Monthly Archives: December 2010

Another day spent trying to tie up loose ends before we depart. I had a very frustrating experience which was entirely my fault. I placed an order with Amazon last weekend for a star chart for the Southern Hemisphere. The … Continue reading →

    It is with mixed emotions that I watch the time remaining until we depart seemingly fly by. As excited as the anticipated trip is, I am already missing my children and grandchildrenL. This in part is due to … Continue reading →

t  I’m writing this late Christmas night, and it has been a great day. Remembering God’s gift to mankind, spending time with friends and family, enjoying gifts and food and as an added bonus we have a white Christmas. The … Continue reading →

Yesterday we received a FedEx package from Cruise Specialists, our travel agency. It contained our travel documents from Holland America, finally! Now we not only have our official itinerary for the cruise now, but more importantly information about critical services … Continue reading →

   With just over 3 weeks remaining until we depart on our cruise, thing are beginning to come together. We received our final vaccination last week, the third in a series of 3 hepatitis A and B shots over a … Continue reading →

It all began innocently enough. Just over a year ago, our friends Carl and Janet Wellborn returned from a cruise with Holland American. During their cruise they had the “opportunity” to look at other offering of the cruise line. They … Continue reading →