by Phyllis Jenkins My answer was always a firm “No”! For years, my husband, Dave, asked, “What do you think about going on a cruise?” No cruise for me. End of conversation. It wasn’t that I didn’t love to travel. I did. It wasn’t that I didn’t trust him. I did. But for me, it was a no-brainer. I didn’t know how to swim and had a childhood fear of water. But as our 20th wedding anniversary approached, something shifted. Maybe it was love. Maybe it was maturity. Maybe it was the quiet...

by Kim Marvel Having a bucket list is popular these days. As we navigate our senior years, sometimes we feel a sense of urgency to check items off our list. A fellow traveler once told us of the three phases of retirement: the “go-go” years, the “slow-go” years, and the “no-go” years. Most days my wife and I place ourselves in the “go-go” years. We anticipate slowing down eventually, but for now we like to pack up and head out. For years, an item high on our bucket list was visiting all of...

by Jill Rumbley-Beam It’s time to celebrate travel! Last time I wrote about travel, I wrote about places I had been outside Texas. Have you ever travelled around Texas to visit some of the food festivals? Well, if you haven’t, you need to put these places on your calendar. Let’s go first to Mission Texas, the orange capital of Texas. The citrus festival is held in the last two weeks of January. While the nation is freezing to death in February, in Mission, they are basking in the...