Author: Sandy
Project Panama 2004 – 2018
Project Panama began in 2004 when a member of the Rotary Club of Boquete, Panama contacted me, a member of the Sylva, NC Rotary Club and asked for help with school supplies. In response, members of the Sylva Rotary, Cashiers Valley Rotary, Smoky Mountain HS Interact Club, and St. David’sRead More …
Ah, the Theatre – the Theatre – There’s Nothing Like the London Theatre — London 2019 Chapter III
For years we repeated the mantra of “this year we are going to buy tickets and see a show in London.” Something always got in the way: Schedules didn’t work out, tickets weren’t available, tickets were too expensive, but most of the time it was just a pub and/or lazinessRead More …
Who Would Have “Thunk It?” Western South Dakota
Someone recently asked my advice on travel to the west, especially for both affordability and nature photography opportunities. While the Grand Canyon has its awesome vistas and the Rockies have their grandeur and the deserts of the southwest have their unique aura, I did not hesitate to recommend western SouthRead More …
London 2019 Chapter II
Well, as you hopefully read in chapter I, I was fully incapacitated upon arrival at Heathrow and Elizabeth had to take over. Of course she’s the boss in our house but she sometimes allows me to lead when we are traveling. She located our driver from 24/7 and we somehowRead More …
Stuff Happens – London 2019
Stuff happens in life and it sure happened to me this holiday journey. Our itinerary took us from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale on Delta with a “buy one get one” (compliments of our Delta American Express card), where we stayed overnight with Elizabeth’s sister. Travel Tip – When we arrivedRead More …
Hawaii 2019 Installment 2
It’s the greatest feeling in the world when that wide body Airbus A330 sets down on the runway especially at HNL Hawaii. It was an uneventful six hour flight and the adrenalin was high so we were ready to get on with our vacation/research. It’s plain to see that HNLRead More …
The Travels That I’ve Been Blessed With
Until recently I haven’t given much thought to the number of places that I have been in my lifetime. I just enjoyed making the plans, buying the tickets (Probably why I’M in debt), packing my bag, and going, going, gone. But this morning I sat down and made a list.Read More …
London at Christmas 2016 Installment 1 Getting There
It was purely chance and coincidence that Elizabeth and I ended up in London on Christmas day 2016. Of course much of life, at least my own, is chance and coincidence, “thin threads,” I like to call them. I received an Email from our favorite airline, okay, maybe not mostRead More …
Hawaii 2019 Installment 1
We first visited Hawaii in spring of 2001while on a thirty-three day cruise from Auckland, New Zealand to Los Angeles (more yet to come). Since then we have returned almost every year, sometimes more than once. You could say it is in our top one “Happy Places.” We tend toRead More …
American Express Aspire Card
I mentioned in an earlier blog that we are Hilton Honors members and Loyalists. We stay at Embassy Suites https://www.hilton.com/en/embassy/ whenever and wherever we can. Embassy Suites is the best value hotel stay in my opinion! What other chain provides you with a two room suite, a two hour manager’sRead More …