Thurs. Dec 12th The Mayan Ruins & Costa Maya, Mexico Feast of Virgin of Guadalupe and Deloris and Rudy’s anniversary. Good day to be in Mexico. We had room service coffee and oatmeal and fruit. Later we went out and stood at the rail on Deck 12 and watched the boat dock. First the huge…… Continue reading The Mayan Ruins & Costa Maya, Mexico
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A Mexican Christmas
Fri. Dec 13th A Mexican Christmas & Cozumel, Mexico Up at 7, coffee and breakfast in room. Out early to town of Cuzomel. This is a much bigger city than the previous stop. We walked around a bit, exploring the many shops, and I purchased a beautiful flowing bling bespeckled top and Joe got another…… Continue reading A Mexican Christmas
Sailing North
Sat. Dec 14th Sailing North Up early. Breakfast and coffee at the Windjammer. Beautiful day. Much cooler already. Water on all sides, no land in sight. No rocking today. We walked Deck 12 then lounged in the sun, where we were joined by Dee and Rudy. Later we headed to the Promenade Deck. Everything was…… Continue reading Sailing North
Port of Galveston and New Orleans
Sun. Dec 15th Port of Galveston and New Orleans Up 6 am ship-time. Our cell phones on Eastern Time 7 am. At some point our cell phones woke up, adjusted their internal clocks to the time zone we were sailing in and suddenly our phones began beeping, dinging, and ringing. Text messages, private messages and…… Continue reading Port of Galveston and New Orleans
Alaska: Prologue
From August 30 till September 10, 2018 we had the vacation of a lifetime. We did an Alaskan Land and Sea Tour with Holland America. The best part was the company. Here’s a list of the awesome group who shared this experience: Ginger (me) and Joe Watkins My sister, Rita and her husband, Ron Hopper…… Continue reading Alaska: Prologue
Alaska: Getting There:
Thurs. Aug 30th: JR and Jackie here last night. Up at 4 am. To airport via Uber, (had to schedule 2 UBERs, since no 6 passenger van was available and between the four of us there was just too much luggage to fit in the trunk of a mid-size car). Our driver, whose name was…… Continue reading Alaska: Getting There:
Alaska: Anchorage and a Train Ride
All Aboard!! [top, r-l] JR Watkins and Jackie Bontrager, Ron and Rita Hopper, Gloria Herms, Joe and Ginger Watkins Fri. Aug 31st: The next morning it was about 50 degrees and overcast again. We had the breakfast buffet in the hotel restaurant early. We had to be in the lobby before 8:15 am to…… Continue reading Alaska: Anchorage and a Train Ride
Alaska: Denali Wilderness Tour
Sat. Sept 1st: Up by 5 am. We grabbed a cup of coffee and a breakfast sandwich at the Starbucks counter in the lobby and picked up our boxed lunches. At 6 am we were all herded onto a converted school bus for the Tundra Wilderness Tour. If it is possible, the bus seats are…… Continue reading Alaska: Denali Wilderness Tour
Alaska: Denali and ATVs
Sat. Sept 1st B: Back at the lodge we chilled until it was time to meet up for our ATV excursion. We headed out on a bus around 7 pm to the Black Diamond ATV garage. We had to watch a safety video and don helmets and paper coveralls, like we were going into surgery. With…… Continue reading Alaska: Denali and ATVs
Alaska: To Seward and a Big Ship
Sun. Sept 2nd: Early breakfast then we were herded onto another bus, this one was called a motor-coach, to take us to Seward and our ship. At least this ride was comfortable. We had ten hours with another Alaskan tour guide to tell us what we are seeing as we headed south on AK-3 past Anchorage…… Continue reading Alaska: To Seward and a Big Ship
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