It has been over a month since I last posted. And it sure has been a month.

In late June I travelled to Europe for work. Arrived in Paris on Sunday and did the 5-hour tour hitting the Tuilleries, The Louvre (saw the Mona Lisa), Isle St. Louis, Notre Dame, the Left Bank, dinner at Foucquet’s on the Champs-Elysées, a quick view of the Eiffel Tower before heading back to the hotel. Whew. It was good to do some sightseeing because the rest of the week was work. Monday night to Brussels (yes, if it’s Tuesday, it must be Belgium), Tuesday night to Munich, Wednesday night to London, Saturday home.

After two days back at work, we left on vacation to Alaska, taking a wonderful tour and cruise through Cruise West. Our good friend Ken Neibaur arranged the tour — he works for Cardoza Bungey travel. It was a great trip, absolutely way above our expectations. I’ll try and post some details on it later. We took the Glacier Bay Highlights tour with a stay over at the Kantishna Road House. If you go to Denali, I definitely recommend staying at the far end of the park in Kantishna. For cruises, the Cruise West small ships (ours was 70 passengers) is an outstanding way to really see Alaska up close.

We also got to spend a day with my brother-in-law Walt. That was very nice.

Back at work now and finally sneaking in the time to make a post.

Oh, and we closed the purchase of a second home in Aguanga. More on that later too. So we have been busy.