Dec. 18 – Belize City

By on December 28, 2025 in The Pearl
“Life’s a journey, not a destination.” -Aerosmith 
We decided to fly into Belize a day ahead of when we were scheduled to arrive at the resort. A few others in our group did the same thing. Being retired gave us that option. Coming on Thursday instead of Friday also gave us more time to relax and saved us some money. The flight from Houston to Belize City was only two and a half hours and everything went smoothly, although customs were a bit more intense than other countries we’ve been to. We’ll fly down to Placencia tomorrow with Milly and her family and meet up with the rest of our group. 

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The National Museum of American History in Washington DC – Part 2: The Gallery of Numismatics

By on December 28, 2025 in Kosmos

continued… Metal coins were first made in the 7th century BC, originating independently in two different parts of the world: Lydia (now Turkey) and China. In the 5th century BC, India also started making metal coins. The coins from Lydia … Continue reading →

The American History Museum in Washington DC – Part 1

By on December 25, 2025 in Kosmos

Monday, September 29 — After we finished doing school in the morning, we went to lunch at the pizza restaurant that Eric and Keith had gone to last Tuesday. They’d really liked it and wanted Christi to try it. It was … Continue reading →

Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington DC

By on December 24, 2025 in Kosmos

continued… We hailed another ride share to take us to a restaurant called Old Ebbitt Grill, located directly across the street from the US Treasury. Eric was dismayed to see the ride share app showed it would take 20-minutes and … Continue reading →

Beat the Bomb in Washington DC

By on December 23, 2025 in Kosmos

Sunday, Sept 28 — Keith has not enjoyed the activities that we’ve done over the last few days, so we decided to make it up to him by letting him pick an activity that he thought would be fun. When … Continue reading →

The National Cryptologic Museum in Annapolis, Maryland – Part 2

By on December 22, 2025 in Kosmos

continued… Here were some American machines used in World War II. The little machine on the left was a portable unit. 140,000 were built during WWII. They were also utilized in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, as well. The bigger … Continue reading →

Introduction to Dungeons & Dragons (D&D)

By on December 20, 2025 in Kosmos

Keith had to write a report for school on a topic of interest to him. We decided to post it so he can share it with the new potential players that he meets. Dungeons and Dragons, known as D&D for … Continue reading →

Dec. 18 – Belize City

By on December 18, 2025 in The Pearl
“Life’s a journey, not a destination.” -Aerosmith 
We decided to fly into Belize a day ahead of when we were scheduled to arrive at the resort. A few others in our group did the same thing. Being retired gave us that option. Coming on Thursday instead of Friday also gave us more time to relax and saved us some money. The flight from Houston to Belize City was only two and a half hours and everything went smoothly, although customs were a bit more intense than other countries we’ve been to. We’ll fly down to Placencia tomorrow with Milly and her family and meet up with the rest of our group. 
We spent our first night in Belize at a cute little B&B called Villa Boscardi. Located between the airport and Belize City. We were joined by Milly and her family. What a fun and relaxing evening we had catching up and enjoying a meal overlooking the water. Milly and our oldest son Kyle have been friends since they were in kindergarten. Milly’s like a daughter to us and now we have two bonus grandchildren.  
Belize Immigrations checked our passports and embarkation information at three separate places…all within 30 yards of each other before we could exact the airport. Leaving the county was just as involved.

This is the first time we have had a car waiting for us. It was fun.

Our little inn was very nice. We had our ow little building by the pool.

The office and kitchen were in the main house along with several more roooms.

We spent the afternoon and evening at Smokeez Seaside Restaurant & Bar. It was about the only thing in the area.

We relaxed and enjoyed a local beer while we waited for Milly and Evan to arrive.

It was great too have Milly join us for this holiday trip.

Dinner at Smokeez.

Stan with his new little friends.

Belize Adventure

By on December 18, 2025 in The Pearl
“Travel as much as you can. As far as you can. As long as you can. Life is not meant to be lived in one place.” -Unknown
We’re off for a little Christmas adventure with family and friends. We’re going to spend the next week on a private island off the town of Planecia in the southern part of Belize. Placencia is one of the most popular destinations in Belize. It’s a charming, low-key fishing village located at the southern tip of the Placencia Peninsula. Bordered on one side by a mangrove-lined lagoon and on the other by the Caribbean Sea. It’s famous for having some of the most beautiful beaches in the country.

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Belize Adventure

By on December 18, 2025 in The Pearl
“Travel as much as you can. As far as you can. As long as you can. Life is not meant to be lived in one place.” -Unknown
We’re off for a little Christmas adventure with family and friends. We’re going to spend the next week on a private island off the town of Planecia in the southern part of Belize. Placencia is one of the most popular destinations in Belize. It’s a charming, low-key fishing village located at the southern tip of the Placencia Peninsula. Bordered on one side by a mangrove-lined lagoon and on the other by the Caribbean Sea. It’s famous for having some of the most beautiful beaches in the country.

CONTINUE READING HERE…»