January 4th, 2025 through May 9th, 2024. Well we started on the adventure of a lifetime yesterday. 128 day cruise around the world on Holland America Cruise line sailing on the Zuiderdam. I will try to blog our trip at our different stops so that our grandchildren (and anyone else that is interested) can follow…
After building my outdoor track in Georgia, I found that as I visited my children and more importantly my grandchildren they also need a track to run trains on. This also gives me something to do when I am visiting my children and my grandchildren. Some of my children can have an outdoor layout…
Today we hosted an open house of our Train Layout for the Atlanta Garden Railroad Club (GGRS). Our club hosted the Southeast Regional Conference and opened up about 14 of the local layouts in Atlanta. We had visitors from all over the US and some of our neighbors and friends dropped by. We had about…
Today we leave our ship and head home. It can be sad or happy. We are excited to be back home and see our grandchildren but we really enjoyed this cruise. We enjoyed it so much that we booked another cruise with Viking in 2026, Into the Northwest Passage (7 stops in the Arctic circle).…
We started our excursion today visiting Kakabeka Falls, the “Niagara of the North,” to admire Ontario’s second-highest waterfall. Next was Thunder Bay’s storied history at Fort William. We explored the Anishinaabe Encampment, home to Indigenous Peoples of the Anishinaabe nation. We learned about the beginnings of their commercial venture with Fort William and experienced the…
Today we anchored off the coast by Silver Islet. The weather is very calm, such a change from some of our previous days here on the Great Lakes. They announed this morning that everything was running today ! SUCESS ! First up for Nana and I is a kayak excursion. We will take a zodiac…
Today is technically a sea day as we won’t be docking or anchoring anywhere. Today we are transitioning through the Soo Locks which connect Lake Huron to Lake Superior. I have never been on either of these lakes so it has been very interesting. Last night was a fantastic sunset, which my friends John and…
We anchored just around the corner from Killarney last night and spent the nice in a peaceful cove. This morning we woke up to a lot of wind and rain. The captain decided to move the ship to a more sheltered area and this consequently changed the schedule all around. The plan for today was…
How can you go wrong with a name like KIillarney. Killarney was relatively isolated for much of its history. The village was accessible only by water until 1962, when Highway 637 was built, connecting Killarney to the Trans-Canada Highway. This road construction marked a significant change in the village’s history, as it opened up Killarney…
Today was our adventure day. We were going Kayaking in the bay and then I was to take a submarine dive this afternoon. We woke up to a windy day which only promised to gert higher winds. Since the afternoon was predicted to have 20 mph winds, my submarine dive got cancelled. Even though the…
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