Cape Canaveral, FL

February 28, 2010

This morning we took a quick walk down to Cocoa beach. It was a 2 hour round trip walk. We saw the Kennedy Space Center launch pads and were able to take a couple of photos. We also saw a beached whale but by the time we made it to the whale the beach rescue people already had it in a truck to take it to their lab. They said it was sick so they would try to find out why and save it. It is a nice sunny day, kind of windy. We are headed to the ship now...more later.

We took a shuttle from the hotel to the port. We checked in and got our ship pass card. The whole process went pretty quickly. We were pretty confused where to check in for Sylvia's group but we finally found her check-in desk. Our cruise ship was huge and it took a bit of time to learn where things were. We found our room which was small but nice. We stood outside on deck as we left the port and took a photo of another cruise ship leaving.

Cape Canaveral, FL.

February 27, 2010
Today I flew from Denver to Orlando, FL. It was a 3 1/2 hour flight and I slept most of the way. I met my sister at the airport. I came in on United and she came in on American so that was two different baggage claim areas, which made things a little interesting. It also took quite some time for us to get our bags but at least our bags did arrive and they weren't lost. We took a shuttle van to a hotel near the port. On the way we saw the Kennedy Space Center in the distance. It is a pretty great sight to see. The last time I saw it was a few years ago when I was working out here at Cape Canaveral National Seashore and then the view of the Kennedy Space Center was from the other side (North). http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/home/index.html
We are catching the hotel shuttle to the port tomorrow at 11:30am. I'll write more if we have an Internet connection on the boat.

Upcoming Cruise

February 23, 2010
Several people have asked me where I'm going on the cruise and my answer is usually "I'm not sure". I haven't really had time to think about it much, other than getting the necessary plane ticket and ride to the port. I leave on Saturday but don't plan on packing until Friday :). Packing has become second nature for me, I could do it in my sleep so there is no real rush :). Anyway, here is the cruise itinerary if you are curious. Some of you know that I am not really a world traveler so if I stay on the boat the whole time I'll be content but I'm sure my sister wouldn't appreciate that very much. It should be a good trip and I'm looking forward to a vacation.

This cruise is with Sylvia Browne so our days at sea will be spent at her seminars. http://www.rosetours.com/sylvia/

CRUISE ITINERARY
Departure
Sunday February 28, 2010
Port Canaveral, Florida
12:00PM(board) - 04:00 PM
Monday March 1, 2010
Cococay, Bahamas
7:00AM - 4:00PM
Tuesday March 2, 2010
Day at Sea
Wednesday March 3, 2010
St. Thomas
11:00AM - 7:00PM
Thursday March 4, 2010
St. Maarten
8:00AM - 5:00PM
Friday March 5, 2010
Day at Sea
Saturday March 6, 2010
Day at Sea
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Port Canaveral, Florida
07:00 AM

Back to the Office

February 22, 2010
Today was back to the office. The day went by pretty fast. We took a closer look at the van and realized it would be best to take it to Tulsa for repair. The front laser/bumper it is attached to was bent during our slide into the ditch. We took the van to Ford for some service. It needed an oil change and we also wanted them to look things over to make sure things were OK under the truck.

I'm in a scramble to get papers ready for a lender in Virginia and trying to put some things away in my condo. It is now officially on the market...cross your fingers! I'm super excited about the move. To throw a damper on things I realized last night that my neighbors pipes are still leaking! As some of you know I've had on going battles with the upstairs people having water leaks ever since I've moved into this place about 4 1/2 years ago. Enough is enough! Looking after other peoples pipes is not how I like to spend my free time.

This Saturday my sister and I are going on a cruise. If they have internet on the boat I'll try to post to my blog.

Salt Lake to Denver

February 20, 2010

Today was a long, long, long day. The snow started early and basically didn't end. We hit patches of clear weather but those clear patches didn't last for long. The trip across Wyoming was typical for the winter and not enjoyable at all. We got to Laramie, WY and heard that I-80 was closed over The Summit. That is a pass I've driven many times and often wondered why there was even a road there, it is pretty dangerous in the winter. We found out the road was closed due to an 11 truck pile up. We had to take Hwy 287 from Laramie to Fort Collins since I-80 was closed. Hwy 287 is a two lane road that also has some bad spot. We found one of those spots at 4:00pm! We were headed south bound and started sliding. The struck spun 1/2 way around looking north bound and went into the oncoming lane and we slide sideways into the ditch. We were very luck that it happened where the ditch was pretty flat and there was no oncoming traffic when we spun into the other lane. The whole thing could have been much, much worse. We are all OK. We were very luck to find a tow truck that was able to come right away from Laramie. It took 1 & 1/2 hours from the time we went in the ditch to the time we were on the road again. When we were on the road again it was starting to get dark and it was still lightly snowing. We had another 1 & 1/2 to Denver, on a good day but with the bad weather what should have been an 8 hour day turned out to be a 13 hour day. I got home at 10:00pm and was very thankful to be home and finally out of the truck.