Product Reviews
Audible.Com Makes Time Fly on a Road Trip
July 7, 2010 by David Porter
The Roaming Boomers love road trips! However, if you happen to be crossing a couple hundred miles of relatively uninteresting terrain, there is nothing better than having a sophisticated spy thriller on your iPod playing through your automobile’s 14-speaker Harmen Karden sound system. How do you do that? Why audible.com of course? On... Read More
How my Maui Jim Ho’okipa Reader Sunglasses Saved my Vogue
July 7, 2010 by David Porter
Who would have ever thought that I could be extremely grateful to a sunglass manufacturer? Gleefully, for over 50 years, my optical system has performed admirably without need of any visual aid. As my friends were poking small cylindrical pieces of glass in their eyeballs, or perhaps constantly poking the bridge of their noses to keep... Read More
Motorola Droid Phone with Verizon 3G Network and Google Maps Voice Navigation
April 7, 2010 by David Porter
As a baby boomer, we love to travel. Furthermore, we love technology that helps to make our travel more convenient, pleasurable, and less chaotic. With the recent launching of The Roaming Boomers, we realized that we were going to be away from home more, and that the benefits of today’s smart phones might be a real advantage for us. We... Read More
We’re Learning Spanish With RosettaStone’s TOTALE
April 6, 2010 by David Porter
As more and more baby boomers start to retire, and travel the world, I suspect the desire to learn another language might become more prominent. I have certainly felt this desire, and when I contacted the kind folks at RosettaStone, they were kind enough to offer The Roaming Boomers a trial subscription of their TOTALE system, so that we... Read More
Product Review: Garmin’s nüvi 1390T GPS Navigator
March 31, 2010 by David Porter
In a previous article, I was sharing a story about how my Garmin nüvi GPS saved our marriage. A number of years have since gone by, and what cost me then about $600 can now be bought for a significantly smaller investment. I called Garmin, and shared with them that I would like to conduct a test drive of their Garmin nüvi 1390T on The... Read More
How my Garmin nüvi 360 GPS Saved my Marriage
March 31, 2010 by David Porter
For some reason that I can’t begin to explain, when I am in an unfamiliar city, surrounded by many lanes of busy traffic, I turn into a raging lunatic. In fact, I suspect that I sort of resemble the guy pictured to the right. Many years ago, while driving through very congested Chicago traffic, we were approaching one of those spaghetti... Read More
Coming Up – Product Review on the Garmin nüvi 1390T
February 8, 2010 by David Porter
Our website offers product reviews that will be valuable to travelers. Coming up soon is the Garmin nüvi 1390T. Read More →
Required Desert Hiking Gear
January 12, 2010 by David Porter
My Desert Hiking Gear When one is traveling, or off on some great adventure, your gear can not only bring about convenience, but it can also mean life or death. When we started hiking the mountainous back country of the Sonoran desert, we very quickly learned that this is not anything like hiking in Michigan. In fact, during the hot summer... Read More
