My husband loves to travel, and I can’t say that I object too much now that we are retired with flexibility to go when ever the opportunity presents itself. My only concern is for our Himalayan kitten, ‘Emma Lena Louise’. If several months go by and we haven’t gone any place, he gets antsy and I just know that he will present me with an itinerary.

Thankfully, my husband has expanded his childhood love for canned peas and creamed corn! Since he married a food junkie, he will now try most anything but for oysters, sushi and catfish. Oh and he ‘thinks’ he hates spinach! If he only knew how much of it he actually consumed.

Having grown up in Wisconsin, he did his fair share of hunting as well as fishing in the many wonderful lakes in the area. Catfish and dogfish were discarded and he can’t relate to the farm raised catfish that are on the menus. Lake fishing has now been replaced during our travels with deep sea fishing in the Hawaiian Islands and Mexico. And hunting? Let’s just say I don’t miss having to wait for all the wild life to get freezer burn. And of course I don’t miss the cold and snow either.

I’ll be sharing some of our travel experiences here in the Travel column concerning resorts, cruises, as well as just ordinary car jaunts where we have the occasion to participate in local, regional and international cuisine.

MamaJo