Category Archives: Florida

Living the Dream” – Day 27 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 170, Friday October 15, 2022. Last Sea day before we get to Moorea, French Polynesia. It was a slow day. Went to the spa and had a mani-pedi. Then just hung around. Today’s product recommendations are traveling essentials.                                                    1) LuggageContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 170”

Living the Dream” – Day 26 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 169, Thursday, October 13, 2022. Another sea day. It is very windy and the Northstar was cancelled for us again. A Princess ship was cruising out in the water this morning when I opened our curtains. That is the firstContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 169”

Living the Dream” – Day 25 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 168, Wednesday, October 12, 2022. Our shower is fixed. Yea, they took the gasket from an empty stateroom. We found two cruisin ducks today. We rehid both of them. One had a name and came from Taylorsville, Utah one hadContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 168”

Living the Dream” – Day 24 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 167, Tuesday, October 11, 2022. We walked the track this morning on the 15th deck. Here’s a video of our new Balcony stateroom 13540 on Ovation of the Seas. We have Captain Ron as our captain. I am so gladContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 167”

Living the Dream” – Day 23 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 166, Monday, October 10, 2022. Last night was not a good night. The room air-conditioning did not work. It was hot. 7am this morning I reported a few issues with our stateroom to msintenance. We are in stateroom 13540. WeContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 166”

Living the Dream” – Day 22 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 165, Sunday, October 9 2022. We were off the ship before 8am. After 10 minutes of being off the ship I decided I like Honolulu much better than Maui. We took the trolley transportation to the Waikiki shopping plaza. ThisContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 165”

Living the Dream – Day 21 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 164, Saturday, October 8, 2022. Getting off the ship onto the tender was challenging this morning They were going to stop the tenders and wait for the seas to calm down. Then the supervisor came by and said that weContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 164”

Living the Dream” – Day 20 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 163, Friday, October 7, 2022. We are in Maui today. It is nice here in Hawaii weather wise. The ship is using the lifeboats for tendering. The tender was really rocking on the 15-minute tender into the town. I haveContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 163”

Living the Dream” – Day 19 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 162, Thursday, October 6, 2022. Drink, eat, gamble, and karaoke. No more overeating for me. It is really warm now. Not hot just great gorgeous weather. This is the first shorts we have worn since we left home nineteen daysContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 162”

Living the Dream” – Day 18 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 161, Wednesday, October 5, 2022. Day four at sea on Ovation of the Seas. Jamie’s Italian food restaurant has definitely changed. It was not as good as we remembered it prior to covid. We will not be going back there.Continue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 161”

Living the Dream” – Day 17 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 160, Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Another freaking sea day. This is day three. There is 2,645 miles of water between Seattle and Maui. We left warmer weather to this cool breezy weather. I wore a sweater dress to dinner lastContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 160”

Living the Dream” – Day 16 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 159, Monday, October 3, 2022. Another cloudy rainy cold rolling sea day this morning on Ovation of the Seas. I guess I expected a cruise to Hawaii would be filled with sun. I walked around and did a video ofContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 159”

Living the Dream” – Day 15 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 158, Sunday, October 2, 2022. We are hopeful that we will see some whales crossing the Pacific on the Ovation of the Seas. Searching the sea from our balcony for whales we see a container ship in the distance. TheContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 158”

Living the Dream” – Day 14 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 157, Saturday, October 1, 2022. First things first. Here’s a link to a video of our current stateroom on Ovation of the Seas. It is balcony stateroom 12542. It has been two weeks since we left home and we haveContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 157”

Living the Dream” – Day 13 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 156, Friday, September 30, 2022. Boarding the Ovation of the Seas in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I love Vancouver, it is the nicest city I have ever been to. Last night, we had dinner at a restaurant connected to theContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 156”

Living the Dream” – Day 12 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 155, Thursday, September 29, 2022. Checked out of the Hilton Garden Inn in Renton, WA at 5am. I would not recommend this hotel. The people there were fantastic, but the hotel rooms were very dark. Carpeting is very worn outContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 155”

“Living the Dream” – Day 11 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 154, Wednesday, September 28, 2022. First thing this morning we went to Walgreens for our covid test. We are covid negative and can board the ship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on Friday. We will need one more covid testContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 154”

“Living the Dream” – Day 10 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 153, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. I would say the Seattle area is not our favorite place. The traffic is so heavy and restaurant prices are very high. The only saving grace is the people. They are so friendly and nice.Continue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 153”

“Living the Dream” – Day 9 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 152, Monday, September 26, 2022. We pulled back into the Seattle cruise port this morning. We are racking up the miles traveled in 9 days. So far we have traveled 4,347 miles. That is broken down to 76 miles fromContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 152”

“Living the Dream” – Day 8 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 151, Sunday, September 25, 2022. We had a great time discussing different words used in the UK compared to the US with two lovely ladies from Southampton, England today. I had no idea of these differences. Everyday I learn somethingContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 151”

“Living the Dream” – Day 7 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 150, Saturday, September 24, 2022. We are at sea today on our way to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is very foggy and the Seas are really rocking. The barf bags are hanging on the stair railings. The waves areContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 150”

“Living the Dream” – Day 6 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 149, Friday, September 23, 2022. Welcome to Juneau, the capital of Alaska. We pulled in around 6am. The mountains are right there on both sides. Wow!!!. We are in the Gastineau Channel. Juneau is the second largest city in theContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 149”

“Living the Dream” – Day 5 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 148, Thursday, September 22, 2022. It is amazing how close we are to Russia and that the United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars. What a great buy. Heading up towards the Gulf of AlaskaContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 148”

“Living the Dream” – Day 4 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 147, Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Today we are in Ketchikan, Alaska, the salmon capital of the world. It is breathtaking pulling into Port. The view just gets better and better as it gets lighter. At 5:30 am the Windjammer buffetContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 147”

“Living the Dream” – Day 3 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 146. Tuesday, September 20, 2022. We are cruising a few miles up the coast in the Pacific Ocean today. The ocean floor must drop off really quickly. Today we spent most of the day walking. No elevators for us. DownContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 146”

“Living the Dream” – Day 2 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 145, Monday, September 19, 2022 (9/19/2022). Breakfast at the hotel was $45.00. It was good, except for the price. We are coming back to this hotel here after the Alaska cruise for three nights. I guess we will eat breakfastContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 145”

“Living the Dream” – Day 1 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 144, Sunday, September 18, 2022. Up at 1:45am. Off to the Lexington Blue Grass airport where I had a friendly pat down frisk and my hands were tested for explosive residue. Very interesting indeed. The airport is so nice andContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 144”

“Living the Dream” – Year 2, Day 122, Sunday, August 28, 2022. I love to refresh my flowers. Nothing makes you feel good like fresh cut flowers. Try it!! So, Steve can be outside all day and the sweat bees don’t bother him. As soon as I go outside, they start swarming. They love toContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 122”

“Living the Dream” – Year 2, Day 121, Saturday, August 27, 2022. So, Steve is trying to lose the weight he gained back by laying more block in the hot sun. He is also back to the big breakfast. He found the bacon. I have been trying to keep him company a little while heContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 121”

“Living the Dream” – Year 2, Day 120, Friday, August 26, 2022 – The cement arrived a little after 8am and the footings were completed in about 1.5 hours. Justin came by to assist with the heavy work. When you are pouring concrete, you have to work quickly to level it out. It is almostContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 120”