Spring Break 2010 (March 20th-27th)
Eastern Caribbean Cruise (Royal Caribbean - Serenade of the Seas)
Saturday - Puerto Rico
Left Newark around 4:40am about 10 minutes behind schedule. I was sleep driving before we got to Newport so Peg took over and drove us to Marion. (Won't tell the whole story, but I had been up since about 4:30am Friday morning and ...) Anyway, we arrived at the terminal, checked our bags, parked the car then went back to the terminal and showed our boarding passes and went to the gate. Wrong gate! Flight had been a little delayed so the gate was changed from B6 to B31 ... long walk. Still, we were an hour and a half early so we stopped and got some breakfast ... Neely's BBQ! Got a giant pork shoulder sandwich (~7am) and some bottled water and pigged out! Boarding was uneventful as was the flight. The transfer from San Juan terminal to the pier was something else. We had purchased transfers and went to the appointed place. Talk about a herd mentality, you'd a thought the world was ending. It was a madhouse! Anyway, we got our baggage checked and only got separated from one bag. We had a good ride over to the boat and another uneventful boarding. Can we relax now? You betcha! Our lost bag made it to our room a few hours behind the others but no problem. We washed up and went to the Windjammer for a casual supper. Yes, the food is still outstanding. Plenty of variety and plenty of food! Way more than we need, but hey, everybody does two deserts, right? The camera was packed away so we didn't get any pictures of San Juan or the Island, but it is nice. It has high rises and slums, but it's a nice island. We debark at 8:30pm tonight and tomorrow we dock at St Thomas. I promise we'll take pictures tomorrow. We're resting right now (~5pm) and we'll get a good feel for the ship tonight. We'll also try to update once daily so all of ya'll who are concerned about us can stay abreast. I think we're gonna enjoy this trip, bum knee and all. And yes, it really has slowed me down. Peg is walking off and leaving me all the time! Just call me Pokey!
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11/20/2009, NE Arkansas
Well, this being a sailing blog I must confess I haven't been on the water all year!
Our youngest son and family came down from the Great North for two weeks - and we immediately gave them H1N1 - so they were down (literally) for most of the first week. We had good visits and took good pictures. Enjoyed our time together. Christmas will be hard again this year I'm sure - but life goes on.
The wife broke down this week and did what she has been tryin to get me to do for the last 3 months. We've been on dial-up since the internet was available. Our local cable company could not provide for us neither could the phone company above 56k. Around 3 or 4 months ago the phone company announced DSL available in our service area. Change comes slow. Don't know why. Anyway - she ordered the high speed modem and set it up yesterday. Its like 25x faster than our old dial up!
Maybe I'll do a better job of keepin up with the world now.
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06/30/2009, Arkansas to New Hampshire & back
more later
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