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Map Legend: 82%, 42 of 51 States (Territories)

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Our driving trips from California have taken us far and wide!

EARTH TRAVELERS

The travel bug took hold of us early in life. Maybe because, as children and “Air Force Brats”, we moved with our families every couple of years to bases around the world; like Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Chuck and Anchorage, Alaska for Linda. We met in 1976 and married in 1979; our 32 years together have been greatly influenced by our many travel adventures. After 20 years in the real estate field and only being able to get away for three weeks at a time, we retired in January of 2000. Our primary goal was to see the world. We can happily report that we currently have logged over 500 days on ships cruising the globe and just under 500 days on road trips in the United States.

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By Chazlin
November 3rd 2008

76 Day Driving Trip-Segment 6

North America » United States

Autumn in New England

We arrived back in New England where the autumn leaves continued to impress us with their brilliant colors. This last segment of our road trip started with a 10 day whirlwind of visits with friends in the Boston/New York area. While at our timeshare on Cape Cod we traveled to Marblehead Ma., north of Boston, to see our cruise friends in their lovely home of 34 years. It was an unexpected surprise to tour their town with so much beauty and history. No wonder some cruise ships offer shore excursions to Marblehead while docked in Boston. We had a delicious lunch [View Full Entry]

By Chazlin
October 16th 2008

76 Day Driving Trip-Segment 5

North America » Canada

Montreal

Bonjour! Merci beau coup! Tres Bien! We were practicing our French as we crossed back into Canada. Our first stop was Montreal in the province of Quebec. Our high-rise hotel was located in the downtown area where we walked and walked along with a young cosmopolitan population, lots of packed sidewalk cafes, small ethnic grocery stores, and upscale brownstones. When it was too far to walk we learned the ins and outs of the metro system. The “Vieux” Montreal or old town was located near the port with the oldest cobblestoned street of Rue Paul full of souvenir shops, boutiques, [View Full Entry]

By Chazlin
September 29th 2008

76 Day Driving Trip-Segment 4

North America » United States

The Other CIA

Crossing back into the U.S. we traveled to Hyde Park, New York located in the Hudson Valley region. We chose this town because it was home to the Culinary Institute of America. The “other CIA” is the training ground for aspiring chefs and is located on a traditional New England style college campus. We had made reservations at 3 of the 5 restaurants with students rotating into all of the positions in each restaurant. Not only was the food and service as good as any 1st class restaurant but it was fun talking to these young chefs about their plans [View Full Entry]

By Chazlin
September 28th 2008

76 Day Driving Trip-Segment 3

North America » Canada » Ontario

Detroit Night Skyline

Welcome to Canada! That’s what the sign said at the border, and after wandering around downtown Detroit for 45 minutes we finally located the tunnel that would take us under the Detroit River to Windsor, Canada. I said “let’s take a picture of the sign”. That didn’t go over with the border patrol agent who said “put that camera away”! He warmed up after hearing about our trip and we were soon on our way to our riverfront hotel. Our 10th floor room had a fabulous view of the Detroit skyline complete with all the lights at night and speed [View Full Entry]

By Chazlin
September 14th 2008

76 Day Driving Trip-Segment 2

North America » United States

Cruise Friend in Michigan

After 2 weeks on the road we’re ready for our next stop; a weeks timeshare in northern Michigan at the small resort town of Boyne Falls. A 2 bedroom condo complete with kitchen, Jacuzzi and a view of the woods awaits us. We settle in and catch up on sleep, laundry, emails, phone calls, prescriptions and oil changes. We even do some of our own cooking. Early in the week, we were excited to get a call from a cruise friend who was closing up her summer lake house. On the spur of the moment, we decided to drive down to [View Full Entry]

By Chazlin
September 13th 2008

76 Day Driving Trip-Segment 1

North America » United States

Ahh Vegas!

We kicked off our 76 day road trip in Las Vegas with the Cher show at Caesars Palace. This 60 year old diva still puts on a great show with her husky voice and her more than 10 elaborate costume changes. The huge screens behind her showcased her amazing 40 year career. I remember how excited I was to receive my 1st Sonny & Cher album from my parents on my 16th birthday in 1967. The nostalgia continued as we left Las Vegas and followed parts of the historic Route 66; staying in Flagstaff, Durango and our 1st longer stop of [View Full Entry]

By Chazlin
April 30th 2008

Bermuda to Ft. Lauderdale

North America » Bermuda » Hamilton

Arriving in Bermuda

After 5 fun filled days crossing the Atlantic, there was a buzz around the ship that we would be arriving in Bermuda a full day early. The Captain confirmed this and announced that we would be docked next to our sister ship the Mariner. Everyone was excited about the extra time and especially about the prospect of visiting the Mariner. We had spent 54 days on her in ‘01-‘02 on her inaugural circumnavigation of South America. It was not only our 1st long cruise but also our recuperation from Chuck’s triple bypass 12 weeks before on 9/21/01. So we had many [View Full Entry]

By Chazlin
April 25th 2008

Atlantic Crossing Shipboard Life

North America » United States

Crew Talent Show

Our primary reason for choosing this last segment of the ‘08 World Cruise was to see our shipboard family and to enjoy life onboard during the many “sea days”. We’ve fine tuned our schedule; up at 8:15, breakfast in the main dining room “Compass Rose” at 8:45 with our favorite waiters and the daily update and “Vords of Visdom” at 9:00 from our Norwegian Captain Dag. Then we split up and I go to the morning enrichment lectures about subjects varying from history (by our favorite resident speaker-Sandra Bowern whose birthday is the same as Chuck&rs [View Full Entry]

By Chazlin
April 20th 2008

Sardinia, Mijas & Madeira

Europe » Italy » Sardinia » Cagliari

Cagliari, Sardinia

After two days at sea on the Voyager, Captain Dag came on the intercom and shared with us the problem he’d been facing since we left Athens. With oil prices at an all time high of $115 a barrel the oil originally earmarked for our transatlantic crossing to Ft. Lauderdale had been sold to someone else at a higher price. It appeared that the only oil available in the Mediterranean was in Gibraltar. So we altered our course, cancelled our scheduled port of Tunisia and made a beeline for Gibraltar. The following morning he again came on the intercom to announce [View Full Entry]