Life is a Journey, not a Destination
Denver to Tahiti – The Beginning The world is a crazy place – just 10 days ago I booked a trip on a cruise! My first ever! I came home from dropping off my just-graduated daughter at photography school in Montana on a Sunday. The next morning I found myself on the computer booking my [...]
Los Angeles, California to Papeete, Tahiti – Day 1 A crazy breakfast with my sis Casey and “hairy” drinks, a long French-influenced flight (think wine and bread) over the big blue ocean and into paradise and onto a big ship…All Aboard!! I woke up brimming with excitement and looking forward to breakfast with my cousin/kid [...]
Raiatea, Tahiti – Day 2 My first day starts with rough waters and weird dreams, but reality brings me new friends and a busy day despite the rain. Ships are fun places to explore when the weather doesn’t cooperate! And dinner at the Captain’s table was the perfect way to end the day! After falling [...]
Taha’a & the Motu Mahana, Tahiti – Day 3 Have you ever sailed on a peaceful lagoon of brilliant blue waters first thing in the morning? Day 3 of my Tahitian vacation found me on the bridge where I had a front row seat to the theatre of the South Pacific as we sailed to [...]
Bora Bora, Tahiti – Day 4 Two words…JET SKIING! I got to be a kid again in the perfect waters of Bora Bora and at the pool on the ship with my new pals. I dined at the famed Bloody Mary’s Restaurant and ended a perfectly fun day at the nightclub – now this is [...]
Moorea, Tahiti – Day 7 A day of reflection and the realization that my life has been changed this week, and I am grateful. Cheeseless pizza with the Captain followed by too many Le Gauguins at the pool, plus a perfect rainbow and a final trip to the bridge followed. A sweet ending to the [...]
Papeete, Tahiti – Day 8 Goodbyes are hard, especially in such a beautiful place after such an amazing week. But a little hut on the water made me smile and an evening with two charming men who have become dear friends eased the sadness of the day…yet still, a final embrace was the most difficult [...]
Papeete, Tahiti – Day 9 Alone suddenly felt lonely today…but finding the swim up bar and infinity pool cheered me right up! Fun people here, even if we don’t the same language! Dined like a queen, but no more squid ink anything ever again…thank you very much! Well, I confess today was a mixed day [...]
Papeete, Tahiti – Day 10 After a breakfast fit for a small village and a perfect day at my favorite sand-bottom pool it was time to head back to reality. Note – don’t eat fish before you travel, you just never know. Let’s just say I was lucky to make the plane! My last [...]
Lone Tree, Colorado At my Bon Voyage party before this amazing journey began, my friends jokingly said this was like Elizabeth Gilbert’s book “Eat, Pray, Love” which is one of my favorite reads of all time. So I half-heartedly adopted that title for my blog of this vacation. I hope you don’t mind Elizabeth! [...]
Lone Tree, Colorado Overwhelmed. In a word, that is how I felt. More than 90 people came to the … Click to Read Article
Colorado to California I'm 47 years old, and still hanging out with ghosts. Think it's time to go … Click to Read Article
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Traveling is a lot about making memories, don’t you agree? Well, lots of memories were made when I took my two grown (but not yet old enough to drink legally in the US) kids to Grand Cayman (where they were old enough to drink legally.) The absolute best thing about our resort was that it [...]
Hi, my name is Allison Ratkovich, formerly known as Allison Farnsworth. (I don't believe in short family … Click to Meet Allison
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