Ruth Mcbride
No words........stunning!
I couldn’t sleep this morning because I wanted to log into my work laptop to look something up from last year. As I was working at the...
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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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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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Hey! I found a tee time!
Last night around 9:30pm as Richard and I were talking about what golf courses I had booked for the weekend, I mentioned that I had tried...
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Just like Mom’s?
As I’m writing today’s blog Newman smells amazing! Today was our day to get organized and figure out what we really did or didn’t pack to...
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4,534 kilometres and 4 weeks!
Not to steal the climax of the story...but we made it! WE ARE FINALLY HERE....!!! Today started out great! I had hot water for my...
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Not another cold shower!
Yes...that’s what happened today. No hot water for my shower....grrrrr..this is not making me a happy “camper”!! Richard was busy...
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Oh deer....!!!!
We golfed today! Finally! We hadn’t golfed since mid October in Fort Erie. We were seeing pictures on Facebook that the weather had been...
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Shirley not again?
Today we tried again to eat at Shirley Delicious, in Shirley, B.C. for lunch...about a 40 minute drive, West along the coast from where...
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But we already paid for our parking!
Today we were a bit lazy...but we still got a lot done!!!! No big long, crazy challenging hikes for us today as we were still recovering...
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We’re going to golf in what?
Before we talk about golf let’s talk about the crazy long hike we did today! OMG! 3 hours, 20 minutes, 7.9km, 12,000 steps, and 13...
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“A challenging but EXHILARATING hike!”
Waking up this morning overlooking the marina I couldn’t wait to get up at golden hour and take some photos. Being a Pisces I’m...
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3 weeks....4,390 Kilometres!!!
What a relief! WE MADE IT TO THE ISLAND!!!! If you’ve been following our blog you would understand how we feel. Having never driven...
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How on earth are we gonna get out of here?
If you’ve never driven a 40 foot vehicle that is 13 feet high you wouldn‘t completely understand the dilemma we had this morning! We had...
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Flooded with Hope!
Today was all about exploring Hope, B.C. I had seen photos this summer of Flood Falls when one of my colleagues from the Bank had...
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Sunday on a Saturday and 2 Allison’s to boot!
What a day! I feel like we saw so many different micro climates all in one day. It’s hard to describe how a short 4 hour drive could be...
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Where’s the warmest place in Canada?
Where we are staying tonight...although it doesn’t feel that warm today at +4C and grey and cloudy! We left The Orchard RV resort our...
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What do you mean I have to take a warm shower?
That’s what Richard told me today when it was time to have my shower! I’m not digging this warm shower thing at all since we have full...
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Wanna have a spa day?
Not us UNFORTUNATELY..but that’s what was in store for Newman and Jerry today! We woke up in Penticton in the Walmart parking lot, which...
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What do you mean the slides won’t retract?
This morning we woke up to the sound of wild turkeys gobbling beside the RV! We knew we needed to get going early since today was going...
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A window of opportunity!
The weather is warming up for us and while we would love to stay and visit with Owen (and his mom and dad too) for longer, we have to get...
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Disaster strikes again!
So I mentioned in yesterday’s blog we were very concerned about the storm that was brewing off the shores of Lake Erie. The lyrics to...
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