Galveston cruise on RCL

We flew to Houston for a 7 day cruise out of Galveston, TX. Before the cruise we visited the Houston Nasa Space Center. This was a square dance cruise with 700 dancers and 18 callers. Our ports were Roatan, Honduras, Costa Maya, Mexico, and Cozumel, Mexico. The cruise was from February 8-15,2026.

Houston Nasa - wow these things are big!

Snorkeling with Dolphins in Cozumel

Fun day snorkeling in Roatan, Honduras

Two days in San Antonio on the River Walk

The famous ALAMO!

Our last day we went to Natural Bridges

Oceania Antarctica Cruise

On December 21, 2025, we set sail on the Oceania Marina from Santiago, Chili. It was a 20-day cruise that included the following: Puerto Montt, Castro, (Chiloe Island), Puerto Chacabuco, Laguna San Rafael, Cruising the Chilean Fjords, Punta Arenas, Ushuaia, Drake Passage, 3 days cruising Antarctica, Falkland Islands, Puerto Madryn, and ending in Buenos Aires. We traveled with our friends Sue and Richard Norris.

Enjoying a glass of wine in our cabin.

Magellanic penguins on Magdalena Island

Petrohue Waterfalls

Wandering Albatross

Floating iceberg

Here we are unzipped coats in Antarctica

Beautiful day in Half Moon Bay

Penguins on floating ice

Spectacular day in Antarctica

Gentoo penguins Falkland Islands

Street art Buenos Aires

Nashville & Memphis with Michelle

My daughter, Michelle, and I took a trip to Nashville and Memphis in March 2025. We stayed at a Holiday Inn that had a free shuttle to downtown. We enjoyed several days there. We visited the Country Music Hall of Fame, did a walking tour of Nashville, visited the state capital and Tennessee state museum.

We attended a Susan G Komer cancer fundraiser at the Ryman Auditorium that featured Trisha Yearwood, Keith Urban, Terri Clark, and others. We went to the Grand Ole Opry and enjoyed it immensely. Featured artist was Vince Gill. We drove to Memphis and spent two days. Toured Graceland, went to BB Kings, and the Civil Rights Museum.

Athena at the Acropolis in Nashville

Elvis Experience

Elvis costumes

Elvis Costumes

Parthenon in Nashville

Trisha Yearwood at the Ryman

Vince Gill at the Grand Ole Opry

Nashville (looks like Batman!)

Hawaii Cruise from San Diego

We flew to San Diego and spent a couple of days. We went to the San Diego Zoo. Bob was out of breath, so we rented a scooter. We saw the pandas which was fun.

We left on the Koningsdam - a Holland America ship out of San Diego four our 18 day cruise. We celebrated our 40th anniversary while on the cruise. We had 5 days at sea on the way there, plus 5 days returning. We visited each of the islands. We traveled with our friends, Sue and Richard.

Waterfall in Hilo

Connie & Sue

Orange night - a Holland America tradition

Whale watch in Maui

Allerton Gardens on Kauai

Allerton Gardens - tree used in Jurassic Park movie

Byodo-In Temple on Oahu

Rocky Mountaineer train trip

On Thursday, October 3, 2024, we drove to Vancouver, B.C. We stayed one night in a hotel. This trip was organized by a Washington state square dance caller. It included dancing in Vancouver, the train trip, and 3 nights in a hotel in Banff. Plus, there was dancing in Banff.

The Rocky Mountaineer is a magnificent train trip. Our trip left from Vancouver on Friday, October 4th. We boarded the train about 7:30am. Once underway we were served coffee and a warm croissant. Then, we could choose from 3 breakfast options. Lunch also had 3 options. The drinks trolley went by several times during the day. This included alcoholic drinks, coffee, juices, etc.

We arrived in Kamloops about 6pm. Before deboarding the train, we were given our room keys for the hotel. Once we were bused to the hotel, we could get in our rooms were our luggage awaited us. No check-in required. The luggage is trucked to Kamloops. The next morning, we were bused back to the train and had another wonderful day of sightseeing and food from the train and of course the wonderful meals. Also, during the trip our 3 train hosts told us information and stories about the areas.

We spent 3 nights in Banff and then moved to timeshare in Canmore for 2 nights with fellow square dancers from the Tri-Cities. We rented a car for two days and then drove to Calgary and flew back to Vancouver.

View from the train

Gondola Views

Lake Morraine

Lake Louise

Banff early morning

Alaska cruise with daughter and grandkids

We did a 7-day cruise from Seattle on the Discovery Princess. Hudson (16 yrs old) and Quinlee (11 years old) along with daughter, Michelle, joined us on the cruise. Our stops were Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay, Ketchikan, and Victoria.