We fly to London arriving late in the evening, so we will spend the night near Heathrow. The next morning we make our way to Bath by way of the Tube and Train. After a few days in Bath its back to Gatwick and a flight to Barcelona in Spain. Alexis will join us there…

    This is a little town in Provence, we leave in 4 days. Plans all made, some packing tips to come.

Dinning menus, a norm on international flights, are rare on domestics. Yet on the flight from Anchorage to LAX there it was. Green salad with haricots verte and a tuna pate. The choice of entree included a pork chop with peach reduction, garlic sautéed beens, and polenta. Desert was creme brûlée with dollop of chocolate….

Las Vegas holds no attraction other than restaurants (not buffets as they hold even less attraction than casinos). Tricia joined me last week on a quick business trip. The View Wine Bar, and Bouchon Bistro were enticement enough, and a hike in the Red Rock Canyon while I was speaking sealed the deal. We found…