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More Snow – But Not For Long
As you can see in this picture, taken out a window here at work, it is snowing again. But, in just three days, I will be trading views like this for views from the deck of a cruise ship. On Friday, Georgia and I will be headed for the Caribbean and south Florida. I am […]
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Day 9 – Sea Day The only sea day of this cruise gave us a chance to rest and spend some time exploring more of the ship. We also attended the cruise director’s debarkation talk which, sadly, means the trip is nearing its end. Tonight was the second and last formal night in the dining […]
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Day 5 – Katakolon, Greece The reason cruise ships stop at Katakolon is not to see Katakolon but to visit Olympia, site of the ancient Olympic games and that is what I did. Georgia opted out of the walking so, I was on my own. After meeting the rest of the tour group in the […]
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Georgia and I just got back from a 9 day Mediterranean cruise on the brand new Carnival Freedom. This was the ship’s inaugural cruise and quit an adventure for us. The itinerary for this first cruise was a little different than it will be for the regular schedule. Days 1 and 2 – Chicago to […]
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Day 9 – Fairbanks Our tour group, along with several others, gathered in the hotel lobby on Thursday morning. What seemed like total confusion to us was routine for the Holland America people who got everyone on the right buses and on their way without a problem. Our group was split up between two buses. […]
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Day 6 – Sitka Sitka is another tender port so we met our group in Pharaoh’s Palace before boarding the tender for the trip to shore. This was the first day that we saw the more typical southeastern Alaska weather. The day was cool and rainy but, since out first excursion was in a semi-submersible […]
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Day 3 – Ketchikan I was up early on the third morning so I sat out on the balcony and watched while the ship was anchored in the harbor. Ketchikan is a busy port and the docks can’t handle all the cruise ships that visit. The lines take turns anchoring and tendering their passenger to […]
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We got back from Alaska this morning. The heading at the right warns that I might post about an occasional non-flying adventure and, this is one of those. Although I didn’t do any flying on the trip, there are still going to be many references to aviation. It is almost impossible to spend any time […]
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