Hi again.......

Finally !!!!! I know that you have all been waiting for the next installments but folks, they don't have a lot of technology up here in the land of the midnight sun. Finally, we gave in and bought the techology. We will require you to SUBSCRIBE to this missive at the bargain price of $1.00 a minute. At that rate, we will make a profit of .60 /minute and it will pay for about 1 oz of wine if all 2000 of you sign up. Not sure why we never did the cruise thing before this but we highly recommend it. Holland America has exquisite service and aside from some of the buffet stuff (skip the scrambled eggs), the food is excellent. We had an uneventful trip to the ship from the airport. It's sort of like the Disney experience in that they move you effortlessly and efficiently and even the dim light bulbs in the crowd get where they are going....and luggage follows quickly. The ship holds 1848 people and a crew of 700 but somehow they put 2078 people on......don't know where they all are because nothing is crowded.

Here we are, minus Paul , on deck for the life boat drill. Now we know why they are called Mae Wests.!! Our room is small but not crowded and has amazing storage. Bed is very comfortable and since we have adjoining rooms, we opened up the walls between and have one long veranda.

By the way, let me introduce our traveling companions. My younger sister Sandy and her husband Tom from Monterey Co, California. My youngest sister Maureen and her husband Jerry from Lockeford, Ca. (She has been Mugs since a baby but I will try and use her given name most of the time. )

We had formal night last night. It was very very nice with outstanding food and service. Unfortunately, Sandy was a bit queasy and enjoyed room service. The seas were very rough yesterday and walking was a challenge. Then throw in spiky heels and it became a dance.

Today we are entering Glacier Bay National Park and the views are to be spectacular. I've already seen whales on my morning very brisk walk around the deck.
I have alot of pictures but it takes forever to down load them. But stay tuned and we'll be back soon.

The blog will not be as highly polished as you have become accustomed to....parden the broken syntaxes, the mispelling and the out of order pictures. I need to save my money for the jewelry shopping when we hit land (NOT) and can't sit on this expensive site for long.