Thanks to our reader, Vikki, for commenting on a typo in our itinerary. I listed a date as 13/13/2025 when, in fact, I meant 12/13/2025. It’s easy to make mistakes when typing such comprehensive information and preparing a post daily.
I use an app called Grammarly to correct typos and grammatical errors. However, it often misses something, even the spelling of some common words. It’s frustrating that it isn’t perfect, but I suppose, with AI advancements, it will soon become more proficient.
Yesterday, I wrote that I’d try to encourage Tom to head to the local Season’s Market with me when I forgot to add celery to the grocery order from Albertson’s. Much to my surprise, he didn’t hesitate to join me, and off we went. This was to be the walk to test whether all my exercising had paid off, walking to the market up and down hilly paved roads in the Village.
Need I say, I was disappointed when I struggled, not out of breath but with awful pain in my legs after a short distance. I didn’t complain to Tom. What good would that do? Instead, I toughed it out and made it up and back, stopping a few times to take photos and once to sit at a little table to look out over the lake.
After two months of working out vigorously, the situation with my legs hasn’t improved. This is my fate, and I have accepted the reality. I will continue to work out daily for muscle strength, endurance, and cardiovascular benefits. Other than the limitations with walking distances, I feel good and am grateful for that! I have no bouts of Afib or irregular heartbeats, no shortness of breath, and my blood pressure is controlled. What more could I ask for?
Again, here is our new itinerary, first posted on Christmas Day. We will continue to post it until New Year’s Day and then repost it when we make additions:
| Location or Ship | Days | Dates |
| Road Trip to Nevada | 4 | 12/14/24 – 12/18/2024 |
| Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Condo | 73 | 12/18/24 – 3/1/25 |
| Flight – Las Vegas to Nelspruit/Marloth Park, South Africa | 2 | 3/1/25 – 3/3/25 |
| Marloth Park Holiday Home | 90 | 3/3/25 – 5/31/25 |
| Flight – Minneapolis, Minnesota | 2 | 5/31/2025 – 6/3/2025 |
| Hotel – Minneapolis, Minnesota | 14 | 6/3/2025 – 6/17/2025 |
| Flight – Minneapolis to Nelspruit/Marloth Park | 2 | 6/17/2025 – 6/19/2025 |
| Marloth Park, South Africa Holiday Home | 90 | 6/19/2025 – 9-17-2025 |
| Flight to Barcelona to Spain Holiday home | 40 | 9-17-2025 – 10-27-2025 |
| Cruise – Barcelona, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa | 18 | 10/27/2025 – 11-14-25 |
| Cruise – Cape Town, South Africa to Singapore | 17 | 11-14-2025 – 12-1-2025 |
| Cruise – Singapore to Brisbane, Australia | 12 | 12-1-2025 – 12-13-2025 |
| Flight – Brisbane, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand | 0 | 12-13–2025 – 12-13-2025 |
| New Zealand Holiday Home | 60 | 12-13-2025 – 2-12-2026 |
| Flight – New Zealand to Tasmania | 0 | 2-12-2026 – 2-12-2026 |
| Tasmania Holiday Home | 60 | 2-12-2026 – 4-13-2026 |
| Flight – Tasmania to Brisbane, Australia | 0 | 4-13-2026 – 4-13-2026 |
| Cruise – Brisbane, Australia, to Seattle, Washington | 24 | 4-14-2026 – 5-8-2026 |
| Flight – Seattle, Washington to Minneapolis, Minnesota | 0 | 5-8-2026 – 5-8-2026 |
| Hotel – Minneapolis, Minnesota | 38 | 5-8-2026 – 6-15-2026 |
| To be determined… | ||
| Total Days | 546 |
Today is a quiet day. After I work out, all I have to do for the rest of the day is prepare tonight’s T-Bone steak dinner with rice for Tom, veggies, and salad. It will be quick and easy.
We hope you are all enjoying the holiday week as we wind down to New Year’s Eve in three days. What plans do you have to celebrate, if any?
Be well.
Photo from ten years ago today, December 28, 2014:
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| It was exciting to spot whales from the lanai in Pahoa, Big Island, Hawaii. For more photos, please click here. |