Cotacachi Again!- February 2023
Here I am back in Cotacachi, this time for a two month stay. It is sort of a retirement test drive, just making absolutely positive that this is the spot where Giselle and I will make our home sometime in…
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Mexico
In December of 2022 my cousins Dan and Rose Fisher invited us to join them for a few days in Mexico in February. We kindly accepted the invite and made our travel plans. These are my stories….
La Playa Ropa
We awoke to the sounds of birds chirping with clear skies and sun on the patio. The view from our room was fantastic. We were advised that we would need to change our room that afternoon as we had added…
Red Eye Flight to Mexico
We booked our flights to Mexico with Aero Mexico and got a midnight flight direct from Vancouver to Mexico City. The flight was uneventful and we landed in Mexico City with a planned layover of 6 hours. We took the…
Morocco
In February, 2019, Giselle and I visited Morocco with Gate 1 Tours. A truly memorable experience in a very modern country with thousands of years of history! It was totally not what we were expecting. Enjoy the photos and stories…
China
In November, 2016, Giselle and I went on another adventure, this time Asia was on our minds, so we booked a tour to China. The following pages are a day by day story of our wonderful adventure with Sinorama Tours…
Ecuador
At Christmas in 2014, Giselle and I gifted ourselves a tour of Ecuador with Gate 1 Travel to be taken in late April of 2015. To us, Ecuador is one of the most beautiful and diverse countries either of us has…
One month in…..
Well, today marks exactly one month in to my retirement. It has been a busy month trying to get organized with my finances, health insurance, actually getting access to my pension and retirement funds, etc. It would seem that Johnson…
Officially Retired!
Well, here I am, Monday morning, January 16th, 2023. My first day after the weekend on my first day of not being paid or working for someone. Giselle went to the office herself earlier this morning but left the coffee…
Getting closer…..
My countdown says 29 days to retirement. That is only 12 work days, as I have booked Christmas off, using up the last of my vacation days. So, what have I been up to since my last post? Well, I…