Fort Lauderdale Today was devoted to shopping, and sure enough by the time we got to the airport to return the rental car we had 10 bags of newly purchased necessities to squeeze into our cabin. Half way into our shopping extravaganza...
Honolulu, Hawaii I had hoped that we would be docked at the Aloha Tower. I have been to Honolulu twice by ship previously, and that’s where we were. Not this time, it was Pier 2 for us. We were instructed to go to the Queens Room between 7:15 and...
Hilo, Hawaii We had booked the volcano hiking tour, which I discovered was a rather over optimistic plan when I read the small print that stated that the hike was into the bottom of the crater, and then back out again. I had thought it would just...
San Francisco Day 1 The gale continued over night and there was a fair bit of pitching and rolling. However, when we got up at 6:00 the sea was calm and the only evidence of the stormy night was another shattered window in the Winter Garden....
San Francisco Day 2 Today dawned bright and sunny again. Every other time we have been to San Francisco the weather has been awful, cold, damp, and foggy – and I have several San Francisco sweatshirts to show for it. This time I was prepared with...
The day they made us leave the ship……………….. There was no wide-open ocean outside the window this morning, no volcanoes or opera houses. There was, however, the San Pedro cruise terminal and LA smog. Yes, that day had come, time to disembark....
Canada It was my mother in law’s 90th birthday, and the whole family was coming together in Toronto to celebrate with her. After 3 hours sleep we drove to the airport again to catch our flight there. After 3 blissful months at...