On about five hours of sleep, John and I headed up the coast to Titusville last night to watch the STS-123 night launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor. We stayed overnight in Sebastian, an hour away, and so we drove up to and arrived on the shoreline about forty minutes before launch. We found...

John and I are in Sámara, which is on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. It´s about 90 degrees (F) in the shade around here, and the sun is fierce. Sámara is on a beach, so we do have some nice water and waves and bikini-wearing scenery to enjoy. Also, the cervezas are not too expensive, though for...

My husband and I visited the John Pennekamp State Park, on Key Largo last weekend for snorkeling and relaxation. The snorkeling was okay, the relaxation....

First, let me start out by saying that Saturday was a very frustrating day for me. We drove all day Friday, so John was pretty tired. I was more...

As Johnny mentioned in the last post, we’ve been exploring SPACE the past two weeks. We went to the Kennedy Space Center twice to see the exhibits and the shuttle and learn a bit about the space program.

There’s a full-scale...

An interesting local dish down here on the Atlantic Coast of Florida is “Gator tail.” Along with frog legs, gator is the kind of dish you really only see in bayous and rural wetlands, like the Intracoastal Waterway, which runs up the East Coast of Florida.

The first time we tried gator...

The weekend of the 3rd, John saw that the RV he'd been eyeing on eBay had not sold and was re-listed. It seemed like a lot of what we needed, with very little we didn't want. It has the on-demand Aqua-hot water heater-- John loves his showers, so unlimited hot water is a plus. It has a desk, which is...

Well, I got home on Friday. The trip home was entertaining. We were delayed about an hour coming out of Marquette, but I didn't notice-- I had my wristwatch on Central time instead of local (Eastern). I didn't figure it out until we were landing.

My flight home was supposed to be Marquette-Detroit-Minneapolis-San...

Marquette is a good place to go in January. It wouldn't seem so, but if you're looking for winter, in the full winterness of the season, this is the place to go. Even this year, where the first foot of snow fell as my plan landed Monday night, it's a good time to go for quintessential Winter.

Most...

I arrived last night in Marquette, Michigan at about 6:00 in the evening. There was snow on the ground when I landed, apparently from just that day, as Marquette has had an unseasonably warm winter this year.

Oddly, my flight out of San Jose was the only one delayed by weather-- the planes needed...

On Monday, I embark on one of my rare business trips. Generally speaking, I need to travel about twice a year for business, though it's possible that will grow as I work for companies further afield from my home office.

In preparation for this trip, I've done a little research on packing and travel....