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Cabo San Lucas, January 13, 2025
Morning! After breakfast at the Cantina, we enjoyed the welcoming committee as we sailed into Cabo! The rocks were outside our window all day and gave us some beautiful views. We went ashore for a little bit, mostly to enjoy the tender ride in – where we were greeted by a clear boat, pelicans and… Continue reading
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Sea Day! January 12, 2025
Today was a lovely, lazy day at sea. Sunrise off the balcony, breakfast on the pool deck at the Blue Iguana Cantina (made to order breakfast burritos and arepas), and lots of games. We played some in the casino, then settled in Ocean Plaza to play Skipbo, Phase 10 and lots of trivia. We didn’t… Continue reading
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Sailaway day! Saturday, January 11, 2025
After one final breakfast at the buffet (with the lovely crispy potatoes), we packed up and Lyfted our way to the Carnival cruise pier. The driver actually let us off at the Queen Mary, which was much closer and much faster than the actual drop-off line would have been. Checking was quick and painless –… Continue reading
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Pre-cruise fun: January 8-10,2025
Wednesday, Jan 8 Time to get out of town! A snow storm is coming, so Monday we started frantically changing plans. Our poor Travel Agent made, cancelled and changed reservations for us several times as the forecast continued evolving. (Thanks, Scott!) From our original plans to fly out Friday, spend the night in a Courtyard… Continue reading
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Protected: Florida Trip – November 17-23, 2024
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All good things must come to an end. October 4-5, 2024
Friday, October 4 Well, evidently all this relaxing has caught up with us – we were in bed by 10:30 and slept until 8:30 this morning! We had a late breakfast at Ulu Cafe (fantastic breakfast flatbreads!), and were visited by a sweet little dove who found some crumbs under our table and a red-vented Bulbul wh… Continue reading
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Aloha, Aulani! October 3, 2024
No more Navigators,Captain Mickey kicked us off! But, we do have the final map for the cruise! Now it’s time to say, “Goodbye”… We were up and ready to disembark well before Red Mickey tags were called. We had cleared Customs in Vancouver, so we literally walked off the ship, went next door to pick… Continue reading
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Steam is hot? October 2, 2024
Another early morning to get up and go!! We had a quick Room Service breakfast and hit the gangplank at 9am. Bye,guys! After a warm welcome, we took a quick taxi ride over to the airport and to pickup our car from Hertz. We hit the road for Volcano National Park. We stopped on the way… Continue reading
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Up, up, up! October 1, 2024
After a room service breakfast, we hit the gangplank as soon as it opened up, grabbed a cab to the Kahului airport so we could get our rental car. On the way to the airport, the taxi’s radio provided a reminder that the Tsunami warning system would be tested at 11:45 today. Which was good… Continue reading
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Kauai, take 2! September 30, 2024
After a lovely lie-in, Eve and I went up to Cabanas for breakfast and delivered breakfast for Mom. Then it was out the door and into a taxi to head back to the airport to pick up our car and off we go! Today we’re taking the Shaka Guide tour of the North Shore. On… Continue reading