Rolling On the Road Again, or Not.

As much as we'd love to be rolling in the Odessey, alas, it wasn't to be.  Sadly, we had to settle for this mode of travel.

We flew to Vancouver, BC and boarded the Discovery Princess for a 7-day cruise to Alaska, followed by another 3 days travel via train and bus through so of the most amazing scenery we've ever been privileged to enjoy.

On board the ship we stopped at some really enjoyable towns and cities, we got quite a kick out of Ketchikan.

 Its history was interesting, how many of the buildings had a past history of houses of ill repute, now repurposed into shops selling all kinds of souvenirs to tourists like us, some even actually made in Alaska sitting on shelves next to items made in China.  T-shirts, sweatshirts lined many racks, all emblazoned with Alaska pictures and lettering.

The salmon were running and so were the seals munching on mouthful after mouthful.

Well, there really was a hungry seal in this picture, unfortunately the camera didn't catch it.  The stream bottom was littered with dead fish that had spawned and then died giving lots of food for gulls to chow down on.

Glacier Bay was beyond words to describe its beauty.  The bay's air was freezing and humbling with its size compared to cruise ships slowly sailing through it, with majestic mountains surrounding the sea.

 
We had a balcony on the ship, and we spent hours out on it, bundled up against the cold, but unwilling to go inside, not wanting to miss a single view.

We did get rolling on some actual wheels while there, pulled by Alaskan Huskies. Quite an experience.

 

This trip got us thinking, maybe we should do this with our Odessey next time and see sights that aren't available by cruise ship.  Not only that, but being able to stay in areas longer to see what we want to see when we want.  Time will tell, in the meantime we have another Alaska Cruise book for August 2027.

We are certainly hooked on Alaska.  So much to see any way we can get there!

New Direction, New Update

 I've been silent these last few years since we had to stop our fulltime travels.  In 2016 we had to build a home in South Carolina due to family issues, first I had to care for my elderly father for two years until he passed and since then we've been caring for Marti's elderly 84-year-old spinster sister who suffers from dementia.  It stopped us cold from any RV travel in the Journey., 

I maintained the Journey even though we couldn't use it, monthly drives to keep all systems operable, but it was getting long in the tooth and seemed sad to continue to hold on to it as maintenance items were becoming more frequent.  Maintaining a diesel engined RV is very expensive.

So, we researched smaller, gas engined Class C RV's and decided to turn in the Journey for a 2026 Entegra Odessey.  We purchased the 30Z model which is equipped with a twin seat reclining love seat facing a large TV mid living room.  I had installed an in motion Direct TV system so we could take SIL with us for short trips so she could watch her favorite programs, and we could get out and travel instead of being locked home.

So far, the jury is still out on if the trips will work out with SIL, time will tell.  The other option is to pay big bucks to have a care giver stay with her so we can head out on the road.  Tough decisions and other good options are limited.  

On the other hand, I'm very pleased with the Entegra, so far it has been the most trouble-free new RV I've owned (of four).  Jayco, the manufacturer, has pretty good quality reputation and back it with a 2-year warranty.  It's been fun to tinker with and both Marti and I have been adding some items to personalize it to our tastes.

I'm looking forward to some good trips once we can get all the stars to line up for us, in the meantime, just having it is good for mental health as I'm researching destinations we can hopefully travel to one day.  Short trips are on the horizon.  Fingers crossed.

I'll update posts whenever we're able to travel so stay tuned.

How to take down my Blogger Account?

 Sadly I've been getting notices that posts recently made to my site have been taken down for violation of Blogger guidelines.  I have not posted anything on my site for over a years or so, so these bad posts are not coming from me.  

Apparently someone has hacked into my Blogger account and is putting out bad junk in my site.  Does anyone have information on how to contact Blogger directly on how to see what steps can be taken to either take down my site or stop whomever is putting up these bad posts?

Thanks!