Friday, March 20, 2009

A Blog is Launched


Seems appropriate to launch a blog in a Land Yacht! I am sitting in my Air Stream Land Yacht on my way home from the FMCA International Rally in Perry, Georgia.




This rural campground near Lake City, Florida, is quite a contrast to the FMCA parking. At FMCA, there were over 3,000 coaches. Here there are only three of us...shared with a peacock and some goats.




The peacock was admiring himself in the reflection of my wheelcover.




The goat was admiring me.


The main reason I went to the FMCA rally was to take as many seminars presented by Jim and Chris Guld (better known as Geeks on Tour). I managed to get to five of the six they presented (all were excellent). You can get hand-outs and how-to videos at their website.

One seminar was about creating blogs. So I thought I might as well start now since there is not too much to do at this campground after you see the peacocks and goats. I am also using Picasa 3 for editing the photos used here, which was another seminar presented by the Geeks.

I am naming this blog Wandering West since I love to travel, and the focus of this blog will be my travels. I am setting this up now so I can keep a journal of my trips... the next one being a 30-day trans-Atlantic/ Mediterranean cruise stopping in 16 ports in Portugal, Spain, Monte Carlo, Italy, Dubrovnik, several Greek isles, Athens, Ephesus (Turkey), Sicily...ending in Rome. Here's a map of my itinerary:



I depart on April 2nd and will return to Florida on May 2nd. So check back if you are interested in following my wanderings.