Statistics
- Travel Guru
- Member since Feb 26, 2017
- 68 trips
- 681,466 kms travelled
- 60 countries visited
- 63,940 photos
- 2,464 forum entries
- 71 guide edits
- 797 blog entries
About @greatgrandmaR
85 years old • Female • retired Industrial Hygienist
Born Baltimore MD in 1937
College Oberlin
4 Children, 11 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren
Jobs as teacher, swim team coach, medical indexer,
Retired in Feb, 2000.
Visited 60 countries
- Hobbies:
Photography, travel, painting, writing
- Favourite places:
Bermuda
England
Florida
St John USVI
Colorado
Life is uncertain - Eat dessert first
Trips
2022 Cruising to Hawaii in a Pandemic
13 Sep 2021 - 22 Nov 2022 • 18,611 kms
USA
Mexico
The Rhine for the 2nd time -2022
02 Mar 2022 - 20 Nov 2022 • 13,954 kms
USA
Netherlands
Germany
France
Switzerland
Crossing One Off the Bucket List in 2021
28 Jun 2021 - 13 Sep 2021 • 22,829 kms
USA
Ecuador
Latest Blog Entries
- Back to Baltimore And Sequalea in Cruising The Rhine in 2022
- Not Touring Zurich and Flying Home in Cruising The Rhine in 2022
- Switzerland is Landlocked - How can we Sail to Zurich? in Cruising The Rhine in 2022
Travel Blogs greatgrandmaR runs
- 2002 Narrowboat Holiday - Worcester-Birmingham Canal in England
- Grenada the Spice Island 2013 and 2015 - Spices, Cruise Ships, and Cemeteries
- Cockburn Town - 2008 and 2016 - A Tiny Capitol After the Hurricanes
- Dominican Republic 2006,2007, 2011, 2016 - Four Visits to the Chaotic and Historic DR
- A Capitol Visit and a Wedding in 2017 - Florida, and South Carolina
- Six Visits to Barbados - 1996-2018 - One Week, and Four Cruise Ships
- 2007 Antigua and 2010 Montserrat - Cruisin' In
- 2017 Revisit to Hawaii - 2010 Initial Visit
- Tulips, Canals, and Cheese in 2016 - Then and Now (1950-2016)
- 1996, 2008 and 2016 visits to Costa Rica - Jungles and Volcanos
- 10 Countries- Europe after WWII in 1950 - Historic Photographs
- Eight Times to Bermuda 1963-2019 - Our Favorite Islands
- Circling Australia in 2012 - With my Third Granddaughter
- 2008 Mediterranean Spring Break - Cruise with Grandson #2
- The Sparkling Emerald Isle in 2007 - Bus Trip of Grandmother and Grandson
- 2002 Heart Attack at Shroud Cay - The Travels and Travails of the RosalieAnn
- Two Transits of the Panama Canal - 2008 - Fort Lauderdale to Lima Peru and Back
- Disappointing Disney - 2013 - By a non-Disney Fan
- 2018 Tanzanian Safari - via Amsterdam
- A Whale of a Time in Alaska in 2011 - Cruise from Seattle
- Ship Follower - Port to Port in 1964 - U.S.S. Intrepid Med Cruise
- The Peripatetic Summer of 2004 - Visit to Texas, a 45th Reunion in Ohio and Cruises
- Novices Overcoming ICW Obstacles - 2000 - Snowbirds Transiting the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway
- The Stressful Spring of 2004 - Last Trip up the Intercoastal
- Migrating South by Mercedes - Fall 2004 - Snowbird Safari
- 2003-2004 A Marathon Winter - In a Mercenary Marina
- Spring Migration - Back North in 2005 - Armed Forces Space/A Vacations
- 2018-2019 Cruise - 9 Ports-9 Days - Documenting Cemeteries
- 2015 Visit-Doc Martin,Compo and Cleggy - Tracking down TV filming locations
- 2014 - Katy in Fort Bend County, TX - West of Houston TX
- Fall Foliage in Vermont in 2014 - Colorful trees
- The Largest Virgin- 2014 Revisit - Second Graving Trip to St Croix
- Sampling Scandinavia and the Baltic-2009 - Third Grandchild - First Granddaughter trip
- A Funeral (2017) and an Accident (2018) - Princeton, NJ
- 2016 Family Reunion and a Wedding - Georgia and New York State
- Don't Stop the 2016 Carnival - 2016 Cruise on the Sunshine
- Fleeing February in 2014 - Tropical St. Croix
- 2005 Our First Repositioning Cruise+AFV - Philadelphia to Miami and then driving south staying in Armed Forces Vacation places
- 2006 -Winter Travel AFV - Armed Forces Vacations - Space Available Condos
- 2006-07 B2B Cruises Norfolk-Miami - Two Cruises (Back to Back) on the Maasdam - Holland American Line and the Drive Home Afterward
- A Lanai Cabin on the Maasdam - 2013 - The Lost Narratives
- Celebrating 60 Years Together in 2019 - A Family party
- Speaking French in 2019 - Revisitng Provence
- 2019 Ft. Lauderdale Wedding - Road Trip
- 2011 Back to Back on the Carnival Pride - Bermuda and the Bahamas
- 2011 B2B on Enchantment & Key West trip - Bahamas and the Caribbean
- The Tail End of 2002 - Visiting and Visited
- Maryland Meanderings in 2003 - Before the Last ICW trip
- Celebrity Cruise 2010 - Caribbean holiday
- 2007 Grandeur of the Seas & NCL Pearl - Two 2007 Cruises with an Interval
- Winter of 2008 - Roadtrip - Florida, Louisiana, Texas, St. Louis and home
- Summer 2008 - A Wedding and 3 Boat Trips - Crisfield, Henderson, Connecticut, and Quantico
- Yellowstone & Hawaii for Volcanoes 2010 - Fourth Grandchild Trip
- 1948 Road Trip - To Colorado and Back
- Diving from Belize to Cozumel in 1998 - The second largest coral reef system in the world
- 1997 In the Virgin Islands on a CSY - CSY stands for Caribbean Sailing Yacht
- 1965 - Journal by My Mom Rosalie Figge - Breathless Descriptions
- Two Cross Country Trips in the 1964 - Two trips West
- Post 9-11 Sailing South 2nd Time 2001 - Chesapeake Excursions and then down to Boca Chica
- Then and Now - Revisits
- Cruising the Chesapeake 2021 - and Riding to RI
- Crossing One Off the Bucket List in 2021 - Galapagos Cruise
- 1994 - Working in Seattle - Seeing the city after 3 and on weekends
- 2022 Cruising to Hawaii in a Pandemic - Two Mothers-in-law Traveling Together
- 1965-1966 Touring California - And Driving to Key West
- Florida in the late 60s - Touring from a base in Key West
- Two Colonial Cities in 1969-1970 - Philadelphia and Boston
- 1971-1973 In the Rhode Island Boondocks - The last days of Quoset Point
- Cruising The Rhine in 2022 - For the 2nd time With my Grandson Mike and his wife Lesley
Travel Blogs greatgrandmaR contributes to
- Life in a time of Coronavirus - Let's share our experiences
Forum - Latest posts
- Where Am I? Game
- Site is slow today
- Whats your experience over people wear when they take a bath
- Is too much of anything a bad think.
- How do you keep track of your travel ideas?
- Do you prefer a package tour or making your trip?
- Mobility-impaired older woman wants to visit Egypt
- Can you name the place in the photograph game?
- How do you guys plan your itinerary?
- Places to eat in London?
Travel Help
Grenada
I've been to Grenada twice. Once on a cruise ship in 2013 . Then we came back for a week in 2016. We rented a car and drove all over the island.
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Florida Keys
We lived in Key West for three years in the 60s and have visited many times since
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Bermuda
I have been to Bermuda seven times, and am quite familiar with the various attractions and history
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Dominican Republic
4 visits - one a week in Santo Domingo, two visits to Samana by cruise ship and one visit to Amber Cove and Puerto Plata
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United States
Been traveling in the USA for 75 years, and have been to all the states except Idaho, North Dakota and Oregon.
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Grand Turk
I've done a lot of research on Grand Turk
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Florida
Lived in various places in Florida for several years and spent a lot of time there
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Maryland
Because I worked doing inspections in Maryland for 14 years, so I have traveled all over the state
Wiki Travel Guide
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