by Ann | May 17, 2020 | Feature Real Life, Feature Tips & Tricks, Real Life, Tips & Tricks, Travel
For the first time in almost three months, we’re going to drive six hours to our home in Oklahoma and we’re not planning to stop at a public restroom. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been self isolating in Nebraska. Ann has an...
by Steve | Feb 9, 2020 | Cruising, Feature Cruising, Tips & Tricks, Travel
Sometimes people amaze me. On cruises, most folks understand good cruise ship etiquette. Sadly, it seems that each cruise also has “that guy” (or gal) who sucks away the fun just by being there. You know who I’m talking about, right? There’s...
by Steve and Ann | Nov 22, 2019 | Cruising, Feature Cruising, Feature Holidays, Feature Real Life, Holidays, Real Life, Tips & Tricks
As regular readers of our blog know, we are avid cruisers, and simply love every minute we spend at sea. Cruising is a unique type of vacation, and there are some things we’ve found that really help smooth out the seas while we’re on board. We’ve put...
by Ann | Aug 23, 2019 | Feature Pawhuska, Pawhuska, Places to stay, The Pioneer Woman, Tips & Tricks, USA, Where we've been
The first time we visited Pawhuska, Oklahoma, we went directly to The Pioneer Woman Mercantile to taste Ree Drummond’s frontier cooking for ourselves. We spent a day and a half in Pawhuska sipping coffee and eating cinnamon rolls upstairs in the bakery, shopping for...
by Steve | Aug 14, 2019 | Cruising, Feature Cruising, Tips & Tricks
Elevators on cruise ships are constantly in use. Every single hour, elevators carry folks up to the buffet, and down to the theater. They are filled with kids heading up to the pool and adults going down to the bars, shops and casino. And we’re here to attest,...
by Steve | Jul 19, 2019 | Feature Tips & Tricks, Tips & Tricks
If you’re planning to be away from home more than a few days, and you don’t want to bring every item in your wardrobe, you have to plan for laundry while traveling. We used to leave home knowing that somewhere down the line we’d find a laundromat and...