Well, we've just finalized our last vacation of 2008...or should I say our first vacation of 2009? We had planned to fly to San Juan and do a Southern Caribbean cruise for New Year's since we loved our last one, but air fare was TOTALLY prohibitive.

So, we rerouted, and we're doing a 7 day Mexican Riviera cruise on the Carnival Pride flanked on the front end by three days at Disneyland. It's not quite as exotic, but we had some Southwest credits to apply and we will be going during WHALE SEASON!!! At least one whale watching trip is in my future.

Michelle

Ooh Whales - I'm very envious of you both! We have been to West Scotland a few times over the years to try to spot the basking sharks, but no joy yet. Best of luck!

Well, I have a (rare lol) weekend at home, but we are expecting Gill and Tony to stay for a few days. I think Haworth (home of the Bronte family), which is just up the road will be on the agenda.

Chris

On a California trip in 2005, we took a boat from Oxnard to Channel Islands National Park. During the boat ride, a pod of dolphins found us and rode the bow wave for a mile or two -- that was really a thrill. It was tough to get a clear picture of the dolphins, as everything was moving so quickly. However, here is one shot we got.

We went to Anacapa Island in Channel Islands National Park and it was just beautiful. Here is one of hundreds of pictures we took: Anacapa Island.

I've done a whale cruise off the coast of Massachussetts but generally, boats and me on the open sea don't mix well.

--Bob

Today is Bastille Day so I thought I would resurrect the French/English write-off from last year...I know I'm a bit nutty when it comes to all things French..link is my latest review and on my profile page...

Merci, hope you all will join the fun..


Barbara

BTW, I've been trying to post this as a new thread and its not taking so I'm experimenting here...:)

Well....it's getting close...I head to Hollywood, CA on Sunday. I will have limited internet access while I'm there (in other words, I may be too busy to r/r/c).

John

Whee getting ready for our flying trip to Dusseldorf in Germany next weekend. I'm excited for a few reasons:

I'm meeting up with Gillandtony and Reginafug (Regina is staying with Gill at the moment).

My dad was posted to Dusseldorf while he was in the army in 1947-49, so he has assigned me to check out a few places that he used to frequent and see if they are still there. It will be a bit of a family history tour :o)

Also got a November trip to Athens (Greece not Georgia) lined up!

Chris

We just did a mini weekend getaway to Colorado Springs, but we really packed in a lot of stuff in 2 days, so I'll have plenty of material to keep me busy. In fact, I still have reviews I need to do on Costa Rica.

We decided not to do Mexico this fall or winter. With the shakiness of the economy we're sticking closer to home. But I'm starting to plan for our Wyoming road trip next summer. Looking forward to that!

Peggy