Back on solid ground for good - we arrived back in Seattle this morning. We decided not spend our 6th Anniversary day traveling so we are spending a few days exploring the Emerald City.

Yesterday was a sea day - Egg played in another Poker tournament but was knocked out in the early rounds this time but he had a lot of fun and that is really all ( Read more... )

We have spent the last ten days together alone - no phone, no friends, no concrete plans for the most part. It has been a wonderful time. We needed some reconnect time, some time to get re-acquainted and I have successfully fallen head over heels with you again. These 6 years of marriage and 20 plus years of being best friends has just reaffirmed ( Read more... )

Greetings from Canada, eh.

Ported in Prince Rupert this afternoon after being at sea most of the day. We even arrived ahead of schedule which is a little surprising as we left Skagway almost two hours late. During our day onboard, Egg played in his first poker tournament! He played very well finishing in second place and taking home a cash prize of ( Read more... )

Skagway - our first Alaskan stop with a road out of town that goes somewhere else...Unfortunately it leads directly to the Canadian Border!  Oh well can't have everything.

We had a great day - spend over 8 hours in town. We began with a quick downtown tour (all 9 blocks of Broadway) and breakfast and a "quicky" at the Red Onion Saloon and Bordello ( Read more... )

Another very full day, we have taken some time to download the pictures taken so far and between the two of us we have taken over 800 pictures. Wow! Unedited and all but we expect a few of them will turn out to be keepers. We have put together a mini summary of the highlights so far in a Picasa Album (link at the end). We hope you enjoy.

Today we ( Read more... )

We pulled into port some time during the night, we were magically stopped and docked by the time we made it to breakfast. Ketchikan is one of the largest cities in Alaska and most of the buildings are carved into the rock bed. Meaning the land had to be dug out to get a flat spot to build.

We went to the totem state park, learned history and ( Read more... )

So first thing this morning we went to the buffet for breakfast...not bad, all that you can expect from a buffet.

We then signed up for the Murder Mystery dinner at 9am, we were 54-55 in line at 8:30, glad we went early. That dinner will be tomorrow evening, should be fun!

Then off to the Spa for our massages - how can a 90 pound woman manipulate ( Read more... )

 Things we have learned on our first day at sea....
1. Daniel driving karma extends to taxis - we hit the draw bridge UP on the freeway, and the train carrying misc cruise parts that even stopped moving for a time.  OUr ship was literally a block away from us but we made it in plenty of time. In fact everyone on the ship got here on time, we left ( Read more... )

  Historic moment - had my first harvest this weekend ---  two zucchinis and 5 green beans. Vegetables never tasted so good!  Thanks to the hubby's wonderful cooking skills we had our first home grown meal from the lower yard.

We started with cantaloupe, green beans, zucchini, cucumber, crookneck squash, tomatoes, and seedlings of carrots, ( Read more... )

You say it's your birthday, (dah nananannah...)
It's my birthday too, yeah! (dah nanannah...
They say it's your birthday, (dah nannanannah...)
We're gonna have a good time!
I'm glad it's your birthday,
Happy birthday to you!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - MJ!

I wish for all joy and happiness on this day, my your fairy protectors come and carry your dreams high ( Read more... )