Hey folks...

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What a Bust!!!

So we went to the chapel to meet you all and guess what??  IT'S FAKE!!!  I had my laptop and we logged on, the room was not even set up the same...DUD!!!  So tomorrow or Saturday we will be in Anchorage and we might get better internet service.  That means I will be able to get a few more pics on.  Whoo Hoo...

2 Days at Sea...

 ...was relaxing.  We went through glaciar bay.  Again it was cloudy then got clear, as we headed out of the bay it started to rain.  On Friday we went through College Fjords.  On Friday we went to cooking show and had a tour of the galley.  It was 1 of the 7 and the smallest of them all.

SPECIAL NOTICE…

…On Friday night @ 6:30pm eastern go to the PRINCESS CRUISES webpage.  Look for view ships or fleet and look for the DIAMOND PRINCESS ship.  You should see a link to the bridge cam. (a new window will open)  In the top right corner you will see “Select a Cam to View”.   Look for the one that says Diamond Princess Wedding Cam.  We will be in there.  We want everyone to log on so we can say hi, because we are cheese heads like that.  See you then….

In Skagway...

...is by far my favorite place.  About 400 people during the winter months and 1400 during the summer.  What did we do...ummm we went ziplining, if that's a word.  It was an adventure park and zip line.  After we went on a bus trip to Klondike summit near the Yukon trail.  The zip line was fun, but again I was fearful of the cables.  A 300lb guy in a harness, being held up by (2) 1/2" cables that claim to hold 10,000lbs, whatever...  The bus trip was cool going up, BEAUTIFUL!!!  Coming down not so much, the clouds moved down the mountain and covered the roadway.  The driver was going down the mountain at like 100MPH, but he was a pro.  He and his wife come up to Skagway every year to work.  They live in LA.  It was interesting talking to everyone and learning that none live in Alaska.  We were finally able to talk to someone who was a local.  We went to dinner in-town at the local brewery.  It was good.  Notice the picture of the Red Onion...it really leans by 2'...COOL.  After dinner we back to ship and it was pouring, we had to take our own pic.  I really like it here, when we move it would be here.  LOL

In Juneau...

...again RAIN...man let it go already.  Today was bike and brew day.  The rain let up for a while then was persistent mist for about 1/2 the ride then rain for the last 1/4.  It was tiring but fun.  After that we went on Tram that went up a gazillion feet.  I was scared to death going up...did i mention the 30mph winds.  Coming down was better, but still scary, for me at least.  Jessie was laughing at me.  We had a score...A Black Bear.  When were walking to the glacier there was a bear next to river.  It was walking along the river bed, looked at us and kept going.  It was awesome...I did get video of it as well.  In the end we were wet and cold.  we went back to ship had dinner, saw a comedian juggler and went to bed.  We were BEAT.  Skagway tomorrow...

In Ketechican…

…a little rainy and a chill in the air.  We picked our bus at the dock it took us about 20 minutes up a hill.  We got off and walked down 79 steps to restaurant/lodge and dock.  We got on boat and went…ummm…well somewhere.  We stopped at an old salmon cannery; saw an eagle’s nest then went to the crab traps.  I volunteered to pull up one of crab traps which were 60’ down.  It was cool!!  We pulled up 2 of them, they told us how they breathe and eat.  The tour guide was good, gave us a lot of history of that area and Alaska.  We made it back to the dock and went to the restaurant.  All you can eat crabs…yumm—o.  They were delicious and they had cheese cake with blueberries.  The bad…we had to walk up the 79 steps to get the bus…blaaaa.  We went back to town stopped in a shop and then got back on the ship. 

Update on Sunday evening…

…so yeah the formal night was not so good.  Jessie remained sick and stayed in room all night.  She had toast and tea dinner.  I went down and had dinner, came up and checked on her then went down to the show.  When I came back up Jessie was…well…feeling MUCH better.  She was hungry but was afraid to eat anything.  Good, because we have a boat trip on Monday with AYCE crabs…mmmm

               

Today is a day at sea...

...and the SEA dosen't want us.  Water is rough and winds are 20mph upto gail force (what ever that means).  People getting sick all over the place.  For those that went on the cruise out of Baltimore and we hit the hurricane...the bags everywhere in the halls...10x's that bad.  A lot of signs that read "this area has been sanitized" hmmm i wonder why.  LOL.  Well Jessie got sick too, but in the bathroom in the room.  I was feeling qwezzie (don't know how to spell that), but never got sick.  Infact I was able to hold some Sushi and pizza.  Been in the room most of the day.  Things are suppose to calm down soon, hopefully.  It formal night tonight, not sure how successfully that will be...on a high note I was able to watch football starting at 10am and 1pm and it was on the pools big screen...well its 4:30 and dinner is at 6, gotta get Jessie going.  More to come...

Yesterday Travel from Seattle to...

...Vancouver was HORRIBLE.  We went to the airport at 8am and they said it was only 25-30 of us so the bus would not be here till 10:30 or 11am.  We set up shop in the airport, looking over the directions for the camera and playing on the computer.  We get on the bus and 3 1/2 hours later we are in vancouver.  The driver was good until we got to the city of Vancouver then Mr Mike Quirk was driving, Going on red lights and stopping on greens.  When the light turned red, he waited until the last minute to stop.  ARRRGGGHHH!!!   We get through security and get our room about 4pm.  We were suppose to leave at 4:45 and didnt until 5:30  Crazy!!!  Overly tired and stressed, we couldn't find anything. Jessie got a massgae last night and I got a 2x's shave and facial, and then passed out on the bed...  Pics are little hard to upload from the ship as the internet is slow and EXPENSIVE...  I will try on Monday when we get on land.

A day in Seattle...

...is not long enough. We went to the EMP. Look it up, it's a music museum and you learn to play instrument and mix...it was cool and could be in there for hours. Went up the space needle, ate a Seattle dog...cream cheese, Onion bacon jam and a 1/4lb hot dog...yummo!! Went down to Pikes Place Market, saw them throwing fish around and the 1st Starbucks. Walked at least 2-3 miles to Safeco field to the Mariners game...nice stadium...Jessica is fighting falling asleep. It is 8:45 and she is b-e-a-t!! We've been up since 1:30 am...we get on the cruise tomorrow in Vancouver. I'll get some Seattle pics up then...good night all!!

Vacation starts...

...well it's suppose to start after work on the day before you leave.  We were/are excited and then...BAAAMMM... see below

..the other car...



How are we?  Ok... just thinking that everything hurts and the car sounds weird.  Anyway I guess we will find out tomorrow or the next day or the next.  You know how that works.

      OK, so we leave BWI at 6:15am, get to Chicago Midway @ 7:15.  Leave Midway @ 8:30 and get to Seattle @ 11:00am (2:00pm east). Time change is 3hrs and then 4 in Alaska.  Thats all for know...helllloooo Mr. Advil PM.

Whats going on...

...so this is what we are doing:                                                   Friday: Seattle, WA
                                                   Saturday: Vancouver and Cruise
                                                   Sunday - Friday: Cruise
                                                   Saturday: Anchorage
                                                   Sun-Mon: Seward
                                                   Mon (pm) - Wed (am): Talkeetna
                                                   Wed (pm) - Fri (pm) : Anchorage
                                                   Fri: Fly home - Leave at 8:30pm
                                                   Sat: Fly- Dallas, Charlotte and B-more.  Home at 1pm
Oh and by the way we have operating committee meeting on the Saturday we come home at 3pm.  YEEEAAAHHHH Baby!!!!

Cookies tell the story...

...So I was spending the week at Hannah and Tims house last week and went to my 2nd favorite place to eat, P.F. Changs.  I got the Won-Ton soup took it back to the house.  I opened the bag, ate my soup and look...dessert.  It was (4) of "those" cookies.  The first one I open and inside was this message....ALASKA Here we COME!!!!

#1...Anticipation!!!

And so it begins...We have 8 days left until the adventure begins.  This is my first post and hopefully at least 20 more to come.  So what are we doing??  Well it's my hope to post a pic or video or both of something that we did on our trip.  The good thing is that we will be 4 hours behind most of the people who read this.  So you will be a day behind.  Over the next 8 days I will try to give you some details of our planning.  Then provide you with the final details...  I hope everyone will enjoy our posts, as we embark on our Alaskan Adventure that one man hopes will continue and one women just hopes to come home!!!