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After jumping through all the pre-travel hoops and traveling for seven hours, Bub and I landed at The Kona International Airport about 2:30 on a beautiful, sunny afternoon. Post-flight, there was one more screening queue where we had to show our negative test, picture ID and our vaccination cards. Because we had all three, we could be set free to…

It’s so wonderful to have good wineries close by. International Food Wine and Travel Writers has a great magazine for member’s posts. I was happy to have my article on Keeling Schaefer Winery included. Take a look at my article along with 11 others: I’ve written about this Wilcox and the Keeling Schafer Winery before. We love taking a day…

As you know, I love road trips! I got an opportunity to write an article for Food Wine and Travel Magazine recently about Las Vegas New Mexico and the two fabulously renovated properties we visited there. Allen Affeldt has done an amazing job with the Plaza Hotel and a Harvey hotel, La Castañeda. The article begins…”Road trips beckon—not just as…

“Thank you Travel Post Monthly for publishing my article  Luxury London Hotel: The Savoy”” For my husband Bub’s 70th Birthday, we took a trip of a lifetime. Beginning with a Transatlantic trip on the Queen Mary 2 from New York to London and continuing by train through France. We stopped in Hamburg, Germany, and ferried to Sweden and then a flight home…

It’s been a very hot summer with almost no rain. So, tennis took place pretty early most days to be off the courts before it reached 100 degrees. During the month of September, the Oro Valley Community Center was still closed for indoor activities. The tennis and pickleball courts, being outside, have been available on a first come, first served…

Wanting to be safe, but missing music and going out, I was excited when I saw The Coolers were going to perform at the Gaslight Music Hall’s parking lot! Creative thinking abounds amongst those willing to forgo the “old” ways and forge new ways. Outside entertainment, from old style drive-in movies to music performances, is increasingly available in venues planned…

ALERT: Beginning October 15, the pre-travel testing program is available for travelers to Hawaii as an alternative to the 14-day quarantine. Click HERE to learn more. We have reservations for January for three weeks on the Island of Hawaii. Right now, there is still a 21 day quarantine in place to visit that was set to expire September 30, but looks like it…

Road trips are my favorite way to travel. In the time of COVID-19, they are probably the safest too. After staying home for weeks (really months now), we decided a change of scenery and some wine could change up the repeating Groundhog Days we were waking up to each day. A road trip to Willcox provided the perfect solution. The…

August was hot and dry. The COVID-19 situation in Arizona is getting better but health clubs are still shut down. Luckily the tennis courts are safe and open and the Oro Valley Community Center is not charging their monthly fee. One of the biggest downsides has been the lack of indoor plumbing while we are there. Surprisingly, after I had…

July was a hot, dry month, but we managed to get out almost every single day. I feel so blessed that this exercise is safe, available, and close by. The Community Center is currently closed with gyms being closed as our numbers of infections here in Arizona are up. This means we aren’t having to pay monthly dues and the…