Hello! We’re John and Lilly, and we’ve been retired for about 12 years. I (Lilly) spent my career as an elementary school teacher, and John as a Professional Land Surveyor and water engineer. John came out of retirement twice on contract assignments during that time and is just recently re-retired. At nearly-70-and-80 years old and with a shared love for traveling, we decided to embark upon an unconventional adventure: living full time on a series of cruise ships while sailing across oceans and seeing the world.

We’ve been blessed with a beautiful blended family — six grown children between the two of us, and 18 grandchildren ranging from age 5-34. We’re also fortunate to have family near two major port cities in Southern California and Central Florida, making it easier to spend treasured time with family between some of our cruises.

We decided to create this blog with some encouragement from our daughter — who also built this site for us — so that our family and friends can follow our journey in near-real time. We both love to write and I love taking photos, so it will also be a fun hobby for us while onboard.

Thank you so much for following our journey as we sail off into the sunset during these sunset years of our lives; you really can’t beat the view!