Dirona Around the World

This year NASCAR held their first race ever at an active military base.

After a crowded and hectic week at re:Invent we were getting ready to head to the airport and learned we had a lengthy half-day flight delay.

Friday Harbor, in Washington’s San Juan Islands, is another easy weekend getaway for us.

This past fall we visited eight counties on three continents, starting and ending with ocean cruises.

We’ve taken several trips with Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), and really enjoy the experience of The Haven, a ship-within-a-ship concept that NCL pioneered in 2005 and many other cruise lines have since duplicated.

Point Ruston, near Tacoma, is an easy weekend getaway for us at only a 60- to 90-minute drive from our apartment.

Ottawa, Canada has played a big part in our lives.

We celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary and Jennifer’s 60th birthday in style with a crazy weekend trip to Peats Bite in Sydney, Australia to.

The first cruise ship transit of the Northwest Passage took place in 1984 when the ice-strengthened Lindblad Explorer completed a 43-day journey from New York to Japan carrying 98 passengers.

James and I met way back in 1982 at the University of Victoria.

Celebrating the Zoox Hayward plant entering its start of production phase.

Seattle made its FIFA World Cup debut this month, cementing its status as a premier soccer city.

Longyearbyen has a real off-the-edge of civilization feel to it.

Despite living in Norway for many months aboard Dirona, we never reached Oslo.