For Better or Worse, but NOT for Lunch
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The World is our Oyster
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Asheville, NC
Back on the trolley and off to the Grove Park Inn. That is the place that WOWED me the most. You cannot look at it and not be awed. It was built in less than one year and the entire original structure is done by using locally harvested uncut granite from Sunset Mountain.
polynesian adventures
We started our trip at Le Meridien on Tahiti, where we spent 4 days relaxing, acclimating and touring around. The Wind Spirit had just arrived back to Tahiti from dry dock in New Zealand, where it got a major face-lift. It was fun to see her docked days before.
Traveling with adhd
Partially because I am ADHD, I have extremely intense reactions to anything new. I land in a new place and I go into full blown hyperaware ADHD mode, extremely or excessively aware of my surroundings. I breath in the new smells. My ears perk up to the sounds that are local and new.
Our Adventures
mexico 2019
We’re heading off on a trip of a lifetime. Join us as we drive south and west from Charleston on a three-month exploration of Mexico.
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Our passions
Mike and lydia pontius
We met in the Bay Area almost 28 years ago. It was one of those first meeting stories that becomes a repeat cocktail party hit - part funny, part shocking and all very romantic. We were inseparable for six weeks, then hundreds of miles apart for 2 months, followed by a proposal on Halloween, a wedding in January and "the cat's honeymoon," all in a courtship period of 6 months. We made it across country years ago, after spending a year on a sailboat and having reduced our material possessions to what would fit in the trunk of a small BWM.
Our retirement gig
Now we live across the river from Charleston, our favorite American City, with more "stuff" - especially inherited furniture - than we can count . Yet somehow we made it to retirement? Pretty cool since neither of us took the traditional career route to get here. So we decided to write about ourselves - at least our grand kids may be interested - and our travels. We don't do much of anything in a "traditional" way, including seeing the world. But we hope that you'll find our somewhat spontaneous approach to life and travel entertaining, if not a little inspiring.
Our Travels
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