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Nothing long term, but she was really sick for quite a while. I told her not to do that this year, because she missed about a month of fun with our grandson last summer.

Today, we drove to New Wilmington for lunch. When our daughter was in college there, we discovered a restaurant called The Tavern on the Square. It had been around since the 1930’s It always had good comfort food, and the best sticky buns. Sadly, it closed during the pandemic. The last couple years, new owners did some remodeling and additions. Today was a soft opening, so we thought it may be a good time to try it out. Anyplace that has a Cuban on the menu will see me ordering it to see if it is good. The Cuban wasn’t too bad, although many things on their menu were higher in price than normal for the area. It was rather novel that they use old books to deliver your check. It is not unusual to see those Amish buggies, like depicted on the sign, drive by as you are eating. This is, after all, the heart of Amish country in Western Pennsylvania.

Yesterday’s lunch involved collecting more ducks. It was a little light on the grenadine. It was supposed to be red, like the one in the picture. Then we strolled through the mall, and found that the wrinkled, trash bag look must be the new style. Susan said No thanks, when I told her I would get her one.

It’s a small world tune by Disney is my ear worm. I would like to avoid that at Disney this summer, but that probably won’t happen.

Hope you eye is ok. Stay away from those ticks. Susan had Lyme disease last summer from a tick, and it was horrible. She found two ticks on her yesterday while she was out weeding.

I was just to a concert, on Sunday, that was all Disney tunes for 2+ hours. Of course, the only reason I was there was because my granddaughter was singing. Her group only had a small portion with a melody of about 15 Disney tunes. What I found really annoying was the lady seated behind us who thought she should sing when the kids were singing. Her off key accompaniment kind of ruined part of the performance for us. And, as they get to the part of the Mickey Mouse song that says “see you real soon now” the lady announces “ok, we are all going to the bathroom now”, as their group gets up to leave mid performance. I just said “Thank GOD!”

I missed out on the gas rollback yesterday, at the Sunoco station in Pittsburgh. Selling for $2.38 a gallon. Meanwhile, our stations increased their prices by $0.20 yesterday. They must have realized Memorial Day travel is coming. We are hovering close to $4.00 now.

Go to your profile, and under Upcoming Cruises, select View All. If they are not there, scroll to the bottom and choose Don’t see your cruise? add it now.

Catching up this morning while enjoying some jets on my back in the hot tub. Yesterday was a long day of yard work and outdoor cleaning. More to be done today as we get ready for a Memorial Day party. This morning, I have to take Ricky to the vet again for another blood test. Hopefully this will be the last one. He seems to be doing well.

We do the same, and an unopened bottle of Grolsh works as well. No opener needed with those flip tops.

Great news! Wishing you safe travels and a great cruise.

We did parasailing from one of the vendors at Orient Beach, but just don’t wander too far to the clothing optional section. For something different, there is always The Yoda Guy place. If anyone is interested in movie props and memorabilia, this is interesting. Nick Maley has done a lot of special effects models for Star Wars, Terminator, and many other movies, and many are on display. Nick is usually there after 10 each day, and if you pay for a tour, you can meet and talk with him and get a photo with him. The tour is an hour or less. This is Nick with one of his Yodas (with part of me cropped out so I don’t get confused with Yoda) A Yoda in progress Stormtrooper Terminator A couple more exhibits

We got this in the mail yesterday, reminding us we can soon book our Disney dining. I guess I will need to get out the list I made earlier, to see if I need to make any changes. We fly to California, three weeks from tomorrow, to pick up our grandson and start Summer of Fun 4.0. Yes, a week at Disney will be part of that fun!

That is always a good thing!

With Plus, it is two per day, not per cruise. Don’t think we will even do two per day!

They had them depicted in their advertising.

It was a beautiful, sunny day for a change here. A good day for a surprise party, and our friend was surprised. Afterward, we headed out to find a nice, shady trail to get our daily exercise. This one was nice, because it was about five miles of shade. Before you know it, and we logged over 22,000 steps. Tomorrow is our granddaughter’s concert, so we will be listening to her singing all afternoon.

Tomorrow, we are going to a surprise 70th birthday party for one of our friends. So, today, I had to make a cake for the gift. I love it how my wife says” Oh, we should make this”, then she says “you can figure out how to do it” Finished by trial and error, with a couple trips to the craft store.

That’s right, I thought of you when I saw this sign today.

I can’t believe no one has mentioned the Rangers game yet. There had to be a lot of celebrating when Kreider got his third period hat trick to come from behind against the Canes.

We will be cruising for our 44th wedding anniversary this summer, and it will be on the actual date. It wasn’t as if we were planning it that way, because we are taking grandkids along. It will also be the anniversary of our first cruise.

You youngster, you! My 50 year college reunion is this year. My wife will have her 50 year high school reunion next year too. She will be matching ages with you and John when she has her birthday next month.

@Sea Dog Happy Birthday Greg. Having a kraken in your honor right now. Or maybe it is because I need one tonight. Have a great birthday celebration.

Or you could arrive back after scheduled departure. I can’t believe it has been 10 years since we did Panama Canal on Coral, but we did the remaining locks by ferry boat. It gives you a much different perspective of the locks, vs being high up on the cruise ship. If you are interested in what it is like, I covered it on page 2 of this review. I would suggest you move around the ship as you go through the locks to Gatun lake.

I was sorry to read this about Oliver.