Category: Travel
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Taking Junebug Home to Hawaii
August 17th my daughter and I flew to Honolulu with my mom’s ashes. Mom passed away 17 years ago and has been living in a ginger jar on top of the china hutch in my home. She had wanted to go in the casket of the first of her five children to pass, but only…
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Prologue #2 to Kauai – traveling to hawaii
Three weeks to go! We are happy to have confirmation that Kauai has officially joined the rest of the State in the Safe Travel Program – meaning as of April 5, automatic quarantine is no longer mandated. BUSINESS FIRST! Up to date information on requirements for travel to Hawaii can be found at Hawaii Covid…
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Prologue #1 to Kauai Trip
After a more than challenging year, my traveling buddy and I are booked to go to Kauai April 29- May 4 – yes, just 5 nights – a literal long weekend. The whole premise of this little trip is to get the heck out of Dodge – away from everything about this last year –…
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Detroit City – Motown Love!
I was in Detroit a few weeks ago for a business conference. Three days of meetings focused on government meeting professionals and suppliers who provide hotel accommodations, meeting space, audio visual, you name it. It was an educational conference – and the ed sessions are always wonderful! I have never been to Detroit before, and…
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Imperial Beach
Last week the buddy and I were working in SoCal (San Diego and then Santa Ana) for about 5 days. We did at least find a little time to do something relaxing! Sunday a week ago we took time to go from Chula Vista where we were staying to Imperial Beach – a short fifteen…
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Richmond
Business took us to Richmond, CA at the beginning of February – three days, two nights. Commuting from Sacramento to Richmond daily just didn’t seem like a fun thing to do considering it would be anywhere from an hour and a half to two hours each way. We’ve done these work overnighters before, staying in…
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National City
We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express National City at the recommendation of the company for which we were doing work because of the location – just a mile from where we were working. The 5 minute commute was great! I want to give kudos to Mario and the rest of the front office staff…
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A Week In SoCal
Leaving in the morning for a week in Southern California – four nights in Diamond Bar while doing a job in La Puente, then on to San Diego for two more nights and another job. And while work takes us on the road, it’s an opportunity to travel. I love traveling. And it’s a warm…