Cruisin'

The drive from Hammond, LA to Amelia Island, FL was uneventful and boring.  I-10 across the Florida panhandle is flat, straight and without much scenery.  But since we were in the Jeep and not the RV it was cool to be able to drive at 70 miles and hour!

The short visit with Dale and Christy (Diana's brother and sister-in-law) was great.  The trip to Port Orange to see Diana's sister, Marge and brother-in-law David was short and we had a nice time there.  Dale and Christy came down for Thanksgiving and we all ate too much....the American way.

Friday we were off on a cruise with Marge and David.  The Emerald Princess was the ship and we had 10 days and several islands in the south eastern Caribbean.  The weather was great and the excursions were wonderful.  We watched the sun rise and set from our balcony and had great scenery the entire voyage.  We had been on 2 other cruises but had not had as great a time.  Partly due to poor weather but what made this cruise so great was being with Marge and David.  I don't know about them but we had a great time.

Sadly, the cruise ended and we had to leave Port Orange.  We drove to Midlothian, VA, our old home.  As of this post Diana has been to the church for the Prayer Shawl Ministry (better known as Knit Wits) and we stopped at Bob's brother's house to visit with Don, Janice, Alex, Heather, Flannery, Kathy, Bray plus we got to meet Lilly the dog.  A fun night.

The next few days look great with a cookie decorating in our old neighborhood and lots of "getting together" with friends and relatives.  Looks like we will have a full social schedule for our two weeks here.