We have been very lucky with smooth water and beautiful weather so far...but this is our first day at sea, so who knows what to expect? The further south we go, the nicer it's getting...we left the drizzle and cold behind yesterday. Pam and I did several laps around the ship on deck 7 and then had a feast at breakfast. They have smoked salmon and all the fixings, so I am indulging in that. Yum! We did various activities on board including playing bingo...the guy...

Mike and Pam came by our apartment, picked us up and away we went to the Port of Houston. We had prepaid parking and had a bit of a wait to get through the line and park, but it all went smoothly. We got very excited when we arrived and saw the ship...it's quite impressive! We did get a laugh when we saw that the "covered parking" was actually guys putting a cover on your car! I can't remember what the additional charge was for this, but it was pretty hefty. We...

We set sail last night about midnight and arrived into Seattle about 7:00 a.m. It was overcast & chilly -- definitely different than when we arrived. We hit the buffet one last time and then went to our favorite hang out spot to wait for our time to disembark, which was 9:30. This went smoothly and we claimed our suitcases and were on our way. Stew & Connie came to pick us up and took us to a fun place for brunch. We were still sort of full from breakfa...

We were at sea ALL DAY AGAIN IN THE FOG. Both of us were so ready to be on land again and mostly so we would have internet! LOL It's hard being forced to unplug yourself from your phone & email. I did go down to the ship's internet café and logged on for a bit so I could get news about my mother & print our boarding passes. It ended up costing me about $25 for 20 minutes. :(( Ridiculous. The ship wasn't offering anything that appealed to us, so we m...

We spent all day doing pretty much nothing....played bingo again and lost. Went up to the 15th deck and hung out reading and watching the fog...it was EXTREMELY foggy, so much so that the ship had to blow the horn every few minutes. Even during the night! Fortunately, we couldn't hear it very well in our room but it was pretty loud everywhere else. At least this time the water was smooth--the trip up was very rocky. Lots of people were seasick but Ashley & I...