The links below will connect you to the pictures and descriptions of the trips we have taken over the last several years of our retirement. We are trying to see and do as much as possible while we are still able to be reasonably active. It surely has been interesting, educational, fun, and we have met lots of wonderful people in the process. We hope to be able to continue in this fashion for as long as our mobility holds out.
Each trip entry contains LOTS of information and pictures as our purpose is not only to entertain you but to provide us with a record of our trip so that we may relive it at our leisure. For this reason, these are large files.
(See below for general comments about our web page and how it is put together.)
| Dates | Place |
| 2024 - January - March | In process: Grand Australia & New Zealand Cruise (HAL) |
| 2023 - June - July | Arctic Expedition: Untamed Norway & Svalbard (OAT) |
| 2023 - May | Northern Italy: The Alps, Dolomites, & Lombardy (OAT) |
| 2023 - February - March | Tunisia: From the Mediterranean to the Sahara (OAT) |
| 2023 - January - February | In process: Israel: The Holy Land and Timeless Cultures (OAT) |
| 2022 - October - November | Japan's Cultural Treasures (OAT) |
| 2022 - October | South Korea & Japan: Temples, Shrines & Treasures (OAT) |
| 2022 - August - September | New Foundland and New England Discovery (HAL) |
| 2022 - May - June | France (Insight, OAT) |
| 2022 - February - March | Egypt and the Eternal Nile (OAT) |
| 2021 - October | Undiscovered Adriatic (OAT) |
| 2020 - January | HAL South America - Antarctica (HAL) |
| 2019 - November | Iceland in Winter (OAT) |
| 2019 - July - September | HAL Voyage of the Vikings (HAL) |
| 2019 - January - February | Atacama Desert and HAL South America-Antarctica (HAL) |
| 2018 - 2019 - December - January | Rose Parade Rally (Fantasy RV) |
| 2018 - September - October | The Stans of Central Asia (OAT) |
| 2018 - June | Crossroads of the Adriatic (OAT) |
| 2018 - May - June | Northern Greece, Albania, & Macedonia (Crete & Serbia) (OAT) |
| 2017 - October | Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (Fantasy RV) |
| 2017 - August - September | Namibia and the Skeleton Coast (OAT) |
| 2017 - August | Best of Kenya and Tanzania (OAT) |
| 2017 - June | Cruise to Alaska (HAL) |
| 2016 - October | Northern Spain and Portugal (OAT) |
| 2016 - September - October | Italy: Tuscany and Umbria (OAT) |
| 2016 - June | England, Scotland, and Wales (GCT) |
| 2016 - May - June | Maritime Jewels of the British Isles and Ireland (GCT) |
| 2015 - September - October | Norwegian Coastal Voyage & Lapland (GCT) |
| 2015 - September | Baltic Capitals, St. Petersburg, & Moscow (OAT) |
| 2015 - July | Italy: Tuscany, the Alps, and Riviera (GCT) |
| 2015 - June-July | Italy: Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast (GCT) |
| 2014 - 2015 - December - January | Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Chilean Fjords, Easter Island (OAT) |
| 2014 - September - October | Imperial China, Tibet, Yangtze River, Cambodia (OAT) |
| 2014 - July | Romance of the Rhine and Mosel (GCT) |
| 2014 - June | Country Roads of Switzerland (Insight) |
| 2014 - April - May | Kentucky Derby (RV) |
| 2014 - February - March | Southern Caribbean Cruise (HAL) |
| 2013 - August - September | Voyages to Antiquity: Black Sea, Istanbul to Istanbul (RS) |
| 2013 - August | Istanbul to Athens (Windstar) |
| 2013 - June - July | Mystical Yunnan and Mongolia and the Gobi Desert (OAT) |
| 2013 - May | Celtic Wales (RS) |
| 2013 - May | Best of Ireland and Scotland (Insight) |
| 2012-2013 - December - January | Antarctica's White Wilderness (OAT) |
| 2012 - October - November | Bhutan and Nepal (OAT) |
| 2012 - June | Isle Royale National Park (RS) |
| 2012 - May - June | Eastern Europe (GCT and Uniworld) |
| 2011 - September - October | Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta and Central New Mexico (RV) |
| 2011 - August - September | Spain and Portugal (GCT) |
| 2011 - August | Mediterranean Cruises (HAL) |
| 2011 - May | Ultimate Africa (OAT) |
| 2011 - February | Morocco (OAT) |
| 2011 - January - February | Egypt (Uniworld) |
| 2010 - October | Polar Bear Express (RV) |
| 2010 - July - August | Top of the World Cruise (HAL) |
| 2010 - February | Costa Rica (OAT) |
| 2009 - 2010 - December - January | Rose Parade (RV) |
2009 - October |
Anasazi Culture and the Four Corners Region (RS) |
| 2009 - August - October | Turkey and Greece (OAT, RS, Insight) |
| 2009 - June | Waterways of the Czars (Viking) |
Tour company abbreviations: GCT=Grand Circle Travel; OAT=Overseas Adventure Travel; RS=Road Scholar (Elderhostel); HAL=Holland America Cruise; RV=Fantasy RV
The pictures convey only a part of the experience. The sounds, smells, and sensations that are evoked by being in the midst of everything just can't be captured by the camera. Also, when traveling with a tour you have little choice about the picture taking conditions. The sun is seldom just where you would want it. You can't wait for animals and people to get into just the right position. Some pictures have to be taken from a moving vehicle, etc. Therefore, most pictures are of the "I was there" sort, not of Ansel Adams quality!
We regularly visit museums and churches and temples. In most of these either photography is not allowed inside the building or a flash cannot be used, leaving quite a gap in the recording of the experience. Words and some dark, grainy photos will just have to do in these cases.
Gale writes the journal so the first person "I" usually refers to her unless Marge has added something while doing the web page - which should be obvious.
If you want more information about things we talk about in the journal, places, buildings, etc., just put a name into Google and you will usually find more information than you want. In some cases links to web material that might prove interesting, or contain better pictures, etc. have been provided. Remember to use the BACK arrow to return to our website after viewing any of these.
If a page loads slowly - especially the pictures - use the RELOAD PAGE command found in your browser's menus.
The trip pictures and descriptions are organized so that by using the itinerary links provided with each trip you may look at the whole trip or any of the parts separately.
The links below will take you to the stories and pictures of each trip.
Please enjoy - we surely did!