Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman I’ve never considered myself a “picky” eater. But then, I’ve always eaten beef, chicken, and bacon, especially bacon. You may notice the absence of lamb, and...
Category: Travel
The Old Woman and the Sea
First of all, thank you to all who sent me birthday greetings. How humbling and fortunate I feel to have so many people wish me a good day! And it was better than a good day, it was a great day. We...
What a day this has been
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman We woke up late and the rain had already started, albeit a slow drizzle. We are near Key West, Florida, the end of the road for some, not me, though. Forget that...
On Our Way to Bikini Island
We are on a little trip which always entails places to eat and sleep and view. Of course, Cody adds to the fun, too. I thought I would tell you a little about the first half of this...
Me and Mao
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman One of our stops in China was Tiananmen Square, a huge government square in Beijing, famed for Chinese meetings and events. In 1989 it caught international...
We’ve Been Shanghai-d
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail CushmanI am not sure what day it is, what time it is, what direction we are going, but I do know that we are in China. Our first port was Shanghai, with a population of...
Good Luck and Good Fortune
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Hello from Tokyo. The Cowboy and I are on a trip, seeing new things, meeting new people and we are both happiest when we in the middle of some pool of water. The...
Paris
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Cowboy Bob Two years after I mentioned Paris to my new love, Miss Gail, we arrived. Airports are the same all over the world and even though I was anxious to feel the...
Tripping Down the Erie Canal, Part 3: Day-to-Day Boating Life
By Gail & Cowboy Eleven days on a boat. That’s a bunch of days. We once spent over sixty days on a cruise ship, but that boat was big and luxurious, and a joy, as staff entertained us, fed us,...
Tripping Down the Erie Canal, Part 2, The Launch
By Gail & Cowboy Before we had left the launch ramp in Troy, we heard from Gordie again, the marina guy who wanted us to stay on the line. He asked, “You mentioned your truck and trailer, where...
Tripping Down the Erie Canal, Part 1
Wrinkly Bits By Gail & Cowboy We’re doing new stuff. New adventures, this time the Erie Canal in New York State. Locks. Mules. I’m excited, I’m scared, I can’t wait to go, and I can’t wait to...
Another Day, Another Adventure
Another Day, Another Adventure Crazy us. We were up at 6, downed a protein drink and some Keurig coffee made in a French press (ummm), and we were off for a new adventure. This time we are crossing...
Losers and Finders
The word “lost” is overused in our household. I lose everything, but mostly my cell phone, glasses, and now and then, my train of thought, not to mention my mind. I never had this problem when I was...
My Top 18 List
The Cowboy and I have traveled through about 30 states and about a dozen countries in the last couple years, and guess what! As luck would have it, I needed to use the bathroom a few times. When I...
Expanding Bucket List
Wrinkly Bits You would think that with all the travel I have done both on my own and with the Marines, my bucket list would be shrinking. Not so, it is growing by leaps and bounds. On my recent...
Shopping with Cowboy Bob
Packing for a long trip was difficult. We were passing through about twenty states, three time zones, some states that never see winter (Florida and other southern states) and one that never...
Wedding Presents
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman I couldn’t go to sleep last night, too much on my mind, I think. We are packing for another trip, this time to Washington D. C. to take “stuff” to my newly...
Apple Pie and Switchbacks
“I’d sure like a piece of pie, so why don’t we take a little ride in the Mustang to see if we can find some?” the cowboy said to me on Saturday morning. Just another adventure, I thought, recalling...
Adventure Foiled
Adventures aren’t adventures without risk and possibility of failure, and our planned trip down the Missouri River was foiled. We packed well with food and water for a two-week trip, put Cody the...
They Cost How Much?
I had my eyes opened to the world beyond Boise when we were in Rome and spent a leisurely hour strolling down a street filled with shops that advertise in fashion magazines, but not AARP Magazine,...
Great Adventures
As you know, Cowboy Bob and I traveled to Rome to see what we could see. I had been to Rome before, sometime after the Colosseum was built, but before Pope Frances took over, but Cowboy Bob had not,...
Cruising in Carhartts
A blog by Cowboy Bob That Idaho gal kinda got under my skin when she suggested we take a cruise, to the south of Spain, the sun coast they call it. I prefer to run my own ship if you know what I...
Whole Lot of Shaking Going On!
People often ask me why I do what I do…writing, traveling, cruising…and truthfully, I ask myself, “Yeah, why?” The truth is they keep me out of trouble, keep me from getting bored, and I learn lots...
Stay the Course…The Adventure Continues
A Blog by Gail Cushman Last night I lost my hearing aids. The night before it was my glasses and prior to that it was my phone. I’m on a ship going somewhere, aimed toward Europe, but I have...