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My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Back in St. Thomas I spent a lot of time talking on the phone and pacing the streets.  There is a gondola that goes to the top of the

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. The next cruise we went to the ABC islands — Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.  Somehow I was only off in Bonaire, and after 6 hours of Detourist training, I

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. This was the view from the front Deck in St. Thomas.  I must have been IPM that day because that is the only picture I have.  IPM stands for

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. As the itinerary that included the Panama Canal approached, the cruise staff started to get whiney.  Ugh!  Panama Canal!  It’s the worst! This was very surprising to me.  When

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. I figured out how to get off the ship!  The first couple of ports I got off and walked around the towns (I hadn’t figured out how to do

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. I meant to keep up this blog while I was on the ship, but the internet and time didn’t allow it.  But I said I’d let you know how

Over a year ago I was released from my grown up job too exhausted and burned out to know what I wanted to do next.  I vaguely remembered that traveling and acting were the things that made me feel most

Our long time family friends Tonie and Kurt asked me to dog/housesit for them while they went to visit their son, Nick, in India for three weeks.  It was perfect timing!  I was planning on making my way back to

On Tuesday morning I said goodbye to the Hillside House And we drove to Burlington, where we found Lake Champlain. There’s a lighthouse! It was beautiful, breezy and cold.  I had found a podcast about visiting Vermont and it had

After visiting Riverside, Annie guided us along the scenic route to see more family relics.  We drove under a covered bridge (a bucket list item for visiting Vermont), over hills and through fall colors, passing mansions and beautiful views. We