TRAVEL SHRINE - SEINE RIVER TRIP 2015

Today I erected my Travel Shrine for our upcoming trip to France. It's a river boat cruise down the Seine - something we have never done before!  This is the probably the shortest "turn-around time" I've done yet between trips and Shrines. I feel a tad guilty for not savoring our time in Pensacola longer, but, it's Spring Break and the Alban-Struebing of Champlin, MN are ready to go!  We're taking Norm's daughter, Becky, her husband Phil, and our granddaughter, Hannah on this trip.We all expect it will be epic!

As always, my shrine should represent my journey – actual and metaphorical. It should show what I wish and expect for the trip.  It should show how eager I am to go. It should also show my fears and hesitations. Its core purpose is to help me see and understand all the issues that surround this journey. As I just wrote this I remembered that I probably should add something to the shrine about my knee and it's limitations -  something to send good ju-ju along the journey so I can keep up with the others. It's a riverboat cruise, but everyday we'll be getting off to explore and that means and a whole lot of walking,walking, and walking!

We've been promised WIFI on the boat, but since it's such a short trip only 8 days) I don't think I;ll be blogging much until we return. I hope you will follow along on FACEBOOK though!

Living the Moments & Making Memories,

Nancy & Norm

Bringing down the Pensacola Travel Shrine

I'm way behind on my blogging. You'll notice the dates of the last few entries and know I've been playing catch. With a bit of sadness I tear down the Travel shrine today for our time spent in Pensacola this winter. I usually like to leave my shrines up for a month  and spend more time reliving the moments in my mind's eye, when I return from an adventure. However, we've another adventure coming up just next week, so down it comes!

It is good to journey to an end, but in the end, it's the journey that really matters.

Living the moments!

Nancy

This Week is Your Birthday!

In keeping with our family tradition we celebrated Norms' birthday for a week or more.  We started when Mary arrived and continued all the way home to Iowa.  Norm's biggest surprise was not the key Lime Pie as big as his head, or even the Smoked Pork chops that Mary brought from Iowa. No, his biggest surprise was the set of five tandem kites.  Although there wasn't enough wind the times we took them out to sail all five, he did manage to soar three of them and had a blast.

Living the moments....

Key Lime Pie as Big as Your Head!

Mary came for a short visit just before Norm's birthday. We introduced her to kite flying, treated her to some good southern seafood and a libation or two, visited Fort Pickens  and ate Key Lime Pie as big as her head!

Ling the moments!

What to Do When It's Cold Outside?

Mid-February our weather turned colder and picnic days on the beach were no longer an option. We spent a few of the colder days exploring some of the interesting museums of Pensacola. Historic Pensacola Village consists of twenty-seven properties in the Pensacola National Register Historic District. Eleven of these properties are interpreted facilities that are open to the public. The T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, originally the 1908 City Hall building, is a virtual treasure trove of historic artifacts, Americana, and West Florida history. The T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Museum houses three floors of permanent and traveling exhibits. That was probably our favorite of all the historic buildings and museums we visited.