Yearly Archives: 2019


State of Missouri

The state of Missouri as the following facts: Became a state: 1821 Capital:  Jefferson City Nickname: The Show-Me-State Population: over 6 Million Ranking in population: 18 Largest Urban areas: St. Louis Kansas City Springfield Columbia The layout of the USA The layout of the USA as of 1821 The shape […]


Missouri Trip

So we are about to head out on a trip from Sept 12 to Sept. 19, 2019.  We will be going to Missouri. Disclaimer The next few weeks post will focus on the things I did while in Missouri and the sites I visited where a history tour of the […]


New Packing Cubes

As I mentioned before my packing cubes are in Argentina so I needed some new ones and I found these on Amazon. Now, I used them when I went on our Mexican Riviera Cruise back in March.  They were OK and not what I was expecting. Old Ones Now the […]


Updates

As with life things happen, right. Over the past couple of weeks, life has well been really really busy. I have switched web hosts and over the course of a couple of weeks the databases got mixed up and I published a couple of blank posts about new packing cubes. […]


Cord Bag — Wife

For many many years, I packed all the tech and cords. I got a cord bag so that we could keep all of our (my) technology powered. She said I complain too much, it isn’t complaining, but just little hints that she might need to start taking her own cords […]


Tote Bag

What is a tote bag? Well, it is a bag that you tote around. We (my wife) were looking for a bag that she could carry on the plane that will carry certain items so she wouldn’t have to carry her purse. Basically, she was looking for a purse but […]


28 inch Checked Bag

Everyone needs a big suitcase, right? Just a bigger bag to haul around all your stuff or just more of the things you won’t use. History This bag came from a Fred Myer store in Juneau, Alaska. Yes, you heard that right, we got this in Juneau while on a […]


Laptop Suitcase

In 2015, I was looking for a bag that could help me travel on a plane with just a carry-on and a personal bag. Like my wife, we didn’t want to lug around extra baggage when we went on an Alaskan cruise and I looked high and low for a […]


Red Suitcase

I have called this one the Red suitcase since it is red. History Back in 2015, when we went on a cruise to Alaska, we decided that we would only take a carry-on and a personal bag. This is my wife’s private bag, as the previous post was her carry-on […]