Astoria Oregon, June 28,2024 One of the many joys of traveling at our pace, is the opportunity to meet new folks and spend a moment (however brief) with them. We awoke to the Astoria Megler bridge, enjoyed coffee and muffins as we watched ships traverse the waterway. This cruise, it’s been too cold to have...
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Thursday, June 27, 2024 Sea Day on Serenity Second breakfast in the Bistro, including a double espresso and cappuccino. Here’s Timmy texting with Terri our cat sitter…evidently Freddie loves her more than us now. I left Timmy to his own devices and spent some time in the gym. Then we headed to Marketplace for lunch....
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Wednesday June 26,2024 We were scheduled to dock in San Francisco at 8:00 am and Captain Vincent estimated that we’d be passing under the Golden Gate bridge at 7:00 am. We set our alarms for 6:50 and immediately upon opening the curtain we spied the bridge, backlit by the sunrise. We scrambled to the veranda...
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Tuesday June 25,2024 We slept in, had coffee and muffins in the room (too chilly out on the balcony) and enjoyed the ship until lunchtime. Crystal’s famous Asain lunchtime buffet in Marketplace was amazing as usual. When we walked across the pool deck, the pool was sloshing like crazy…of course by the time I got...
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We spied the ship as we entered the port. Made my heart sing. Our driver fetched us at 11:00, we arrived at the port, dropped our luggage, and were seated in the terminal by 11:50 am. As we were waiting to go through security we met Bill, who often comments on this blog and the...
Continue readingJune 23,2024 I spent the remainder of Sunday afternoon at the spa. I enjoyed the sauna, steam room and aroma therapy room, and I especially enjoyed the Torrey Pines signature massage. Such a lovely experience. When we sailed on Endeavor’s inaugural in July of 2021, we had a terrific time and met the most wonderful...
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Sunday, June 23, 2024 We woke early, still on East coast time. After breakfast at the Grill, I headed off to hike the Reserve. The Reserve at Torrey Pines is a state park with cliffs that overlook the Pacific Ocean. I was a bit hesitant to hike alone because in addition to fox and coyotes,...
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…but first a stop in La Jolla ♥️ Our cat sitter, Teri arrived around 2:30 pm on Friday June 21 … we showed her around, introduced her to Fred and shortly thereafter our driver, Robert fetched us for the drive to the Fairfield Inn at JFK airport. Freddy helped me pack, in as much as...
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We began the month in Sarasota…back at the Salty Dog. I’m hard pressed to come up with a more charming, chill, on the water lunch spot. Probably why we keep returning. Very yummy conch fritters. And then the best fish tacos. We stopped on the way home to soak in the beauty and take a...
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