Tag: vacation
Maui – part one.
I surmise it is time to start catching New Forty readers up on summer outings that have gone unreported. I have been thinking that there is so much to tell that it is almost too much. I want to say little, but tell all that is worth telling. As such, I think I will have [...]
Faux gypsy
When I was younger - much younger - I imagined that living a life where I traveled all the time would be the cat's meow. Hopping on planes and traveling to faraway places seemed so cosmopolitan to me back then. I could not imagine who wouldn't want that life. Now that I am older - [...]
We chose the bags…
We safely navigated our way back to North Dakota today via a 6:15 AM flight that started out of Philly. I can attest that an evening that ends at 11:30 and a next morning that starts at 2:30 makes for a fairly incoherent me. But there is little that strong coffee cannot cure in the [...]
More than a two day tour….
I have concluded from our brief Washington, DC trip that a byproduct of a two-day DC adventure is a recognition that you need to come back when you have more time. This is not a place that can be seen fully in a few days or really a week, this is a place that requires [...]
Jersey fierce…
The women in Mike's family - his mother Barbara and his sister Michele - are strong women with their own minds and opinions. They are not to be trifled with. I must say, I feel like I belong in this family. There is no pussyfooting around, no tongues held, and no sidestepping - Barbara and Michele are [...]
Hello Jersey Shore!
Well, here I am in New Jersey. Mike, his kids, Cheyenne, and I are out visiting his family and also doing a short visit to DC. I met Mike's family a little over a year and half ago when we visited them in Florida and absolutely love them! They are my kind of people to [...]