Wednesday, June 14, 2023 The National Geographic Quest has speakers in the cabins, which I love. Princess ships make ship wide announcements and you have to run out to the hall to hear. At 6:50am, Travis, our head of excursions, gently wishes us a good morning, invites us to 7am yoga, and announces breakfast at […]
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 We were told to expect 55°and torrential mist. We popped open our porthole this morning and were surprised to see the sun shining. It has been shining all day. Fabulous. Yesterday we had to sign up for activities for today. There was a cultural hike, two different bog walks, a bike
Monday, June 12, 2023 When we came to Alaska on a Princess cruise 6 or 8 or 10 years ago, while we were looking at the Sawyer glacier, I saw people out in a black rubber boat up close to the glacier and the icebergs. I said, “How do I get on one of those
Sunday, June 11, 2023 We got up at 4:00am in order to be ready to leave at 5:00 to get on the 7:00 flight to Seattle. Our friend Dave took us to the airport, which was super nice of him since it was so early. We got through security quickly and headed to McDonald’s for
Saturday, June 10, 2023 We leave tomorrow at 5am for Alaska. Of course, I left the packing (for the most part) until today. I’m a pretty good packer – usually. This trip is such a mystery that I am a bit at a loss. We found a list online of what to bring. Some of
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Friday, June 9, 2023 I had a little cream left over from making a sauce earlier this week and since we are going to be gone, I needed to use it up. What to do? Make an angel food cake, of course! My friend, Maren, was coming over to have a chat by the pool
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Thursday, June 8, 2023 After a day in and by the pool with my friend, Christina, Keith and I headed to Clear Lake to listen to the Northwinds Brass Band. Our friend, Mike, plays in the band. The band was actually set up on the street just down from their house. We wondered where Mary
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Wednesday, June 7, 2023 I have seen ads on Facebook for the candlelight concert series over and over. I was intrigued because the programs have looked good, but the information about where they were held was really sketchy and that seemed reason enough not to follow through. Then when we went to the Granada Theater
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023 I decided last week that we should have a pizza party in the cul-de-sac. On Friday, we put up a sign on the group mailbox inviting people to rsvp to Keith’s phone by noon on Sunday. It was short-ish notice, but I just decided to have a party and we needed
Monday, June 5, 2023 Today I was having low blood pressure…because huh. I mostly did nothing, which is a pretty perfect thing to do on the first day of summer vacation. (To be honest, there was a sub job posted this morning that I would have liked to do. I woke up half an hour