Travel Planning ⁽³⁾

While enjoying an evening of live music and food outdoors at the Divers Diner on the island of Bonaire with friends, I happened to spot a bottle on the shelf behind the bar that certainly looked strange. It was filled with wood chips -- it…

Previously, after our December 2016 Auto Train trip in Business Class, I described riding the Auto Train as Dante’s 10th Circle of Hell. On December 27 this year, we decided to give it another try with a few very important tweaks. I have to admit…

We spend considerable time planning. As Admiral Painter (aka Fred Thompson) told Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October in his slow Tennessee drawl, "The average Russkie doesn't take a dump, son, without a plan." I believe the "plan" is what makes for a…