Overhead Fred

Keep us posted on your cruise plans, it would be fun to cruise with you again!

We are back in Saint Paul a day early. We were about to check out of the motel yesterday morning when the SIL called. She just came down with Covid so no stopping for our planned visit! She thinks she picked it up at an outdoor 4th of July event...

Looks like you will need to make two reservations and report back to us!😁

Yep, Canadian Tire furniture. Luckily ours went together okay. I read their reviews before purchasing and was aware that many people had trouble putting them together. So I was prepared for the possibility of returning them. They are quite comfortable!

Rainy morning in the Kawarthas so we won't be using the new deck furniture for today's coffee We head back to Minnesota tomorrow for a few weeks. Visiting the SIL in Bessemer in Michigan's UP on the way.

Here is our itinerary after Rotterdam - April 20 sea day April 21 Oslo April 22 Copenhagen April23 sea day April 24 Amsterdam

YYZ has been a nightmare recently!

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox are staples of Minnesota folklore!

We also just got the notification. We booked the 21 day TA/Norse Legends originally and it now looks like the "Norse" part is just Oslo and Copenhagen. We hadn't booked air or excursions yet so I will need to do some research before deciding what to to.

Happy Father's Day! Here is my Dad fishing a long time ago, before I was born I am sure. He is on the same lake (Deer Bay, aka Lower Buckhorn) as where we have our cottage. Since we are at the lake now, I think I'll go out fishing too!

We stopped in Manzanilla during a 2017 Panama Canal transit - Lovely gardens at this place -

Greetings All! We are back at the "cottage"! We arrived on the 10th and our eldest son and DIL arrived from LA for a visit on the 12th. They left yesterday for Italy (DIL born and raised there) for vacation. They could get better flights by going through Toronto which allowed then to spend some time with us in the Kawarthas. The weather cooperated for their visit but we drove through a torrential downpour on the way back to Pearson Airport. It was almost zero visibility for a few miles! Our garden is doing OK for having been neglected for the last couple of years due to covid. The Canada gardens are pretty much full sun while our Saint Paul, MN gardens are very shady. So gardening in both places is quite different. This peony originally was growing in my grandmother's yard in Beaver Falls, PA. It has been divided and moved several times; the original plant would be over 100 years old. I didn't manage to get the picture until after some rain hit, so they are a bit droopy - Lupines and Blue False Indigo - Both are growing fantastically but they are too similar in color and flower form to be this close together (IMO). So I'll move one this fall. Probably the indigo since I have not had the best luck with lupines and I don't want to take chances with this one! Sedum and geraniums - And this guy was hanging out by the dock the other day -

We have never cruised to Taipei but I have been there a couple of times for work - Taipei 101 Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Weekend Flower Market

We were in Roseau in March of this year. It was a replacement port for Fort-de-France which was closed due to Covid. We had a tour scheduled but there were problems with the transportation - one of the open air trucks (a Unimog) broke down and never arrived to pick us up at the pier. We had the option of waiting for a regular van, going on the later version of the tour, or cancelling. Since we were already hot from standing around waiting in the sun, we opted for the cancellation. The port was closed to independent touring so we only saw Roseau from the ship and the small shopping area by the pier. I did find a nice shirt!

Yes! I think if you double click the picture (before submitting the post) you will get to a pop up where you can change the size. I recommend clicking the maintain aspect ratio button prior to resizing.

@GTVCRUISER

We stopped in Kona once in 2017. Here is the Oosterdam at "anchor" while tendering and a view from the ship - Captain Cook Monument and Pele (the non-soccer one!) -

Greetings Everyone! We are back in St. Paul after an interesting couple of weeks at our Canadian cottage. I was following the Daily thread but was having problems posting because we were so busy enjoying being at the lake. Then Saturday, May 21 arrived. I haven't looked at the Daily since then (it seems there are some things I need to catch up on), but it may have been pointed out that there was a massive storm that swept through Ontario. I was out on the the lake probably 2 miles from the cottage when I noticed the sky getting ugly and hightailed it back to the dock. I hadn't been inside for more than 5 minutes when the tremendous winds and sheets of rain hit. It would have been very bad to have been on the lake! We did not have any trees come down on our property and there was no damage to the house. However, a wide area from essentially London to Ottawa (and maybe beyond) had severe wind damage. Power of course went out, but we have a gasoline backup generator so we could power parts of the house. I went out Sunday morning to try to get gas for the generator and realized the extent of the damage. Peterborough, Lakefield, Selwyn, and Buckhorn were without power except for a small section just north of Peterborough and parts of Bridgenorth (on Chemong Lake). There were maybe 3 gas stations open and the lines of cars trying to get in were huge. So no gas for us! Trees were down everywhere taking power lines with them. There were many wooden power poles that had snapped in half in the wind. It was obvious that power was going to be out for quite a while. Luckily, I was able to siphon enough gas from the mowers and boat motors to keep the generator going by running it briefly a few times a day so we could run the water well and keep the fridge/freezer cold. By Tuesday (IIRC), the Curve Lake First Nation Reserve got power and their 3 large gas stations were operating normally. So we were able to get a couple Jerry cans of fuel. Hydro kept promising power would be restored for our Lane soon, but that was wishful thinking considering the extent of the damage. We stayed an extra day in hopes that the power would be restored but ended up leaving Thursday morning with the power still off. Made closing up a little more difficult! We got notification on Friday (while we were traveling) from some neighbors that power was finally was restored around dinnertime on Friday. We can't wait to get back there in a couple of weeks to see what new adventures await!

Happy Anniversary @summer slope! The weather in the Kawarthas has been nice so far. We just got a new patio dining table and umbrella at Jysk in Peterborough -

Greetings! I have been off for a few days while we traveled to our Ontario lake home. We arrived Saturday evening after crossing the border at Sault Ste Marie without any difficulty. The $2+ per liter gas prices were a bit of a shock though - maybe it explains the lack of traffic between the border and Peterborough... We had some problems with our internet connection so I couldn't post until now. Everything is fine with the "cottage" but we need to head to town today to restock the pantry!