Author Archives: Serene

The next day was mostly a travel day.  We met our tour director, Enrique, and the two couples who were joining us on the Nazca Lines segment of the overall trip to Machu Picchu, the Amazon and the Galapagos Islands. … Continue reading →

Our first morning in Peru, we had an opportunity for a tour around the area of our hotel in the Miraflores District of Lima.  A lovely woman showed us around for almost two hours. Miraflores was once an independent Spanish … Continue reading →

The primary reason for our latest adventure was to visit Machu Picchu in Peru.  Yet, if you are in the vicinity, why not go to see the Nazca Lines, the Peruvian Amazon and the Galapagos Islands?  We did all of … Continue reading →

Our roadtrip continued along the Oregon coast, specifically the Lincoln City area.   We met up with our daughter and grandson at Devil’s Punchbowl, a state natural area. Looking the other direction, we saw the beautiful coastline. We found our … Continue reading →

While traveling throughout Sequoia National Park, we used an app called Just Ahead.  We used their free tour of Big Bend National Park a few years ago and thought it was excellent. I purchased the Sequoia and Kings Canyon tour … Continue reading →

We started our summer road trip in the heat!  We left Phoenix at 110 degrees and traveled west into California where it was even hotter!  Fortunately, our day was uneventful and comfortable in our air-conditioned vehicle.   We saw wind … Continue reading →

So….you can’t come to Philadelphia and not do a little history, right?  Randy agreed. I spent most of a week in the city with my mom about 20 years ago and we did it all. As a result, I could … Continue reading →

Our last activity in Cape May, New Jersey was a Whale and Dolphin Watching Cruise. We sailed through the Cape May Canal, a 3.5 mile canal dug by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1942.  It enabled captains to avoid … Continue reading →

Randy was in a ‘limited participation’ mindset on visiting museums but it was still raining. So, we chose a museum of interest to him, an Aviation Museum in Hanger 1 at the former Naval Air Station Wildwood. The Naval Air … Continue reading →

Tower operations were directed by Fort Miles and tasked with protecting the area from incursion by German ships and troops.   However, they found that the real threat was from enemy submarines which destroyed hundreds of merchant ships, many within … Continue reading →