Testing Windows Live Writer

I have been helping friends set up their blogs lately and have learned a number of new techniques.  One was how to add a gadget in the side-bar which would list  links to other websites.  The other was to use Windows Live Writer.

Live Writer is a great little program which allows you to create a post off-line and then publish it when you have an Internet connection available.  Since I have been writing most of my blogs while on cruises, I spend a lot of money for time on the ship’s internet system.  Now, with this program, I can create the blog post, add photos, and have all formatted before I go online to upload it.  Saves  time and money.  This is the first time I have tried it.
 
Now I am going to add a photo to see how this step works. 

Voila! A Piece of cake. This is what I looked like in 1965 with my two boys. Glamorous, huh?

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.