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Arizona & Utah - 2025
This trip was instigated because of the easy accommodation in Sedona, Arizona by Martha's friend, Laura McCarthy, who, along with her...
gcarroll5217
Mar 1611 min read


Balkans Excursion - 2024
It had been a long time coming. Throughout 2023 Martha and I had been discussing and debating our next overseas trip. Portugal? ...
gcarroll5217
May 15, 202431 min read


Hopscotching - 2023
A natural assumption about retirement is that you're free to do whatever, whenever. Good in theory, but there are always other...
gcarroll5217
Mar 19, 20246 min read


France 2022!
Going overseas, especially anyplace in Europe, sounds exotic. To family, friends and the obligatory social media audience, there's even a...
gcarroll5217
Jul 8, 202228 min read


Park City, Utah - Jan. 2022
We'd arranged a ski trip to Utah - instigated by a wistful comment by Chris - for January. Skiing - and eventually snowboarding - we...
gcarroll5217
Feb 15, 20224 min read


Summer '21-Michigan, Indiana, Nashville, Smokies
Following the New England trip in June, we made the annual pilgrimage to Castle Park in late July. Martha had to attend meetings of the...
gcarroll5217
Oct 3, 20217 min read

New England Road Trip
We left Richmond at about 7 am on Saturday, June 19 for the drive up to Boston. With backups on the George Washington bridge in New York...
gcarroll5217
Jun 27, 202113 min read


New Discoveries - Amid the Lockdown
Covid has driven everyone stir crazy. Outdoor activities have become more popular and small excursions have been a way to safely relieve...
gcarroll5217
Mar 8, 20213 min read


Spain Again - 2019
We loved Spain so much on the trip in 2018 and felt there was so much more to see; especially Barcelona which seems to be on everyone's...
gcarroll5217
Oct 26, 201915 min read

Spain - 2018
(original post) We'd started planning a trip as soon as we knew that our youngest, Nathan, was leaving for Nashville, effectively leaving...
gcarroll5217
Nov 20, 201814 min read


London-Paris - 2015
(Note: An abbreviated recollection taken from casual notes) We took Icelandair to save some money, leaving Dulles and stopping in...
gcarroll5217
Apr 25, 20156 min read


Costa Rica - 2013
Since Jamie is now in San Francisco and the other three are at Camp Highlands, Martha and I decided to spend some of my LLS windfall that...
gcarroll5217
Jul 13, 20133 min read
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