Category Archives: Travel

Alone on the French Riviera

Posted on March 1, 2015 by milerstimeblog

Here I am sitting on the terrace, drinking my coffee in the sun, updating my blog, on the French Riviera. Don and Frankie left today about 4AM. No, I didn’t get up to see them off. Thought about it but … Continue reading →

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Gardens and Parties

Posted on February 28, 2015 by milerstimeblog

Today we started at a small cafe and had quiche lorraine and croque monsieur for ‘brunch’ along with a coffee. The quiche was very good with a nice flaky, buttery crust. Frankie had helped me (actually he did it) make … Continue reading →

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Fabulous Day in Nice!

Posted on February 26, 2015 by milerstimeblog

Today we walked down to the Promenade to the tourist office and bought tickets for the Flower Parade on Saturday that is part of the Carnivale celebration here. After walking along the promenade for a ways, we then walked through … Continue reading →

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Home again and Shrimp and Grits!

Posted on February 7, 2015 by milerstimeblog

I made it home on Wednesday with no problems. All 3 flights that day had open seats so I decided to leave on the 11:00 flight so I wouldn’t have to get up too early! My friend, Trish, picked me … Continue reading →

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Burbank

Posted on February 3, 2015 by milerstimeblog

Today would have been Darrel’s 61st birthday. Hard to believe he didn’t make it past 60. I left Palm Desert around noon and drove straight to Burbank. I can’t get on a flight until tomorrow so got a room at … Continue reading →

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Palm Desert

Posted on February 3, 2015 by milerstimeblog

Yesterday was a bit of a hell day of driving. Left Peoria around 10:00 AM. Set the GPS in the car with the address in Palm Desert and it immediately said there was a major accident around Indio. Hmmm, okay, … Continue reading →

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Super Bowl Sunday! Go Hawks!

Posted on February 1, 2015 by milerstimeblog

About 4 more hours until the game! We are excited and have all of our snacks and things ready to go. Friday, Bill and Judy Bryant arrived in their 5th wheel rig. The girls went to the grocery store and … Continue reading →

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Sea…Hawks! Sea…Hawks!

Posted on January 31, 2015 by milerstimeblog

Seahawks Blue Friday: Fun day today. It rained almost all day so that kind of sucked. But we made the best of it. We dinked around for a while in the morning, then the Bryant’s showed up. They got sort … Continue reading →

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California Dreamin’

Posted on January 29, 2015 by milerstimeblog

The skies were fairly clear at first so I had a good view of Mt Rainier. I really was amazed at how little snow we have in the mountains, however. We might be in for a dry summer – waterwise. … Continue reading →

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Baby Steps

Posted on January 28, 2015 by milerstimeblog

First leg of journey to Super Bowl Phoenix is getting a flight to Burbank, California! Hey, what can I say, it is free!

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