One Last BIG Vacation

 

When my wife and I retired in 2015, we traveled somewhere every other month for a week until COVID hit in 2020.  

We visited Europe, Canada, Mexico, cruised in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, Alaska, and Hawaii.  

We flew to several places in the USA, like Vegas, Los Angeles, South Padre Island, Vancouver, Boston and drove to many places that were 8-10 hours away from our home in East Tennessee.

After COVID, we pretty much just went two places each year, somewhere in Florida in April/May for a week and Myrtle Beach in September/October for a week.  Both places we drive; the first trip is about 10 hours, the second trip is 6-7 hours.

This year, 2025, we already have reservations at Fort Walton and Myrtle Beach.  BUT...  in 2026, we are planning one last BIG VACATION before we get too old to enjoy it.

Our BIG VACATION will be to fly to Hawaii and take our second island cruise.  We have managed to save over 400,000 frequent flyer miles on Delta via the AmEx card, so we are going to fly FIRST CLASS from Atlanta to Honolulu and back.

It is not the first class where the seats make into beds, that is now DELTA ONE...  but first class is good enough for us.  Then we will get a cabin with a balcony when we normally get an inside cabin on a lower deck so we can have more money for excursions.

I've got 6 Hawaiian shirts that I have picked up over the years and I'll be able to wear a different one each night for dinner.