Lisa
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Merry Christmas and a birthday at the beach
Christmas Day was a bit cloudy, but a nice 70 degrees here in Port Aransas. We walked to Roberts Point Park where lots of benches are perfect places to watch the ferry boats and ships coming into the port or Corpus Christi Bay. Today Tony marks his 60th birthday! Before we left home, I wrote…
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At Last – We are Beach Bums!
We made it to the Texas Gulf shore in Port Aransas, where we will stay for a week at the Surfside RV & Resort before heading to South Padre Island. There is a ferry to connect Port Aransas to the mainland, but we are driving about ten miles out of the way to come in…
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Paluxy River View
One more hike at Dinosaur Valley before leaving the Glen Rose area was on the agenda today. We hiked up through a juniper forest to the limestone ridge for wide views of the valley. The statues at the Somerville County Courthouse in Glen Rose tell the tale of founding father Charles Barnard and his bartering…
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Dinosaur Valley State Park
This park has been on our Want-to-see Texas Parks List for some time, and as we drove toward Waco, Tony realized it was just a short detour away from our route. We quickly found a place to stay for the night (Saturday night stays can be tough to find without advance reservations) at the Dinosaur…
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WinStar World Casino – last free stay
When you first stay at this casino’s campground, which is a really nice campground, they set you up with a Player account and comp one night’s stay. Last time we stayed here they couldn’t believe I didn’t have a driver’s license (it was lost at the time and I offered my passport) and I had…
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First Stop – Wichita
Our annual snow bird adventure to a warmer climate has begun. We decided to take the “Google Preferred” route again, which is I-35, but we ended up passing through Emporia, our planned stop, and found the Air Capitol RV park in Wichita for our first night on the road. It’s conveniently just off the interstate,…
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Final Port: Tampa, Florida; then Home
All good things must come to an end, and it was time to say goodbye to the Jewel and her crew on Day 18 of our voyage. We put our luggage in the hallway the night before, walked down our last gangway, and disembarked. Our luggage was in a huge room at port where we…
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Typical Day at Sea
Each day of the voyage we had the Freestyle Daily paper delivered to our room door the evening before. This was our list of all of the many activities taking place on board for that day. This voyage had seven at-sea days where we underlined lots of things to try. Each morning started with exercise…
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8th Port: Georgetown, Grand Caymans
In one of his rambling announcements, our captain announced as we left Colombia that we would have to anchor off-shore on the south side of the Grand Cayman Island due to expected rough seas. This meant having to find transportation into Georgetown after using tenders to get to the dock. Of course, those same rough…
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7th Port: Cartagena, Colombia
“Mangrove Eco Canoe Journey” was the title of our shore excursion today. The forecast was heat with thunderstorms. There were no cancellations today as we took a bus trip through the city to Boquilla where the mangrove swamps provide a fishing spot for locals. On the way, our tour guide gave us some general facts…