The Disney Circuit is over! Whew! What a rush! As much as I love Disney, Pooh Bear, Rafiki, and the amazing details that Walt Disney put into the entire experience, I am soooo glad it's over. The highlights were the shows, the music (dancing in the street with my very own true love), the "live" characters, the intense details of every exhibition, the CANADIAN pavilion (I cried), and all the little girls dressed up in their favourite princess outfits! I wo...

I suppose it should come as no surprise that in our advancing knowledge we are learning more about each other than anything this year. I have lived in many sized spaces and had many roommates in my "previous" life, but this "covered wagon" journey is something else! Up close and personal - living on top of those we love the most - those with whom we are most easily annoyed - those with whom we are more likely to be ourselves - the good, the bad, and the ugly! ...

Since I took absolutely no pictures during our 2 day start to finish extravaganza at Sea World, I thought I would just list a few things we have been learning along the way. I would also like to dedicate this to all those in the line of education – you do nothing in vain. Things we have learned so far: There are 25 dry lakes mapped in the Mojave Desert. The Imperial Valley (Yuma) grows 75% of all the lettuce in North America. An estimated 8 million horses ...

The difference between just staying somewhere and really being somewhere is the people!Key Largo is a great place to stay, but getting to know the people makes it very hard to leave.We spent the morning at Woodie's "Tiki Temple" where friends and neighbours gather Sundays for coffee, fabulous snacks, and a good time.In the plethora of things we have seen and done in the past 7 months, it has always been the people who make the difference.Our friends at ...

We have reached the southernmost point of the United States of America in Key West. The Florida Keys are but a string of little coral islands held together by the overseas highway, which long ago began as a railroad.The railroad was the brain child of Henry Flagler, partner with John Rockefeller in Standard Oil.He believed that Key West would become a major port city and that construction of the Panama Canal would provide enough shipping to pay for his railroad.U...