My 35 night French Polynesia cruise came to an end in San Diego where I met back up with Bob to spend a couple fun days in town before jumping on a plane to Kauai.  We love the Hyatt Manchester and the club lounge there with complimentary breakfast, lunch, dinner and almost Free drinks. We didn’t do any museums this year, but we did manage to enjoy Seaport village and the boardwalk. Racked up 20k steps just wandering around and ended up at KC BBQ- a San Diego tradition. Hyatt

Welcoming committee It was a beautiful beach day on Fakarava! The last two years I’ve went out with Christophe from Fakarava Excursions for the blue and green lagoon and a deep water snorkel at Pufana rock (sp). It’s an awesome trip but I was looking for something different. Reports are that Christophe put out a great tour again and I’m happy to hear that he didn’t disappoint this years group. Fakarava is an Atoll in French Polynesi. Like the Maldives, an atoll is a ring-sh

I found Nemo ! He’s been hiding under my bungalow:) Imagine waking up, popping a bottle of Champaign, and then snorkeling directly from this balcony! The entire stay was like living in a movie set. There is a reason Jimmy Buffer found the inspiration to write “One Particular Harbor” about this exact spot. As my sister says, “Moorea is where God created the World”. I shot all this GoPro video from the bungalow areas at the Hilton, Moorea When home is at the top of the stairs