I’ve been blogging now for well over 6 1/4-years, with an initial retirement goal of a post per day. I’ve remained true to this pledge for all this time but have struggled of late. It’s taken me 142 days to write the last 100 articles, a definite lack of motivation coupled with travel disruptions and computer problems. The computer problems were resolved months ago by replacing my troublesome Surface with a used model sporting a few blemishes. I’m also in a temporary travel hiatus with three more weeks before we head to Egypt. We just received our Viking luggage tags, indicating that all systems are GO. Hopefully, I can stay on track with this blog at least until we depart. 

Egypt should give me plenty to write about as we cruise the Nile River. There will be lectures and tours that will certainly stir my interest in history. Deep in my soul, I feel there is a reason why the pyramids have always captured the imagination of my alter ego, Indiana Johnston. For me, this is a trip of a lifetime and a much-anticipated destination, dating back for many years. Our plans have been further delayed due to safety concerns and then Covid. The first stop will be Cairo and the newly remodeled Egyptian Museum. Among the masterpieces housed there are Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s treasure, including its iconic gold burial mask. 

I’ll run the streets of Cairo before we board the Viking riverboat that will take us down the Nile to visit the Great Pyramid and Sphinx, the very top of my bucket list. We’ll then go to Jordan to see the archaeological city of Petra, Hollywoodized by the movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Jones and Johnston, two common names often confused. It’s known as the Treasury, the rose-colored centerpiece of Jordan’s ancient Nabataean city, referred to in the movie as the Temple of the Sun. We’ll walk the 1.2k path