The Intentional Traveler

Short Caribbean Cruise Getaways

Three, four and five day cruises from Florida are a great opportunity to try cruising and visit a few of our island neighbors. Maybe fit in a little duty free shopping.

The Port of Ketchikan, Alaska

A popular Alaska port of call and a fishing Mecca near to adventure tour destinations. Misty Fjord trips, wildlife and whale watching are favorite activities.

A Cautionary Tale My wife has a sequined top that she has worn while traveling a few times. I don’t believe there is anything seriously metallic in the sequins and it has made its way through a number of airport metal detectors. But on a recent trip all hell seemed to break out over thisContinue reading “TSA and the Cute Sequined Top”

A Traveler’s Medicine Chest

Travel Medications and Being Prepared Our first line of defense is improving our immune system before we get sick and that starts with vitamin C. Several weeks before a trip we start taking it. Around 1970, Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling (chemistry and the Peace Prize) popularized the theory that vitamin C helps treat colds.Continue reading “A Traveler’s Medicine Chest”

Staying Healthy While Traveling

Healthy Travel Part I Flying & Cruising Flying There’s a love-hate side to travel. Being there is great but getting there not so much. Long distance flights are usually no fun at all, especially if you are like us and fly coach. With a price difference on international flights as high as ten times weContinue reading “Staying Healthy While Traveling”

Bitten By The Travel Bug

My First Night In Rome A Short Story Back in the spring of 1965 for high school graduation I went to Italy with a relative. It was the first time I had left the United States and it was to be a great adventure. The way things worked out as we traveled around I hadContinue reading “Bitten By The Travel Bug”