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On our way to the alpaca farm in New Plymouth, New Zealand on this date in 2016, we stopped at a few scenic overlooks in the rain. For more photos, please click here. |
Saturday was yet another fun day and evening. Around 4:00 pm we grilled New York steaks on the grill at Colleen’s home. I’d brought a salad and broiled the butterflied garlic shrimp under the broiler in her oven.
Colleen made potatoes, gravy, and garlic bread, and a fantastic dinner was enjoyed by all, sitting inside at two tables for the eight of us, away from bees on the patio.
After dinner and cleanup, we started yet another round of Buck Euchre but this time we set up two tables and most of us played for hours. There was endless laughter, teasing, and banter among all of us.
By 9:30 I was fading and headed back to our place to unwind and relax. Tom joined me around 11:00 pm and by midnight we were fast asleep. This morning, was relatively uneventful. I prepped everything for tonight’s dinner which we’ll have some time during the football games.
By 1:00 pm Tom was settled in front of the TV to begin watching the NFL football playoffs. With little interest in teams other than the Minnesota Vikings, who now are out of the running, I kept busy doing laundry and other household chores.
Today is a good day for me to conduct research for our future travels. As we’ve lined up these three cruises in Japan, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific it gives us a point from which to backtrack for locations that appeal to us prior to the cruises in 2022.
This week will be busy. Tomorrow evening I meet with friend/reader Staci in Mesa for dinner. On Thursday, all the family is driving an hour to Tom’s niece (Mary and Eugene’s daughter) Laurie and her husband Craig’s home in Goodyear, Arizona where we’ll all spend the day.
No doubt, in between there will be more “happy hours” celebrations in the neighborhood as we wind down our time in Apache Junction. And, before we know it, we’ll be completing our packing to be on our way to India.
Here is the information on this third and final cruise in and around Japan. We’ll be back with more later.
12 nights departing April 24, 2022, on Celebrity’s Celebrity Solstice |
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Date | Port | Arrive | Depart |
Sunday, April 24 | Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan | 7:00pm | |
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Monday, April 25 | At Sea | ||
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Tuesday, April 26 | Hakodate, Japan | 7:00am | 4:00pm |
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Wednesday, April 27 | At Sea | ||
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Thursday, April 28 | At Sea | ||
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Friday, April 29 | Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia | 8:00am | 7:00pm |
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Saturday, April 30 | Cross International Dateline (Cruising) | ||
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Sunday, May 1 | At Sea | ||
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Monday, May 2 | At Sea | ||
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Tuesday, May 3 | At Sea | ||
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Wednesday, May 4 | At Sea | ||
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Thursday, May 5 | At Sea | ||
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Friday, May 6 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | 7:00am |
It’s blissfully warm here today, in the 70s! It’s about time it warmed up!
Carpe diem!
Photo from one year ago today, January 19, 2019:
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A rhino beetle we found on the veranda on Thursday. They are harmless to humans and don’t bite. They have a horn in the center of their foreheads comparable to a rhino. Thus the name “rhino” beetle. For |