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Istanbul

09.04.2016 , Istanbul, Turkey , 2 Comments

The year was 2011 and we had just had an incredible week in Greece. Next on our itinerary was a week in Istanbul, Turkey. We really weren't sure what to expect as we had never spent much time in a Moslem country other than a...

Cabo!

03.04.2016 , Cabo san Lucas, Mexico , 2 Comments

Cabo, short for Cabo San Lucas, is located on the southern-most tip of the Baja peninsula. Most people get here by plane or cruise ship; however, this trip we met people who drove all the way from Canada. Regardless of how you get here, one...

Whale Watching in Cabo

20.03.2016 , Cabo san Lucas, Mexico , 0 Comments

One of the reasons we love Cabo is the opportunity to see whales in the winter months. In past Cabo visits we've tried different whale watching excursions including a replica pirate ship (The Buccaneer Queen) and a catamaran. We've always seen whales on these excursions,...

Doctor! Doctor!

24.02.2016 , General , 2 Comments

Most of our posts are about fun things to do or ways to save money, but sometimes it's time to discuss more serious things like medical issues while on the road. Given the number of days we're on the road it's to be expected that sooner or...

Palm Desert and the Coachella Valley

24.02.2016 , California, Palm Desert, Palm Springs , 1 Comment

This is our eighteenth year visiting Palm Desert/Coachella Valley area of California. We come here to enjoy the incredible scenery, hike in the desert and mountains and to watch polo. This year, as in most years, Monte and Aleta visited with us, thus doubling the...

Polo Sunday!

24.02.2016 , California, Indio, Palm Desert, Palm Springs , 2 Comments

We are in Indio, a town in California's Coachella Valley. It's February and it's Sunday. That means it's going to be a Polo Day! [caption id="attachment_2866" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Sunday Polo![/caption] We start our day by heading to the Eldorado Polo Club. Once there we head to Roc's...

Road Trip!

24.02.2016 , General , 2 Comments

Note: This was written about two weeks ago on our way to California. Unfortunately, today we are in Central Illinois dealing with 6 inches of snow! It's zero-dark thirty and we're in our car heading west to California on our first road trip of 2016. It's...