Guest Correspondent ALMcB, Los Angeles CA: Since our retirement started a decade ago, we’ve been to casinos in Vegas, Reno, Monte Carlo, Hong Kong and other gambling joints throughout the world. We love the flashing lights, buffets, cheap rooms, big-show entertainment and other glitz.

Of course, all is designed to entice people to bet and lose their bank accounts and, for elderly gamblers, their children’s inheritances. We’re not heavy gamblers, and usually confine our bets to the 25¢ video poker machines.

We recently had an exciting experience at Morongo, located at the foot of the impressive San Gorgonio and San Jacinto Mountains, just 90 miles east of Los Angeles. As our car approached Morongo, the view was that someone had taken a Las Vegas hotel and plunked it down in the middle of the desert. The imposing 25-story building can be seen from the nearest city, Palm Springs, 20 miles away.

When a loving couple finds a cozy nest aboard a cruise ship, they may not consider the features and destination all that important. After all, they’ll have each other.

However, unlike first-time lovebirds, senior second honeymooners need to venture out to stroll the deck, relax at the pool, enjoy fine dining and see stage shows. They may also want to visit ports where the cruise ship docks at interesting and colorful ports. Therefore:

1. Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Wonder: It begins with four nights at a luxury hotel in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Days are free to explore all the rides and other great features of the extensive park, and nights offer special dining, dancing and other delights.

Calling someone a geek can be an insulting slur. It describes many seniors who just can't seem to take that first brave step beyond the front door.

Take heart, fellow ancient geeks. There are ways to break away from your geekiness and get into some wild freakiness world travel. For example:

Just when the harried airline thought all the unfriendly skies incidents were over, a new passenger dumping happened. It occurred aboard a United aircraft in Baltimore before take-off to Chicago.

When she was scheduled to go aboard, the woman told the desk clerk that she was seriously allergic to cats. Once aboard, she noted a cat with another passenger seated several rows away. The distraught woman asked an attendant to be seated far away.

Her complaint angered the attendant, and suddenly the passenger was escorted off the flight by two TSA agents. Later, there were explanations, excuses and United did get the woman on another flight. However, this latest incident of bad publicity makes it appear that United did the nasty deed on PURRPUSS.