January 1 ,2024, and 2023 already seems like a distant memory. The year went by so slow, and so fast, both at the same time. There were ups and downs, highs and lows, good and bad. But they all seem so far gone.

2023 did not start out wonderfully with a baby in the hospital and myself with a major strep throat, then the resulting breakout as a result of medications, and then a long 5 months to recover from that. Only to develop shingles in one eye and have the other eye suffer a cornea scratch. So, a summer of healing from that. 

Two months into 2023, our whole division found out we would be losing our jobs over the course of the year and, in October, after almost 23 years at my company, my time there ended. Fortunately I was able to find a new opportunity and move directly into that position with another company.

It was a bad year for vehicles, all around, but I’ll be starting the New Year with a new vehicle, hopefully to be doing some more of the travelling that was the purpose for this blog.

The first vacation of this year will be my upcoming cruise on the Carnival Jubilee, can’t wait to take pictures and video and share with everyone. Then will be a trip to Florida, with stops on the way back, which i will be chronicling.

One of my goals this year is a new state park every month, so that will be coming up. I’ll probably start local since this month is filled up already, but ready to start car camping, now that I’ll have an SUV, so i’ll be able to have somewhere to sleep that’s not a tent.

As my job allows me to work anywhere i have internet, I hope to travel and stay with friends and family and work from various places and get some sites in.

So, big plans coming up, hoping to share with everyone. Stay tuned.