Day 4, 5, 6

Thanksgiving day was spent in Alcapulco with a tour guide trip to the local highlights. He drove us through the local market with meat, chicken and vegies all in the open, including local flies.
That night at dinner we all wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving day with a traditional turkey dinner, but when we looked at the menu, Shirley was the only one to pass up the Lobster tail. A meal ending of pumpkin pie made us feel like we were back in the States.

Has anyone heard of the Gulf of Ta'wa'na'peck? We were introduced to the Gulf that night when a big storm almost magically occurred. The captain told us that we would encounter heavy seas and winds to 40K before we went to bed. Well, that was just the beginning. An announcement came in the middle of the night from the Captain saying that the winds were about 80K and the seas 7 to 8 meters high. That translated is 21 to 24 feet high. When you see water covering your window from time to time, and when we are on deck 5, you know things were exciting.
The next morning the Captain announced the winds actually got has high as 90Knots.
That was certainly exciting. Rosie took her Ginger that night. The rest of us were feeling fine, but the dinning room was mighty empty that next morning.

We´re now at a hotel in San JuanDel Sur, Nicaragua at a local hotel, the Victoriano Hotel. A very small port just south of Granada. The hotel was nice enough to sell us 1 hour of time for $10. There is no Internet Cafe here, the town has a population of 20,000.

Pray for Rosie, tomorrow we´re taking her on a zip line at 7 a.m. in the morning.
HI TO ALL

Day 3, Tuesday, At Sea

We spent most of the first day getting to the ship - Etemadfar's and Sarkissian's on American Airlines and Tweed/Booth on Southwest. Shirley & Jerry are in the "elite" special group but the rest of us stood in the embarkation line for 2 hours. After 120 days at sea with Princess Lines we, also, will become "elite".

Yesterday we became familiar with the ship, wandering around trying to find what floor was the dining room?, where was line dancing?, where was the card room?, and finally ending the day with a formal dinner.

At noon we'll arrive in Cabo and shop for our first trinkets of the trip. All the fellows are excited about this part of the trip.

Weather has been getting better the further South we travel -- soon it will be too hot!

Rosie has found Jerry's meditation CD so she's relaxed and not worrying about anything.
Shirley, Leila & Rosie found their first Mah Jongg game.
Shawn found a good book.
Dennis played Texas Hold'em and came in 3rd (no money), $$ winners were only 1st & 2nd place.
Jerry has been napping with his book in his hand on a high perch where he can see it all.

Life is good.

Elvie & Oscar Wishes Dennis & I Good Luck on our Trip

Oscar & Elvie enjoy a good-by toast with Leila & Dennis at Wild Fox on Saturday, the day before we depart for Los Angeles.

Bon Voyage Cake

Maria brought a "Bon Voyage" cake to our Mah Jongg game on Friday. Thanks! Only 1 more day before we leave!
Maggie, Dianne, Shirley, Maria & Leila enjoyed the cake -- but Shirley was the big Mah Jongg winner for the day!

Getting Ready for our Trip

We've completed our packing -- suitcases are
"locked and loaded".
Now all we need to do is pick up our airline flight to Los Angeles, transfer to the ship and sail into the sunset.
We'll post our travel adventures for all to read. Be sure to check our Blog regularly and leave a comment if you're so inspired.
Bon Voyage!