Places to See and Miles to Go

Amy WW has started a series about places she would like to see. It made me think about our plans to do exactly that in the next few years. In fact we already started. We went to Vermont and stopped at Niagara for a day (and night). Wonderful. We went to Alaska on a cruise. Beautiful. We also went to Novia Scotia on a cruise and thought that was a truly extraordinary place and would love to go back. The thing is, when we went to Vermont, Hurricane Katrina hit and we changed our route back and missed Washington, D.C. So there's a place we want want to visit. When we went to Alaska, we were in the middle of one of the worst storms to hit the Gulf of Alaska in a long time, and missed most of the stops until we got to the inland waterway--and two people died. When we went to Novia Scotia, the last picture Bobby took on the way out of the Hudson River and we were looking back, was the World Trade Towers, and the date stamp on that picture is 9/8/01. So we had to scramble on our way back to get any flights at all, as New York harbor was turned into the Morgue after 9/11. We were told not to travel anymore by several of our friends. :) Well, we will, and included in the places we would like to see are Hawaii and the Northwest USA. Being born and raised in San Diego, I never thought much about Hawaii, but after living nearly 30 years in Oklahoma, I think I would love to visit there. Some friends of ours moved there last year and have invited us to stay with them when we go. So, we will likely visit Hawaii. Since Bobby has cousins in northern California and Oregon, we will most likely visit there, too. There are other places, and I thank Amy for bringing up this subject and making me think about it again. Stay tuned...