StephenDMalone

 Heading South.  Nov. 24 - 28, 2025. The trip. .   I was up at 4am. Having everything packed the night before there was just getting dressed. The Uber was early so got to the airport just before 5am. There were no lines to check one bag (carry-on size) or for security.   I am a little embarrassed to say that I am flying business class. I have never bought such an expensive ticket before.  My daughter say I should spend their inheritance and after my super cheap but very unpleasant return flight from Morocco a year ago it was time to splurge. Lyn swears by business class for long overnights so here goes.  However, I am not sure all the perks were worth it for the first leg to Huston.  One gets to board first. But, why add another 1/2 hour to sitting on the plane.   I waited until boarding was half done before joining the crowd and was told I should have boarded earlier….. right. The seats are almost too big with so much leg room it is hard to get m...

  A three week trip to the far south of Chile and Argentina Nov. 22, 2025 I am torn if I should try to write up a travel blog as I have done in the past.  When I have time I enjoy trying to keep a record of where I went, what I did and how things went. I find it useful to have the record of such when looking back.  But, it does take time and without Linda, my muse and editor I feel my writing is lacking something it may have had in the past.  Never-the-less here goes.                                                   Background:   In the fall of 2023 I spent a week in Hawaii with my good friend Lyn Savage.  Lyn’s husband, Woody (who was one of my two best friends in the world) had just died and Linda’s death, while over a year earlier, was still very much with me.  The week was one of lots of recounting o...