G. Rhodes
A Few of History's Most Influential Airliners
While the pandemic has ravaged the airline industry these past eighteen months, it’s been all-too-easy to focus on the doom and gloom....
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G. Rhodes
Oct 23, 20216 min read
Captivating Rio de Janeiro
Our home in Brazil for the first three days of our South American trip was the very beautiful, five-star Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro Hotel...
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G. Rhodes
Oct 16, 20216 min read
Choppy Waters Continue for Cruise Industry
Our “wake up call” with the coronavirus took place early last year That’s when the virus first spread through a number of cruise ships -...
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Oct 9, 20215 min read
We're Off to South America
South America is a wonderful place to visit but unfortunately, most Americans pass up the continent in favor of Europe and that’s too...
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Oct 2, 20215 min read
US to Reopen: Are Domestic Vaccine Mandates Next?
Ever since the onset of COVID-19, most nations have pretty much closed their borders or restricted access for citizens of certain nations...
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G. Rhodes
Sep 25, 20216 min read
Our Bite of the Big Apple
We’ve always loved New York City and so it was with great anticipation that we organized a quick weekend trip to the Big Apple along with...
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Sep 18, 20216 min read
The World's Oldest Airports
We’ve looked at the history and development of certain Boeing aircraft on this blog site but what about airports themselves? The first...
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Sep 11, 20216 min read
Land of the Midnight Sun
With a whirlwind two days in London behind us, our group set off on a sunny Saturday morning in late June for the Port of Southampton to...
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Sep 4, 20216 min read
United Leads Industry in Vaccination Push
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccines are becoming more widespread. Some employers are firing workers who won't take the vaccine while others are...
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G. Rhodes
Aug 28, 20216 min read
Off to London Before Cruising to Norway
One of our friends is from Norway and several years ago, he led us on a wonderful adventure to his native land aboard a week-long Cunard...
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G. Rhodes
Aug 21, 20216 min read
More Once-in-a-Lifetime Bucket List Trips
Travel has been on somewhat of a seesaw lately. We’ve seen a steady increase in the number of Americans getting vaccinated against the...
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G. Rhodes
Aug 14, 20216 min read
Charleston Continued to Charm Us
After our lunch at the Rooftop Bar, we were anxious to visit the historic Fort Sumter National Monument at the entrance to Charleston...
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Aug 7, 20215 min read
Carriers Report Mixed Results
The coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on airlines around the world and those in America are no exception. But as of early August,...
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Jul 31, 20215 min read
Inside A Weekend in Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina has always been one of our favorite cities in the Southeast. Feeling somewhat "cooped up" lately, we planed a...
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Jul 24, 20215 min read
Into the Sunset: The Story of Eastern Airlines
Some of us can remember a time when any number of US airlines graced the skies, both near and far. Most dated back to the early days of...
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G. Rhodes
Jul 17, 20215 min read
A Visit to the Channel Islands
Ever since my wife read the New York Times bestseller by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows,“The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie...
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G. Rhodes
Jul 10, 20215 min read
The Future of Travel
What will the future of travel look like? I don’t mean a resumption of the status quo post-pandemic. I’m thinking about how we might...
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Jul 3, 20215 min read
A Little History and the US Air Force Museum
While many of the Presidential Libraries and Museums have remained closed for well over a year due to COVID-19, my interest in history...
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Jun 26, 20216 min read
Once-in-a-Lifetime Bucket List Trips
While travel has been on the upswing lately, thanks to ever-increasing numbers of Americans getting vaccinated against the coronavirus,...
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G. Rhodes
Jun 19, 20216 min read
Savoring the Sights of Sydney
Our early morning taxi ride to the Shangri-La Hotel from Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport took about 40 minutes, mostly in traffic even...
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