle. That meant getting up at 4:30 am to allow enough time ahead of our flight. After being dropped off by our driver, we were met with two wheelchairs Lita had arranged. My walker had been sent to the hotel ahead of time, so we only had carry-on bags. Lita needed a walker because of her…
This month, on May 25, Lita and I will be traveling to London where we will spend the night. The next day we will fly to Barcelona, Spain and begin a nine night cruise through the Mediterranean ending in Monte Carlo. This is a family trip. All eight children and their spouses are traveling with us on this cruise. The vessel is the Regent Seven Seas Cruise line Navigator. This vessel holds only 490 guests, with 365 crew and 248…
Last Thursday, November 21, we flew from Seattle to Cabo, Mexico to stay at the luxury five-star hotel, the One and Only La Paimilla. While we had to get up early, our trip through security and the flight itself was relatively painless. That may be because with my limited walking ability we are now using a wheelchair for me which seems to facilitate the process. We flew Alaska airlines and were met by hotel representatives who drove us the twenty minute drive…
We have just returned from Sonora Resort. This beautiful resort is located on Sonora Island in British Columbia, Canada. Sonora is off the North end of Vancouver Island. Lita and I left on Thursday from Kenmore Air on Lake Washington. We flew in an Otter float plane that is one of the fleet of 10 the airline owns. These planes, and the other Kenmore planes were built by the De Havilland aircraft company which was founded in 1920. The planes…
Our trip to France began on Sunday, May 19. We had a 7:30 PM flight from Seattle to London Heathrow Airport. We arrived at 12:45 PM on May 20. Our connecting flight from London to Nice France left at 4:15 PM arriving at 7:25 PM in the evening. By the time we arrived in Nice it had been a very long travel day. We collected our luggage and met our driver for the trip to the hotel Cap Estel located…
We leave in a few days for the French Riviera for a couple weeks visit. We have been to this area often in the past, but this trip we are locating there as our central location. The Cannes Film Fesitival is going on from May 14th through the 25th and the hotels on the French Riviera are crowded during that time. As a result of accommodation issues we are staying at three different hotels in the general area rather than…
Over the past years Lita and I have made numerous trips on the seaborn cruise line ships. This year we are flying from Seattle to Amsterdam and continuing on to Lisbon Portugal in late May. After spending two days in Lisbon, At the 4 seasons Ritz, we will board the seaborne Ovation cruise liner. The ship was completed in 2017 and began service in 2018. There are 12 decks, 5 restaurants, 2 swimming pools. It has a crew of 450…
This is a follow up to my last post about the trip to South Africa. On our return, we flew from Sigita in Kruger National Park after two weeks of viewing and photographing the animals in South Africa. A one hour charter flight to Johannesburg and after a short layover we continued on to Dubai. Following a several hour layover in Dubai we flew back to Seattle. Not counting the time spent between flights we were in the air twenty…
On Thursday, October 19 we flew from Seattle to Dubai on Emirates air. With travel upgrades we were able to enjoy the benefits of first-class travel on Emirates. The airlines provides a chauffeur driven service as part of business and first class flying. They pick you up in Gig Harbor and drive you to the airport plus providing the same service on your return to Seattle The arrangement in first class is really special. We had beds that went flat,…
