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Morning found us down at the breakfast buffet where I enjoyed another low carb start to the day. We decided to spend the morning exploring The Strip in the opposite direction, that’s to say, away from the MGM Grand and towards Treasure Island, taking in some of the other hotels along the way...

Our hotel, the Bellagio, has a magnificent pool in front, which houses a remarkable musical fountain. When we’d made our reservations we had specified a room overlooking the fountain. One of the TV channels in our room gave the schedule of performances. It ranged from one hour intervals to 15...

Well, we faced disaster but disaster hid his wretched face and crept away. Claire met us at SF airport and we were quickly settled in once more at their house in Aptos. Sadly, Soleil the cat who we look after from time to time is looking as if she won’t be around much longer. She is 16 years old...

As a diabetic I feel that there are too many things I cannot eat if I want to keep my bs within sensible ranges that no way would I limit my diet even more. And don't forget, things like meat, fish, shellfish are low in carbs and can be high in protein, whereas many vegetables like potatoes...

So here we are in California, packed and ready for tomorrow's flight to Las Vegas. Our daughter-in-law was released from hospital a week ago and has been taking it easy for a few days. She left yesterday with her stepson (our grandson), and both our sons. They are all driving to Las Vegas and...

The countdown for our departure to California for a month is ticking away, but the string of disasters that have followed us don’t seem ready to give up on us yet. Our youngest son and his Californian wife have made plans to renew their wedding vows in Las Vegas while we are there. Our eldest...

A fall really shakes you up even if it does no damage, but if you get breaks or fractures then it leaves you feeling really bad. Get well soon. A lot of people on the forum are cheering for you.

A big thank you to Adelle, Robin Redbreast, NotSoSweet2, Daisy1 and all the other lovely people who have sent me PMs with kind messages. It truly warms the heart. Thank you, thank you and thank you again.

The first shot is the cable car that took us to the top of Sulphur Mountain. The second is of a sample of the local wildlife. The third is a pretty little river we stopped at just to enjoy its beauty.

The first two pictures were taken when we were rafting down the Athabasca River near Jasper. In the third my feet are standing on top of 1,000 feet of the ice that forms the Athabasca Glacier andd the third is of the Banff Springs Hotel, the biggest hotel in the world when it was built in 1886.

The first two pictures are: Butchart Gardens, Vancouver Island.The third is the Rocky Mountaineer under way while the fourth is Sunset on the Rockies.

Our next morning promised to be interesting. When we woke up and pulled the curtains back our grubby little yard was still covered in snow, and it was still snowing lightly. We showered and went down for breakfast to find that we were the first of our group to enter the restaurant. We took a...

That evening our group met up in the bar, just off the lobby. I have to say that though our room was clean, the lobby and the communal areas have seen better days with everything looking run down and shabby. There was only one young lady serving at the bar, so it took a long time to get our...

I've seen quite a few mods in my time on here, Mo, and you've been up there with the best. You'll be missed.

Should this forum be used for political ends? Please, moderators, let us know.

Our destination the following morning was Banff and the route to this town took us through the Jasper National Park and onwards in the direction of Lake Louise. There had been an optional excursion from Jasper to see Medicine Lake and Maligne Lake, but they were both so frozen over that our...

As the sun went down the snowfields turned a riotous pink, graduating to lavender then to purple. Shadows stretched slowly across the snowfields. A group of us were outside with our cameras, shooting away as this heavenly light show played its eternal game. We went inside for a pre-dinner drink...

Once again it was an early start as the train departed at 8 a.m. We were in the same seats in the same coach as the previous day. The biggest difference was that the train was considerably shorter. It seems that the part of the train behind our carriage had a different destination and had been...

Thank you, Sharon. As you will have read we visited South Africa a couple of years ago and were bowled over by its beauty and the welcome we received. I've always had a soft spot for your country since my Dad spent some time there in the Royal Navy during World War 2 and was "adopted" by a South...

There had been a sharp disagreement with Rich the evening before our departure. He announced that we should leave our bags just inside the door to our rooms and the bell boys would come into our rooms while we slept and take the bags for transmission to the station. There was a loud chorus of...