Ruth Mcbride
You know that old expression....
“Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!” But do you know where the saying comes from and why its relevant to us today? Its...
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CHECK THIS OFF OUR BUCKET LIST
RUTH MCBRIDE & RICHARD HOTTE'S TRAVEL BLOG
We have always believed in the old saying that we must 'live life to the fullest' and we are here to do just that. Our retirement blog: "Check this off our Bucket List" serves as a vessel to share our vast interests, and clue our readers into what inspires us in this ever-changing world.
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GO BIG OR GO HOME!
The 'GO-GO' Years!
We have been told that the 60's are the 'GO-GO' years, the 70's are the 'GO SLOW' years and the 80's are the 'NO GO' years...so while we're in our 60's we are going! Going big, or going home, on a bucket-list, adventures! Having finished our 4.5 month world cruise in May of 2023, we are embarking on new adventures which will take us to many places we have always wanted to visit. Some will be local, others International, but we will be going and knocking things off our bucket list while we’re still young and able!
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NEW CRUISE ADVENTURES!
Alaska and Christmas markets in Europe
After returning from our 2022/2023 World Cruise in May and spending the summer at home in Fort Erie, we now have more fantastic adventures planned before we settle into 'snowbird' life in Plant City, Florida for the winter.
Our first adventure is on the Norwegian Encore for a 7 night Alaskan cruise! Christmas will bring even more adventures in Europe on the Viking Bragi longship from Budapest to Amsterdam enjoying the Christmas markets along the way. We are in the planning stages for more exciting destinations in 2024 so stay tuned to see what we are doing!
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Right place at the right time!
Well today started with a wee bit of frustration. I was trying to figure out how to get my work issued cell phone and ipad converted...
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Third time’s a charm!
We awoke this morning to a very heavy frost and +3C in Fanny Bay! The frost had started last evening while Richard was out barbecuing...
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Drip, Drip, Drip....
It’s raining again! We woke up to a steady rain and sure enough, Newman’s roof is leaking !!! The water is a dirty colour because of the...
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We’re having technical difficulty!
We were playing 9 holes today at our favourite little golf course, Qualicum Memorial Golf Club, in Qualicum Beach. I had booked the tee...
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Like father, like son!
On another rainy day what do we do if we can’t play golf? We watch golf! I’m really enjoying watching Tiger and his son Charlie Woods...
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CATADUPE!....
Defined as an Old English expression for a ‘cataract’ or ‘waterfall’ or in other words...”its raining a waterfall of cats & dogs! When...
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Catchy name for rain!
Wow! How does the day pass by so quickly? I was warned this would happen in retirement but I really didn’t believe it until now! I...
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Carpe diem!
This morning I was looking at our trail book and decided we would ‘seize the day’ and get out for a hike despite the 100% chance of rain...
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What’s that barking noise?
We had a light rain all night and woke up to a foggy, very rainy morning. We had wanted to go for a hike today in Cumberland because it...
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WHAT? NO GOLF TODAY?!!!
We started out this morning for Port Alberni, which as the crow flies is directly due south of Fanny Bay. Given that there are not that...
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You’re going to be sore after this!
Today started with me visiting my new Strength and Conditioning coach to work on gaining my strength and balance in my leg. The...
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Goats? What goats?
This morning started by dragging out my work laptop at the request of work and trying to search emails going back 9 years. Being...
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I pulled the trigger finally!
Or should that be pushed the trigger? I did it! After doing a ton of research last night and for the past few weeks, I finally decided...
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Not what we expected unfortunately!
Today we went to Comox for a trail hike. With so many trails to choose from, we couldn’t do every trail, even if we stayed here for a...
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The Cool Place to Be!
Before heading out to do some exploring today we headed south on the coastal highway to the Bowser Esso station, to fill Newman with...
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Let’s go exploring!
The two night and one day of rain had finally stopped this morning and the weather was supposed to be a beautiful 10C...so what should we...
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Hallelujah!
Newman’s roof didn’t leak! Woohoo! We were really worried about potential leaking but I think the copious amounts of Dicor Lap roof...
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We’re gonna get hammered!
And we aren’t talking about drinking! The weather doesn’t look very good overnight. Here’s the forecast “An INTENSE frontal system will...
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5 months and 20 days!
That’s how long its been since I last walked an 18 hole golf course...But now the counting can stop because I did it! I walked 18 holes...
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