The clothes are getting ready and all the other stuff seems to be ready too. The many suitcases will be packed in the days before we leave home. No airline restrictions here- just the size of my van and the number of suitcases we have.
Deen has been very active on the Cruise Critics website Roll Call for this cruise (me too but not as much). It's been a great way to meet some of our fellow travelers and we' ll get to actually meet many of them at the first Meet and Greet. At the first such event we're all encouraged to wear Mardi Gras beads to aid in identification.One of the Roll Call people , a lady from Vancouver named Bonnie, helped with some of this blog creation. Shore excursions have been arranged ,some through other passengers on the Roll Call,others through Holland America, and some places we are doing on our own.
I sometimes joke that this trip will be like a Technology Noah's Ark ie two of everything : cameras, cell phones, computers, Kindles, and all the associated cables and chargers. The ship's Engineering Dept. will have to keep extra generators active just to power all my electronics.
When we arrive in Boston on Thursday July 12 we are meeting friends from Barbados who live in Boston. Jeri and Ann will be taking us around a bit and we' ll be having dinner with them both evenings.
Not sure when the next posting will be. Could happen while we are still in Boston or maybe after we've left port. After that I'll be looking for free or inexpensive wi-fi places to transmit. The ship can be expensive to use their system although I will be buying time on board.
From RCD's iPad
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