Life is a Journey, not a Destination
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 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! [...]
Colorado to California I’m 47 years old, and still hanging out with ghosts. Think it’s time to go home, and exorcise them. Time to reconnect with that part of my childhood that was good and loving. I’m learning that everything is a choice, including our attitudes. Maybe I waffle at times, but I want to [...]
Denver to Napa, California – Day 1 Karma was on my side today. My trip to Napa was unhindered…as if the Universe knew I needed to get to my destination fast for their was a long-awaited, emotional reunion with a dear friend. I stepped into someone else’s life for a day and had a ball [...]
Sacramento to Fresno, California – Day 5 This is the juncture where I have to give full disclosure – if you are interested in this blog for the travel color, it’s time to pay your bill and leave the building. I love to write about the places and experiences of traveling, the stories from both [...]
Fresno, California – Day 7 Thanks Mom for one of the best days ever! A parade of old and dear friends, gone for decades and in a moment walked back into my life. Surprises…and blessings…never cease…. Most days, when I am writing, I come home and climb into bed and start to write, and on [...]
Southern California – Day 11 He gets older happily, I refuse to no matter how old he gets! A special birthday, a friend returned. Went outside my comfort zone and actually fried something! Busy last day in Southern California… Twenty years ago today, I was both ecstatic and in pain at the same time. Laying [...]
Lone Tree, Colorado, La Mia Casa Ten days away from home, to a country I knew so very little about. Now, 18 museums, nine hotel inspections, two trips underground, two amazing wineries, one palace, one renovated castle and one castle ruins, a canal dinner boat cruise, numerous restaurants and countless glasses of wine later, I [...]
Napa to Sacramento, California - Day 3 It was a day of the famous and infamous; amazing wine and a … Click to Read Article
Lone Tree, Colorado, La Mia Casa I just threw a party at my house for a dozen people I did not … 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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