Our travel archive · 2015 · Photo: JimCruise experience · July 2015
Our 2015 Norwegian Gem Cruise: Photos, Ports & Lessons
Anne’s first cruise, remembered through our photographs, time ashore and the cabin preference we brought home.
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Firsthand travel stories and practical ideas for coastal getaways, cruises and time away.
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Our travel archive · 2015 · Photo: JimThere’s more than one way to travel
More ways to get away.
A story to read and two photo notes from our travels.
Photo: JimCoastal stays · Photo note
Life by the bay.
A quieter kind of getaway, from our New Jersey waterfront stays.
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A different horizon.
Our cabin, days ashore and the moments we remember from Norwegian Gem.
Read the Gem storyPhoto: JimPlaces to explore · Photo note
A view worth keeping.
A lighthouse photograph from the same coast, with a different point of view.
Open the lighthouse photo noteFrom our New Jersey archiveEvenings on Delaware Bay.
Anne and I stayed along this stretch of New Jersey’s Delaware Bay coast in 2025 and again in 2026. We enjoyed both trips, and brought home plenty of photographs.
This view is a small introduction to that part of our travel archive. TTE is about those kinds of stays as well as our time at sea.
A personal photo note, not a rental recommendation or a current destination guide.
A place in our photographsEast Point Lighthouse.
A red roof, a white building and a wide blue sky. This photograph of East Point Lighthouse is part of our New Jersey travel collection.
Sometimes a single image is a useful place to begin remembering a trip.
This photo note does not describe present-day access, opening hours or admission.