September 17, 2023 The hurricane veered to the east of Kennebunkport so we awoke to a sunny day!! This is the first day of the trip that I got to wear short sleeves!! A long wall along the coast provided views of a calm ocean after the storm. We drove out to what the local …
New England – Kennebunkport, Maine
September 16, 2023 Saturday morning I awoke to the sound of rain, which did not bode well for the day!! I really wanted to explore so I donned my rain jacket and headed out to explore the area around our hotel. We are staying at The Boathouse Waterfront Hotel that is in Dock Square (town …
New England – Portland, Maine
September 15, 2023 After the sunrise we headed to Portland, Maine. We needed to get out of Bar Harbor since Hurricane Lee was predicted to hit there. Portland is a peninsula extending into Casco Bay. We spent most of our time in the Old Port waterfront with its working fishing wharves and converted warehouses with …
New England – Sunrise at Cadillac Summit
September 15, 2023 At 4:00am and we were gearing up to go to Cadillac Summit in Acadia National Park for the sunrise. The park issues limited number of passes for sunrise so I had camped the website for the day of release and at 12:01 am thirty days before our trip I secured a 5:00am …
New England – Bar Harbor Day 2
September 14, 2023 The day began with a torrential downpour that lasted until late morning. The rain did not stop a senior couple that was in the hot tub with their umbrella. They were having fun making out, putting on a show while we were having breakfast. Wonder if it was a tender date???? …
New England – Bar Harbor, Maine
September 13, 2023 The New England adventure has begun. The goal of this trip is to complete the goal I set in a 3rd grade book report to visit all 50 states and all seven continents. My 3rd grade teacher told me that girls couldn’t be adventurers so of course I set out to prove …
Tahiti – Aqua Safari
August 15, 2023 As promised in my last post here are are the pictures from the Aqua Safari!! Absolutely a “Best Day Ever”!!
Tahiti – Huahine
August 9, 2023 As we sailed into the bay at Huahine the sun was rising and at the bow of the boat several whales were breaching to welcome us. The captain popped out of the bridge to see the whales and cried out to them “please don’t go under the boat”!! A magical start to …
Tahiti – Bora Bora Day 2
August 9, 2023 Woke up to cloudy skies that resulted in not a spectacular sunrise…drat! But the day got better quickly as I set off to snorkel with the black tip sharks and stingrays! As the boat approached the snorkel spots a school of black tip sharks swam by and I knew it was gonna …
Tahiti Bora Bora
August 7, 2023 Another day in paradise! In the early morning we arrived in the bay of Bora Bora where we will be anchored for the next two days. Bora Bora has one small town where you can walk ten minutes in each direction and see it all. As our guide said if you don’t …