Life is a Journey

Don'tcha just love sea days? I do, very much! Since it was St. Patrick's Day, we wore shiny green beads. We started out our day with the Sea Brunch which was very enjoyable. It was so enjoyable that I completely forgot to take pictures, LOL! I didn't overdo it because I wanted another Guy's Burger since this was our last full day on the ship. We spent the day enjoying the relaxing atmosphere of the ship, changing locations throughout the day. We walked through the buffet and scoped out all the cool green desserts. They even had green caramel corn! We decided on non-green ice cream and found a quiet spot to sit. Once again, we walked around and then spotted a rainbow! I had never seen a rainbow while at sea so I thought it was pretty neat. And that basically is all we did on our sea day. Oh sure, we had a couple of drinks and snacked here and there. That evening we got our bags ready for departure. We were doing self-assist

Ensenada! But before we go on shore, one needs to have a light breakfast. You must be wondering if that is all I had. Well, yes, that and cup of coffee. Why? Isn't the answer obvious? I wanted to be super hungry when we got back on board so that I could have another delicious Guy's Burger! That's the gospel truth! While I was eating, this is the view I enjoyed. After breakfast I walked around the ship a bit since I knew Barb didn't get up early like me. The upper most part of the Atrium from my morning walk... By this time I had a feeling that Barb might be up so I headed down to our stateroom. I forgot to tell you that we decorated our door for St. Patrick's Day. Barb was up and ready to hit the road...and yes, we took advantage of the photo op! A Princess ship was in port that day, too. Let's begin our walk... First on the agenda, ibuprofen! We walked approximately three blocks from the ship because the further yo

Yup, I did it again!  On Thursday, March 15th, my friend Barb and I took a three night cruise. It was her first cruise ever. Of course, before getting in the car for the drive to Long Beach, we had to take our picture. If you are not familiar with Southern California traffic patterns, there is no way for you to know how long your drive is going to be. You can take an educated guess but that's the problem - you're guessing. We left Riverside at 10:45 in the morning so we didn't have to worry about any possible delays. Both of us were shocked when we arrived at the port of Long Beach in just under an hour. The cruise line's website urges you not to arrive early and I was a bit concerned because we were not scheduled to check-in until 12:30 so I took my time parking and figured we would just sit in the new terminal. I was actually looking forward to seeing it since it had recently gone through a major rennovation. We breezed through three security checkpoints an