Our Dallas based friends, Tad and Philly, invited us to South Bend to watch her alma mater, The Fighting Irish, play a football game, and we tacked on a stint in Chicago.
We went to Chester to visit friends and experience the International Sailing week along with our first jaunt over to Newfoundland.
A long-time buddy, Hank, invited us to visit him and his gal friend Jenn, at their place in Nanaimo, and we tied in some other stops along the way.
A former colleague, Zack, and his wife Brandi operate a venue ranch just west of Spokane, and they kindly invited us to spend a weekend with them.
Everybody has different reasons they like to travel and different preferences so it is fun to compare notes on one of life's great pleasures.
Our friends, Al and Cindy, were getting married on the ski hill at Fernie, and we were fortunate enough to be invited to this wonderful event.
Planning a major trip can be very challenging to ensure you maximize your time away and the dollars you spend so we have compiled a summary of the resources we use.
My buddy An was in Amsterdam at his daughter's place to dog sit while his daughter and her partner were on vacation in Japan, so I kept him company for a few days.
We try to get away with our daughters at least once a year to a location we have never been to, and Seattle fit the bill as well as our schedules.
We were fortunate enough to be invited to travel with an amazing charity and fabulous group of people from A Better World Canada thru SW Kenya.