We woke up on the high seas - or maybe it was the low seas - this morning. We had crossed the Ionian Sea and were on the Adriatic Sea. The rocking ferry finally calmed down enough to get some sleep last night but I had suffered all I could in that tiny cabin and had to get out. I went down to the reception area and found numerous people sleeping in the chairs and on the stair wells. Not sure if they just got a cheaper ticket by not selecting a room or did not like the tiny cabins either. After a brief walk on the outer deck a few of our group started to stir around. We all ate breakfast and waited for the ferry to arrive at port in Bari. At some point ... read more

Today started quite early with a quick breakfast at 6:30 and then we loaded the bus with all of our belongings. We were leaving Athens and heading to Olympia. Our first stop of the day was at the Corinth Canal. It was extremely deep and made me a little dizzy looking at it. The canal has a traffic light on each end so that only one boat will go through at a time. It allows the barges to pass and is deep enough that tall equipment like cranes and fit with ease. However, the canal is narrow and never gained the traffic initially thought. After everyone had their peek at that modern marvel and grabbed snacks from the store, we were on our way again. The 2nd stop was at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus located ... read more

Among the Greeks The alarm sounded as soon as I closed my eyes. At least it felt that way. So after getting roughly 2 hours of sleep within the past 48, we were all up and ready for the day. All 37 of us. The trip package included breakfast and dinner each day and a large spread was waiting for us this morning. These tours have learned through the years that Americans eat a great deal more for breakfast than the Greeks do. They usually just have a roll and coffee. That will just not suffice for us. They had pastries, eggs, ham, turkey, fruit, coffee, juices, rolls, olives, cheeses, cucumbers and tomatoes. I guess all Greek meals have the options of bread, tomatoes, cheese and olives. There was no real plan for today since our ... read more

This was our final day at Glacier, so we had to make it count, even though the weather was not taking our last day into consideration. At breakfast we enjoyed conversation with other guests at the Bed and Breakfast and upon their recommendation we decided to go hike the Avalanche Lake Trail. Though we had rather go hike one on the east side of the park, the amount of travel swayed us from that trek. Donald had briefly considered driving to the Yaak Valley area of Montana in search of Tom from the show Mountain Men. He would have loved to have purchased an animal fur that Tom himself had trapped and skinned. But that would have been a 3 hour drive there and a 3 hour drive back, so we stuck with the decision to ... read more

I never thought I would say that I went mud riding in Glacier, but today we did just that. But not before Mother Nature attacked us with all her mighty tiny blood sucking critters. We headed back to the park today since the weather had cleared up. We decided on going to the more remote section to get away from the crowds and hopes of finding the elusive wildlife. If given the choice, I will always choose the road less traveled. I did a little reading before going and knew that some of the roads were not paved. But not sure we were prepared for the condition of the roads. We took the Camas road on the west side which leads to the remote section of Polebridge and other areas. We stopped at a meadow (actually ... read more