May 14, Day 5, Visiting the Canadian National Museum of Human Rights
Viola Desmond, Canadian Civil Right Pioneer We started today by ordering breakfast in the room and then taking our time to go out for the...
May 13, Day 4, From Fargo to Winnipeg: God’s Traveling Mercies Abound
When Patrise and I travel, we often pray for “traveling mercies,” asking God to keep us safe as we move abroad. However, today’s journey...
May 12, Day 3, To and Fro in North Dakota and Minnesota
Today was going to be a long day of driving west of Fargo in the morning, then east of Fargo in the afternoon. We got an early start,...
May 11, Day 2, Mother’s Day in Fargo
(It was 30 degrees warmer in Fargo than in Atlanta today. Who knew that was possible?!) Today, we awoke in Fargo. We planned to go about...
Day 1, May 10: Dakota, Ho!
Well, at last we have begun the journey that will mark a travel milestone for us – our 50th state in the U.S., North Dakota. The...
Countdown to Takeoff (Day -5)
In five days, Saturday, May 10, we will fly from Atlanta to new lands. First we will fly to the eastern side of North Dakota, Fargo to be...
Day 10, January 1, 2025: A New Year Begins, A Journey Ends
View of Abu Dhabi from our hotel room, 9am, New Year's Day. The streets are very quiet and empty. This is our last day of the trip. It...
Day 9, December 31: Mosques, Museums, and Palaces (Part 2)
After leaving the Grand Mosque, we made our way across town to the Louvre Museum -- Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi has a thirty (30) year agreement...
Day 9, December 31: Mosques, Museums, and Palaces (Part 1)
Patrise and Doug in front of the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Grand Mosque Abu Dhabi Today's blog entry will be slightly different, in that I...
Day 8, December 30: Camels, Forts, Mountains
To better comprehend today's journey, it's better that I provide you a map, a visual of our travels. Bear in mind that we begin the...
Day 7, December 29: Pie in the Sky and Other Places
Ain Dubai, the largest observation wheel in the world, in Dubai shown at night. It is 250 meters (more than 800 feet high), twice as tall...
Day 6, December 28: Buggies, Jeeps & Camels
The two of us depicted alongside the camel we rode together. The day began slowly for us, but picked up steam as the hours proceeded. It...
Day 5, December 27: Miracles, Butterflies, and Towers
This day was filled with visits to essentially four locations: (1) the Dubai Miracle Garden, (2) the Dubai Butterfly Garden, (3) the...
Day 4, December 26: Sharjah and Ajman
Today was a day to visit 2 other emirate states. We started at Sharjah, which is the third largest emirate state by population. Sharjah...
Day 3, December 25: Christmas Day Touring Dubai -- Part 2
Museum of the Future, Christmas night Upon our return from the morning's tour and shopping, we immediately went to the hotel's Cinescope...
Day 3, December 25: Christmas Day Touring Dubai
This is the morning of Christmas Day! Neither of us slept well last night. I felt as though I had not slept at all. Between adjusting to...
Day 2, December 24: Our First Full Day in Dubai
Today, we both got up rested from our journey and time difference from yesterday in pretty good shape. I was hungry so we went to...
Day 1, December 22-23, Traveling to Dubai
The departure day has finally arrived. We woke up early -- early for me at least -- got dressed and fixed breakfast. After which, a last...
Day 0, December 21: Planning to Leave for Dubai
On Sunday morning, December 22, we will leave for Dubai. On the first leg of the journey, we will fly from Atlanta to Houston. We will...
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DOUG&PATRISE TRAVEL
Embrace the Wanderlust
Now that retirement is here, we are hitting the road to see some more places on our bucket list. Immediately below you will see the posts for our current trip to the South Pacific. Further back in time you will see blog posts for las year's RV tri





















