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Happy 35th anniversary

I will be following along. I should have been getting off Voyager last weekend, but that cruise didn’t work out. Will be interested in your take on Voyager. It has been several years since we were on her.

I think everyone has been “looking” at Icon, but how many will book. It has a few new things I would not mind experiencing, but then I think…… Max capacity 1,000 more than Oasis Class, and not much bigger. I already think Oasis class is too crowded when it sails full. Maybe I will book it during the next pandemic when it sails 1/4 full. Until then, the older ships will be good enough for me.

When we were in Italy, I think we had to stop at every gelato place. Looks good.

Thanks for taking us along, Greg. It was really hard trying to keep up with all the LIVES last week. Now, rest and heal.

Our weather was beautiful today, with temperatures in the 70’s and sunshine. We decided to enjoy the day to ourselves, and hike some trails. It was a nice diversion. We were in Ohio to have those delicious pazookiies, so we decided we would hike some of the trails in Mill Creek Park. With the beautiful weather, there were a lot of people out hiking, and we saw several photographers taking family fall photos. I decided to try out the iPhone photo filters for a few of the shots. Usually, I just shoot with the default. I tried vivid in this one to see if it would bring out some color in the trees. I think the photo of this duck almost looked like a water color, when I used vivid. Just a few trail shots with the default We even found a couple ghosts along the way. And a waterfall, with the long exposure mode to blur the water. It was a relaxing day.

Safe travels today. Looking forward to hearing about the rest of the trip.

Yesterday was our standard day of football games and cheerleading with the grandkids. In our grandson’s game, they were down by a couple touchdowns early, but our grandson threw three TD passes, and they came away with the win. We traveled to another neutral field for granddaughter’s cheerleading. Their team won 14-12, and they remain undefeated. The high school field they were playing on had a brand new artificial turf, plus they just spent $1M on a high tech video scoreboard. Sometimes I scratch my head when thinking about spending priorities some schools have.

That is a very nice wedding present.

Those both look delicious. Speaking of deserts, this was ours from lunch today. We saved up room for them by sharing a big, honey mustard chicken salad. This was a pazookie trio of salted Carmel and a couple white chocolate macadamia nut ones.

Thanks for taking us along, Greg. Safe travels home. Are you going to try to make it home in one day? You do know that you can stop and explore along the way. That is one of the benefits of being retired.

+2 Maryann. I always love to see the grandkids succeed in what they do.

And let Linda drive part of the way.

SIL is breathing better, and sounds better, but is still testing positive. Probably a few more days before she tests negative. When I had it, it was about 8 or 9 days before I got that negative. Now my son-in-law is sick with something. He tests negative, but my daughter doesn’t need to catch anything right now. Thanks for asking

We have not had a good one in the five cruises we were able to do since the restart. Maybe supply chain issues, or just getting lower quality.

I was just reading this, that I got in an email today. I am happy to report that I have eliminated 1 of the 6. I don’t think the other 5 will ever be eliminated by me. And why do they consider alcohol a food?

That is one that I posted, and it is from an app and not a web site. It is this one, and it only covers Port Everglades.

An early, Happy Birthday wish to you Graham.

Pretty predictable for a rom-com, with a couple of aging actors. It isn’t a movie I would pick, but Susan said she liked it. I think it had a 56% on rotten tomatoes.

I really got behind on this, and all the live threads yesterday. Started out the day by going to daughter’s house to do some work at their place, and that consumed the morning. I did see the nice Fantasy Football League trophy my son-in-law made on the 3d printer. Then it was back to our place to tackle more leaf cleanup. Just as I got out our blower, I noticed one of our neighbors starting to work on our elderly 90+ YO neighbor’s yard, so we headed over to lend a hand. I think we had about 12 piles this size. After disposing of his leaves, Susan took our blower and started blowing ours, while I took our tractor and cut our neighbor’s grass. I can’t believe we were able to finish both yards in only 4 hours time. When I asked Susan where she wanted to go for supper, her answer was, “I want to go to the movie and eat popcorn and drink pop”. Not exactly the healthiest choice! So we went to see Ticket to Paradise with George Clooney and Julia Roberts. After getting the tickets, In my best Eddie Money voice, I start with “I’ve got two tickets to paradise…..” We ended our day the same way we started. A soak in the hot tub to sooth our sore muscles.

We both got the high dose flu shot this week. I just had a sore arm for a day, and Susan had no reaction. As for a 4th shot, I am also on the fence. When I had it (after having 3 shots), it was no worse than a cold. And after my Sister-in-law got it a couple weeks after getting the latest, and greatest, shot, it has me questioning the value.

I was viewing on an iPad Air 4. Sorry for the late response, but it has been a crazy, busy day.

@FromSea2ShiningSea Sorry to hear about testing +ve. That’s what I would worry about on those long cruises. Hoping you get to explore some, and that you will be -ve soon.

I am seeing some pixelated, but it may be those that are pushing the limits of zoom for those photos.

I like everything about that meal, except the spinach. Only time I will eat it, is when it is in a spinach artichoke dip.