Lanius Travels

Arrived back from Tahiti or Bora Bora on Dec. 18, 2018.  Took awhile to get into the groove just playing pickleball and doing daily walks. Had Christmas dinner with Nancy and Geoff Justice and 5 or 6 other couples.  Texas Chili in Arizona.  Great time with friends. The weather this season has been the coldest we've had in a long time. Not freezing, but staying in 50's even during the day.  Also, more rain than usual.  But still better than the majority of the Country. We started the New Year by taking the rig to Lake Pleasant.  Supposed to go up New Year's Eve and stay for 3 nights.  Rainy and cold, so we had dinner at our place in Surprise with Lynn and Linda, and Ron and Donna on New Year's Eve and left for Lake Pleasant the next day.  That afternoon, did get a good hike in and saw some Wild Burro's. The wind really picked up that evening and was freezing cold.  Had the dinner cuddled around the table with tarps up trying to b...

We landed in Papeete at 5:15 am on Dec. 5th, 2018.  Left Los Angeles at 11:05 pm on Dec. 4th.  Only an 8 hr. flight, but overnight and time changes.  This is still an airport without jetways, so you walk into the airport from the plane. Then we are greeted by the Travel Agency.  John Gullo, Kim Chase, Johnny and Jerri Gullo arrived about 30 minutes after us. That's 5:30 am on Dec. 5th. Next, we head to the hotel that we had for 1 night before boarding the "Image" Catamaran.  It was a great hotel.  The Manava Suite Resort.  Bob enjoying the view Johnny and Jerri Bob and I enjoying a drink at the waterfall pool Infinity pool The view from the pool area  We were there so early, we had planned a 4 Wheel Drive Tour of the Island for the day.  It was a pretty rough ride, but saw so beautiful sights. Beautiful falls all around We were in the back of a Ford Ranger. The top was taken off in the forest, but...