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I thought so too. A very interesting story. Lol I love that shirt!

I sometimes scratch my head how Royal and their IT department do things. I just checked my planner and now they have us on Voyager out of Galveston on a 5 night Western Caribbean instead of our intended 7 night Eastern Caribbean out of Fort Lauderdale. I've alerted my excellent TA and he quickly replied that this is normal with the long process of moving people over and to sit back and relax and just let it happen.

Fantastic. Let me know what you think? It's a high proof with a little bite on the front end but a couple drops of water will smooth it out real nice. I hope you enjoy it. Cheers!

You know I will. Excited to hear everything about your adventure. Doesn't something always go wrong? Great that you used the airtags. That's why we got them too. Great hotel spot! I took the time to climb all those stairs too. Glad I did. Amazing view.

Very, very nice. I'm sure she will love it. I know I would.

I hoping that Royal will announced that they have moved us and that our sailing has showed up on the website. If so, the week after us goes to the same ports but in a different order. We may consider doing a B2B so we could get Tortola in twice.

I'd do the same thing and then build a hurricane proof home somewhere in the Caribbean.

I'm sure you are getting excited. I'm so happy for you.

That's cool. Here is a great short documentary about "Uncle Nearest" narrated by Emmy-Award winning actor Jeffrey Wright.

So yesterday I was at a bourbon tasting and meet and greet with CEO of Uncle Nearest Distillery in Shelbyville, Tenn. She is the first woman of color to ever be a CEO of a distillery. I bought a bottle of "Uncle Nearest 1856" which was signed by her but the story of "Uncle Nearest" is even more interesting. Uncle Nearest is named after a formerly enslaved man Nathan "Nearest" Green who was a slave on a farm owned by a preacher. The preacher made whiskey on the side which Nathan was the distiller. A young white boy who lived nearby could see the smoke rising from the hills and went to investigate. He found Nathan making whiskey and started to ask questions. Soon the boy made friends with Nathan and started helping him. Nathan was solely responsible for teaching this boy everything there was about making whiskey and soon when the boy was older and started making whiskey too. That boys name was Jack Daniels. Nathan "Nearest" Green was the first African-American master distiller on record in the United States. After teaching Jack Daniel to make Tennessee whiskey and Daniel went on to have his own distillery Nathan served as the first master distiller for the Jack Daniel Distillery as a free man after the Civil War. Nathan was instrumental in developing the "Lincoln County Process", the sugar maple charcoal filtering method used to make most Tennessee Whiskey today. And there you have a little history behind this special bottle. Cheers!

Let me know what you think. I'm always interested in trying new bottles. I'll post mine next.

Debbie I'm glad you had a great sendoff and congrats on your new job. Since I retired I miss my coworkers very much. What I have been doing is inviting a few at a time for dinner at my house. It's perfect to reconnect and to keep up. Hopefully you can do some of those things to stay in touch.

Cheers! How do you like the "Two Stars?"

Which one are you looking for?

Good night for Kraken. Cheers OB!

I’m trying not to panic yet but it’s so weird that the sailing in front and in back of us is there but not ours.

Agreed mine too😉

Thats why I will never do a dolphin encounter. As much as I would like to touch it does not feel right.

Me too. Looking for October 21,2023. The week before and the week after are posted. The week after goes to all the same ports but in a different order. Our sailing was going to have two sea days on the front end with Perfect Day at the end. The week after goes to PD first and the sea days are at the end. Other thing is that Tortola on our week is supposed to be from 7am-3pm the week after our as Tortola being from 12pm-8pm. I would much rather have the earlier time slot.

That's what I think but I'll rest easier when I see it. We have been trying to get to Tortola for 3 years now.

So far the website does not have our October 21,2023 that goes to Tortola. It has a October 28th sailing that goes to Tortola and a October 14th Western Caribbean. I'm hoping that Royal's IT just hasn't added the 21st sailing to website. Though it's weird that they would have the sailing before and after ours listed. Curious???

We were to be on Voyager for our October 2023 cruise to Tortola. As long as the itinerary stays the same which the email says it will I’m ok with the switch.

Yes when I shook his hand I felt like I had baby hands.

Yes that it. The recipe that I made for Saturday's dinner party makes a large amount and the leftovers are good for 5 days. It's a easy recipe and has a homemade dressing. So good.

@Jimbo Welcome back! Thanks for taking one for the team.