Category Archives: USA Travel

“Living the Dream” – Year 2 Day 219. Saturday, December 3, 2022. Day 7 Anthem of the Seas 7 night Bahamas cruise. Last day at sea. I learned today that one of the highlights on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum class ships when they were introduced in 2014 was the air lubrication systems, which pump out airContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 219”

“Living the Dream” – Year 2 Day 220 Sunday, December 4, 2022. Departure day at Cape Liberty, Bayonne, NJ from our 7 night Anthem of the Seas Bahamas Cruise. We were docked and up early for breakfast. Brenda and David always beat us to the Restaurant. We had luggage tags 34. Great views outside –Continue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 220”

“Living the Dream” – Year 2 Day 221, Monday, December 5, 2022. Last night, we stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Rockaway, NJ. I would not recommend this hotel. It is very old, worn down, and the rooms are very dark. Although, it was clean except for the bathtub. There was no heat inContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 221”

Living the Dream” – Day 35 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 178, Sunday, October 23, 2022. This is the fourth straight day at sea. We crossed the international date line last night and we lost Saturday. It is so weird to think that most people I know are living in theContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 178”

Living the Dream” – Day 34 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 177, Friday October 21, 2022. Third day at sea. All crew has now been told they must wear masks. The cleaning crew has the extra heavy duty cleaning supplies out. The hand railings and bathrooms are constantly being wiped downContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 177”

Living the Dream” – Day 33 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 176, Thursday, October 20, 2022. It is cloudy and cold outside today. A high of 63. I hear that it will be cool in New Zealand. I guess it is back to jeans again. They have brought the extra cleaningContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 176”

Living the Dream” – Day 32 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 175, Wednesday, October 19, 2022. Woke up this morning and the ship had hot water problems. There was no hot water. Took a cold shower. That will wake you up. Good thing the cold water is not very cold. WentContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 175”

Living the Dream” – Day 31 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 174, Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Last night we walked on the 15th deck. There were two super yachts parked next to our ship. The SURI and the Lonian. The 208-foot SURI is a charter yacht built in 1978 and refurbishedContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 174”

Living the Dream” – Day 30 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 173, Monday, October 17, 2022. Opened the curtains today to a totally different view. We are at a port with many oil/gasoline holding tanks. Quite a difference than the last two days in Moorea. We are in Papeete on theContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 173”

Living the Dream” – Day 29 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 172, Sunday, October 16, 2022. We went to the public beach today in Moorea. It was not what I expected.It was about 3 miles from where the tender brought us in. We shared a taxi with a couple from AustralianContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 172”

Living the Dream” – Day 28 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 171, Saturday, October 15, 2022. I was so excited to open my curtain at 6am and see land after five days at sea. We are in Moorea, French Polynesia till tomorrow night. This is the farthest we have ever beenContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 171”

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”