Home SWEET Home!!!

Yes, we made it home on May 11th and are now cleaning up the residue and getting ready to FIX up our abode--something we should have done years ago--but enjoy travelling MORE!!

Looking back on the Panama Canal Cruise, except for the surprise ending and earthquakes and flu in Mexico was a trip to remember...very relaxing, educational, fun and exciting!!!

But now it is time to get our house in order and maybe it will take all summer, but that's OK.

Thanks for following the blog, it was fun to try to document our travels and travails and publish my "poems"...

See ya next time...

Liz and Dick (Back in Oceanside)

One more weekend before we get home...

Hi everyone,

I'm right now going over the blogging procedures with the Surfing the Web group of thousands of interested villagers...

From here you can also upload pictures, videos, whatever

Drying Out???

Its Tuesday, Cinco de Mayo and we are on our extended vacation now numbering 33 days away from home, the first 28 on the Statendam and the last 5 on the Marriott???

Home sweet home is still being dryed out and maybe we can move back in shortly...

Then we will need all new flooring on the first floor and some new furniture...

What a mess?

But the Residence Inn is making it a little easier, very nice, comfortable and great service.

Will post a few pics from the trip...

See ya soon,

Liz and Dick Travis

Keep Blogging Till We Get Home!!

Well, we might as well keep on blogging right on into May, since we are in temporary living quarters, Marriott Residence Inn in Oceanside until the house is repaired from the unexpected flooding during the last week of our cruise...

Pretty bad luck, but don't cry over spilt toilets (I always say?)...

Will be getting estimates for the work to be done on Tuesday, meanwhile checking out flooring costs, alternatives etc. and trying to catch up on web pages and computer club stuff...

Talking to you later...

Liz and Dick Travis

Swine Flu, Earthquake and FLOOD???

Greetings from San Elijo...

Yeah, I know it's not on the schedule, Holland America does not have a dock that I know of in San Elijo...

Actually, Liz and I are relaxing in the spacious living room of my daughter Laura...

The bad news is when we got home, our Ocean Hills Country Club home was in the process of being restored due to a exploding toilet, while we were cruising... Who knew, it was definitely an Act of God.

Good thing that I won the Black Jack Tournament and another $300 on 3-card poker on the last night of the cruise...

Anyway, it looks as though Liz and I will be looking for temporary living quarters....or maybe just get back on the ship...heading to Vancouver and Alaska...

Many thanks to my daughter Laura for handing the insurance and restoration projects now going on...

Pictures will be forthcoming, once we get situated...

Cheers,

Dick and Liz

Heading into the back stretch

YEAH, YEAH...LAST CHANCE TO WIN THE BLACKJACK TOURNAMENT

AND I WON...NOW WE CAN PACK, HAVE A BIG BREAKFAST AND COME HOME...

CHEERS..........LIZ AND DICK

24 hours till the port of San Diego....

Last day should be filled with anticipation, saying goodbyes to friends, big lunch and dinner and final Blackjack tournament...Really got to know lots of people from many countries and different cultures...

Cruising is so great for sitting back and relaxing and enjoying life and other people...especially NO PHONE...but must get back to normal tomorrow...

Know some people who will be taking 30 or more days in the fall...I would say that about 25% ofthepeople on this ship took the "whole enchilada" 28 days from San Diego to San Diego...

Liz is starting to pack some stuff, so we will be ready for the debarkment procedures...Should be a snap with no other transportation needed except LAURA...Thank you Laura... Other people are scrambling for planes, trains, buses or hotels...Really nice to be so near San Diego and the port...

Here are a few more pics...

Cabo is Quarantined...Heading Home

We are at sea for two more days...formal night and the last night should be big blasts with the Final Blackjack tournament???

Boring day so far, people are reading, puzzling, playing games, eating and wondering what is happening in Cabo...

Having a good time, have a little extra internet time...later...

Dick & Liz