I had always heard about “the dip.” Private plane pilots have bragged about it as kind of a macho daredevil thing and used it to scare rookie passengers like me. So as I was flying into the so-called “Airport In The Sky” on Catalina Island in Southern California, I...
No matter where we go we always find something that each of us loves. Rick tends to be the more adventurous of the two, jumping out of planes, zip lining or even participating in Zestfest’s “Loli-Lick-a-thon, the hottest lick on a stick. Sandi on the other...
I’ve always wanted to go to the summit of Mt. Mckinley. Thanks to an invitation by Princess Cruises to participate in a Twitter Press trip to Alaska, I got to check another item off my Bucket List! Shortly after we settled into the Denali Princess Lodge, we took...
It’s no secret that Chicago is one of my favorite cities in the United States. The city is so layered with history, architecture, sports, shopping, art, museums, parks, and food that I never get tired of visiting. So when IHG Rewards Club offered to sponsor me on a...
Seeing 1.5 million bats take flight is an amazing sight. While in Austin, Texas we visited the famous Congress Bridge – home of the largest urban bat colony in the world! SaveSave...
We met some interesting people in Times Square in New York City and we got some pretty interesting answers to the question, “What’s on your Bucket List?” Here’s our Bucket List. Leave a comment and let us know what’s on yours....
One of our favorite things to do on a road trip is to visit off-beat, quirky museums. The Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum in the beautiful Hocking Hills of Ohio is said to be the largest collection of pencil sharpeners in the world! Sporting over 3400 pencil...
They’re cute, they’re cuddly and they’ll quack you up. The Famous Marching Peabody Ducks spend the day frolicking in the Orlando’s Peabody Hotel’s fountain. At 5:00 p.m. the Duckmaster escorts the ducks via red carpet, their own private elevator and...
One of our favorite stops on our California road trip was Huntington Beach otherwise known as Surf City USA®! There are some mighty interesting things in Huntington Beach, Did you know it’s home to the Surfing Walk of Fame, Hall of Fame and the International...
Just a short drive from Baton Rouge, Louisiana you’ll find The Crown Jewel of Louisiana’s River Road, the Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, a 16 room grand antebellum estate filled with period antiques, Louisiana artwork and spectacular gardens....
We got to check something else off our Bucket List as we trained at the official PGA Training Center in Port St. Lucie, Florida. It was so cool learning from the people who train the pros on the PGA tour. The technology they use is nothing short of...
Princess Cruise hosted Rick and his wife, Denise, on an unforgettable land and sea Cruisetour of Alaska! Experiencing a helicopter landing on Denali National Park’s Ruth Glacier allowed Rick to knock TWO things off his Bucket List. They described it as one of...
