Fast forward 60 years. Carol and I have been married for 47 years. Times a waistin’ sittin’ ‘round the shanty. You never know how many more years your body will allow such travel?
How about a trip of the lifetime? Maybe 2 trips? A double header! Alright. All set. If you’re going to South America, why not make 2 stops? Galapagos Islands, part of Ecuador, but 600 miles west in the Pacific Ocean. Next, another one of those “bucket list” trips – Machu Picchu in Peru.
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The GIMP Adventure was planned over many months. This trip, like last years to Italy and Istanbul, was setup through Road Scholar and arrangements made by Holbrook Travel in Gainesville Florida.
Details @ Road Scholar #18484
A link for last year’s adventure blog is here:
P3 – Pizza & Popes & People
To simplify my work on this blog, will limit the blog to 3 photos – a triptych story. Can 3 photos tell a story? You be the judge.
A link will also be added for more photos taken that day. For 17 day trip – just over 14,000 snapshots. So, what you will see will be a "small"portion..
Each page will also include a link or two that I feel will add to what we learned. As Road Scholar touts – Adventures in Lifelong Learning. Luckily, no quiz will be given (-:
For me, the "learning" took place; before, during and after. After going to these places realized how much more "spaces" I needed to fill in.
Photo 1. As we left the house, the weather was “ideal” here in Michigan – cold and rainy. After a brief stop in Atlanta, we were on flight to Quito. Altitude over 9,000 feet. Our tow worries – 1. Altitude sickness – 2. Sea sickness. While waiting for cab to arrive – anxiety in pit of stomach was similar to what I found was our experience to both air and sea concerns.
Here is Wiki link for Quito.
Photo 2. Shows flight info to Quito – sounds just like the cheese Cheetos. Some folks want to use the Q as in quit. Which reminds me to encourage all not to quit dreaming of your own adventures. Yes, they can be as close as your backyard or maybe the choices or chances we considered. Now that this blog is done post-trip will say – wow, lots of fun.
Photo 3. Our driver waiting for us at airport. Time is already after midnight, so ride to Sheraton Hotel will show us the vibrancy of Quito nightlife (-:
Click here for today's online photo album.
https://picasaweb.google.com/magwheel44/2012GIMPDay1Of17
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