Just a few days until departure - Introduction




Memorial Day 2022 (May 30th)

Hello and thanks for visiting BLOG (what a horrible sounding name)

We are Jim and Anita Wood.  Currently living and working in SW Florida, USA.  We moved down here just 3 years ago (a year before Covid hit hard) to continue our working career and enjoy the weather now, rather than waiting until we retired.  We figured why wait.

Anita is a college instructor who made the transition from in person teaching to on-line teaching for the move to Florida.

I work as project manager for a large engineering firm.

We have both been working in our fields for quite a number of years.  We are not "rich" by any stretch of the imagination.  Just comfortable, but needing to stay employed a few more years until Medicare age comes around - LOL

We are relatively well traveled folks.  That is not to say we are constantly on a visit to some far off and distant land.  But being in our early 60's, and having worked hard our whole lives, we have, both individually and together, made many trips domestically and a several overseas trips also.  

We are especially excited about this trip.  This will be our first "big" trip together after all (meaning 3) children are grown, graduated college, working and doing very well on their own.

Our first "Bucket List" Trip if you will.

This is us - CHEERS!



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