Well, we're finally getting a minute to do yesterday's blog. Our evening in Langeais turned out marvelous. After a wonderful breakfast, Mary, our hostess, found us a reservation for a B & B at our intended destination. Today involved a lot of driving through beautiful rolling hills of agricultural land. Corn stalks were being harvested and there were many fields of sunflowers that have dried on their stalk. We stopped for lunch in an adorable little village, Verteillac, where we ate with the locals. The food was amazing, and quite inexpensive. Bergerac, our next stop, has a riverside setting, and is known for its half timber houses and narrow, cobblestone alleyways. This town was the home of Cireno de Bergerac, and he is prominently honored in the town square. It felt good to stretch and walk ... read more

Good thing we set our alarm last night. After almost nine hours of sleep, it rudely woke us in time for a wonderful breakfast. We set out for our first destination, Ste mere Eglise. This town was the first town liberated by the US forces on D day. The 82nd Aiborne parachuted and glided in. Located in town is a wonderful museum packed full of D Day artifacts and videos that will bring a tear to your eye. It does a great job of paying tribute to the brave soldiers and airmen that participated in this assault. From there, our next stop was Utah Beach. This location has special meaning, as Ray's uncle Arthur, a Navy Seabee, was injured on that beach during the invasion. While taking a photo at one of the memorials, a French ... read more

Well here's another blog which must mean another trip. This time, The Cat Herder and his Wife, along with long time friends and travel companions, John and Diane, will be driving through Europe. Our travels will bring us into the Normandy region of France where we will visit the many World War II battle sites, thru Southern France with it's many chateaus, castles and vineyards, then into Switzerland. Our last visit there left us wanting more so this time we will be traveling through the Swiss Alps visiting the lake Geneva area, Zermatt and the Jungfrau region. There we will be taking a train which tunnels straight into the rock of the Eiger, then upward to the Jungfraujoch terminus at 11,333 ft., where the views are said to be jaw-dropping. Since it is the 100th anniversary ... read more

Today was a very relaxing day as we are spending it here at the Homer Spit, and not traveling again until Friday. After a very leisurely morning, we took a walk with John and Dianne down to the dock area, where all the shops are located. We met up with Dorrie and the girls started browsing through the various stores. This whole area is only open from early May through the middle of September, at which time everything is closed down and the power and water shut off. The only place that remains open is the Land's End Inn and condos at the end of the spit. There is a cruise ship that sails out of Juneau that stops here once a week, and it's a real boom to the venders when it arrives. At 12:30, ... read more

Sadly we left Denali National Park today in a light rain and low cloud cover. We knew immediately we would not be seeing "Denali", but were not too disappointed as we had seen and had many shots of it on our last trip here in 2015. The drive towards Anchorage had slowly improving weather with full sun by the time we had hit Willow. After a stop for propane, we have gone through more than usual on this trip due to the low temperatures, we continued through Anchorage and hit the Seward Highway. This road is know for it's scenic, historical and recreational resources, and has been given a triple designation: Natioanl Forest Scenic Byway, All-American Road and Alaska Scenic Byway. It follows the Northshore of Turnagain Arm through Chugach State Park and Chugach National Forest, ... read more