Half Moon Cay, Holland America’s private oasis, was our first port. It is filled with a variety of island activities including stingray encounters, glass-bottom boat viewing, snorkeling or just hanging out on the beach and swimming in the pristine Caribbean Sea. The best part today we hope will be viewing the stingrays! We had gone here previously on another Holland America Cruise and participated in…
Sealife is on full display with over 13,000 aquatic animals including 60 sharks and stingrays at the new St. Louis Aquarium. It is a 120,000 square foot facility in the St. Louis’ Union Station, where once the mall was located. The main attraction is a 250,000-gallon shark tank that includes oceanic aquatic life. The Experience First, you wait in your timed line to go into…
On a cold rainy Sunday I took Andrew to an art program they do at the Edwardsville Art Center and we created a feline masterpiece.
Snow began following at times with huge fluffy flakes and covering everything in white. I spent the morning shoveling snow from the back door through the long cement driveway and then up the stairs to the front walkway. Someday Andrew will be big enough to do this. Andrew watched some of the kids’ shows and then asked about going outside. The snow had stopped for…
I read a lot of adventurous travelers’ travelogues and inspiring and intriguing memoirs each year. Here is my top ten list of the best that I read in 2019.
Hear carolers, see amazing window displays like the old department store days, have s’mores and free drinks during the Central West End’s annual Window Walk in St. Louis.
See more than a million twinkling lights at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis and best of all it is free.
A Star Wars firefight and skiers jumping over your car are just some of the amazing light displays at East Peoria’s Festival of Lights. The Festival of Lights electric park is made up of floats that begin in the Parade of Lights prior to Thanksgiving each year. Being floats allows them to be huge displays that you drive by. What You Will See Space Opera…
I spent some of my childhood in the Kansas City area and what I enjoyed the most when I was young was seeing the Plaza lights. It is a 90 year old tradition that spans a 15-block area with Christmas lights over the entire Country Club Plaza. The lights come on in a special ceremony at each year’s Thanksgiving. Where We Stay Our favorite place…
Up the Mississippi River to a bounty of colors and spectacular Illinois River views was what was in store for us going to Pere Marquette State Park.
