Geo: 39.74, -104.992We are happily home again.Our vacation was so wonderful but already seems to be fading from memory. I'm happy to have this blog, my photos and videos to remind me of the fun we had. I hope you've enjoyed our adventures; I've enjoyed sharing them.Jane... read more

Geo: 39.103, -94.583We are in Kansas City, Missouri. Got to our hotel last night around 11 pm, pooped and ready to drop.Happily the hotel's shuttle driver was at the airport to pick us up right away and the Holiday Inn was maybe 5 minutes from the airport. When we checked in, Sydney, the young night clerk was making origami cats for all the drunk dart players hanging out in the lobby. Apparently there was a big state dart tournament today.Sydney listens to our tale of woe and when I ask, she very nicely offers us a 1 pm checkout and free breakfast. Yippee! Our flight from Kansas City to Albuquerque isn't until 4 pm, so that 1'o'clock checkout is great.Pokey and Gumby are always up for an adventure and here they are hanging out in our ... read more

Geo: 12.5143, -69.9774Friday, March 28thAt SeaHow did this happen? How can it already be the last day of our cruise?? We are sailing north to Fort Lauderdale between Haiti and Cuba and will follow the Cuban coast a lot of the way.The winds are calm this morning; Jeff has set his alarm for 6:50 so we can watch the sun rise but it is too overcast. It is nice out on the balcony though. He goes to get us coffee and I crawl back in bed. We drink our coffee and dink around...deciding to walk our 5 miles around the Promenade deck. We don't get started until 8-ish, but it is early enough that there aren't a lot of others out walking yet. The deck and some of the stairs are wet from the spray of ... read more

Geo: 12.5143, -69.9774Wednesday March 26th Aruba Aruba is one of our favorites places to snorkel - this is the third time we've been here; the last time was April, 2013 so 11 months ago. We left the ship around 10:45 and walked around the corner and across the street to catch the bus to Malmok Beach. Our timing was so good! The bus was right there - and it costs only $2.50 each. This isn't really a beach as there is very little sand. It is mostly big rocks (like Dominica), but we know of a sandy spot to get into the water. Malmok is not quite as far out as the California Lighthouse and if you didn't know about it you'd be concerned with getting off the bus out in nowhere. There were two excursion ... read more

Geo: 12.0648, -61.7445Monday, March 24thGrenadaWe arrived in St. George's, Grenada at 7 am this morning after traveling passed the Windward Islands of Martinique, St. Lucia and St. Vincent. The high today is supposed to be 82 degrees...yesterday it was (supposedly only 79 and it was HOT)This is the Spice Island and you may recall that we were on the wait list for the tour of the nutmeg processing place, but are going to the rum distillery/tasting instead. I'm sure it will be fine.We decide to have a healthy breakfast in our room and go upstairs to get coffee, etc. There are tour tickets in our mailbox so it looks like we got into the tour we wanted on Bonaire tomorrow. Yeah!Get back to our cabin with breakfast, check tomorrow's tour tickets and Oh My God they ... read more