It was my great pleasure to cruise the full Transit Panama Canal, which means that I went from the Pacific Ocean through the canal to the Caribbean Sea and ended in the Atlantic Ocean. We started in San Diego and cruised to Cabo San Lucas – a small port city with wonderful beaches – and Puerto Vallarta on what is known as the Mexican Riviera. Puerto Vallarta is beautiful and full of history with warm friendly locals. I loved visiting it! We then traveled down to Central America and stopped at Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala where we took a river excursion up into the mountain, met the...

As you all know by now, we’re giving away a free Halloween Cruise onboard the Carnival Inspiration. The cruise departs on Monday October 29th, out of Long Beach, California, visits Catalina Island on Tuesday, Ensenada on Wednesday, offers an entire fun day at sea on Thursday, and returns to Long Beach on Friday, November 2nd. Why should you enter our absolutely free cruise giveaway? 1. No other ships have “fun” in their names!  Carnival is known as the fun ships. That means that you know you can expect so many fun & exciting things for the entire family to do together...

Traveling with your whole family can be one of the most rewarding adventures in your life.  In my circle, I don’t know of a single family that complains about spending too much time together.  It’s actually quite the opposite. There is simply not enough time to spend with our families. Do you suffer from packed schedulitis? Think about it. We work, go to school, sometimes work AND go to school, play sports, coach, volunteer, and the list goes on. It’s a pretty busy schedule! Sure, we see each other and communicate with each other every day, but what are we communicating? Usually...