Although I'm still on the plane, we are about to land at the St. Petersburg airport. We have logged over 5,000 miles so far and much of it very uneventful with some turbulence. Hopefully upon arrival we will be met by our Vantage representative and since there are many people on the flight wearing the "official" name tag, I'm sure that will happen. After arrival at our hotel, the Radisson Royal Hotel which is located downtown in the heart of the historical distr...

Tulip Time in Pella received a shock today when we woke up to snow on the tulips. You wouldn't have guessed that in the last two days we experienced a 50 degree difference in temperature. We were told that as long the temperature stays above 29 degrees the tulips will recover and it was 33* this morning. No parade today, but there are still plenty of things to do, I hope to to get to the craft show today.

After reading numerous J. A. Jance books that center around Bisbee, AZ, it has been a bucket list location to visit. This fall we went to the Big Heap recycle craft show and one of the vendors was the owner of the Shady Dell, a retro RV campground in Bisbee. Further investigation proved that the Shady Dell rents out nine retro travel trailers with the atmosphere of the park taking one back in time to the 1950's. so the quest was on, a weekend in Bisbee staying a...