7th January 2007, 4 Night Wonder Cruise

[mandymouse]

Have a great trip Robin

Happy 'Good Friday' to you all

Mandy

 

[mandymouse]

I hope you are having a lovely day

Mandy ​

 

[SheWhoHasNoName]

Just poppin' in to wish everyone a
HAPPY EASTER!
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[mandymouse]

Hey Mary, it's great to hear from you, I hope you had a lovely Easter too - keep in touch

Mandy

 

[Cruisin]

Just stopping in to let everyone know I've arrived home safely.

Will post more about my adventures later.

 

[mandymouse]

Glad you got home safely Robin - I look forward to hearing all about it

 

[Cruisin]

I am copying and pasting this from the Threadkiller thread because I'm too lazy to type it all out again. SOOOOO if you frequent both threads, you can skip this post

So, I'm back from the land of ice and snow

We left about 6:45am Friday and started our long journey.

We drove thru nice weather and then much snow and wind and drifting swirling snow. It was very, very nasty. I've seen enough snow now to last me for 5 years.

We almost ran out of gas because we underestimated the distance between gas stations.

Travelling up in the north in the winter is not like travelling down the I75 There are huge distances between gas stations and not much else in between them.

We arrived at Alex's apartment about 10:15pm. We hung around there for a bit and shortly after 11 Rick and I left Liz at Alex's and headed for our room at the bed and breakfast nearby. I had stayed there in the fall when I helped Alex move north. It was a wonderful place, very nice, warm friendly couple, great breakfast, loved it.

We get there and there is nobody there What the heck is this all about?? Ring the door, nope, check the door and it is locked. There are lights on in the kitchen but obviously no one is home.

So I try calling and get the answering machine. I leave a message and we head back to Alex's. What do we do now? Alex's place is way to small, nowhere for 4 people to sleep. You wouldn't want to set foot in any of the motels in this very small northern town, judging just by the outside.

About 11:45 we get a call. It is the couple's daughter. She says they have gone away and she is running the B & B for the weekend. She had to go out (at that time of night ) and she was going out again and would leave the door unlocked, just pick ourselves out a room for the night.

Okay, so we go over, pick a room and go to bed. Come morning (9:45am). We go downstairs looking for breakfast........ not a soul to be seen We knew she was there because her purse and boots were there. Didn't feel right rummaging thru someone else's house so we woke the kids up and went out for brunch.

We drove around the area. Alex showed us around two of his ambulance bases. We met some of his co-workers (great guys, lots of laughs). We went to the grocery store and cooked ourselves dinner at Alex's place.

Now, What about our room for that night at the B & B. So I call over there, no answer. A bit later the daughter calls and says, she has to go out and will drop us off a key at Alex's place before she leaves so we can get in when we want. Okay great, fine with us.

Sunday morning we are up early to start our journey home (hopefully with better road and weather conditions) I was awake during the night (4am) and heard the daughter downstairs speaking with a man, so I don't think she went to bed at all that night.

We get up and she is awake and is making us some breakfast. She didn't ask what we wanted just gave us a bacon and egg bagel. It tasted good but what if we just wanted toast?

We talked to her for about 15 minutes while we ate and that is all we saw of her. Turns out the she is working on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship in the children's area. She actually has met the young man that lives across the street from us and also works for Norwegian Cruise line. Small world.

We pick up Liz at Alex's apartment and head for home. For the most part the weather and road conditions were much better on Sunday. Took us a lot longer to get home though for some reason

 

[mandymouse]

Wow Robin, it sounds like you've had an interesting weekend with all that snow and the antics of the daughter at the B&B

I still can't get over how much snow you've had, I think I'd cry if it started to snow now as I'm looking forward to the Summer coming

Glad you had a good time with Alex and that you got home safely

Mandy

 

[mandymouse]

Hey Betsy & Kelly

Where are you ?? I miss you, I hope you both are Ok and that you've had a fab Easter

Mandy

 

[Cruisin]

I still can't get over how much snow you've had, I think I'd cry if it started to snow now as I'm looking forward to the Summer coming

Glad you had a good time with Alex and that you got home safely

Mandy

Yep and unfortuantely although the grass was nice and green yesterday, this morning it is totally white again

I've had enough of this weather, give me some spring, PLEASE

I have some pictures from the weekend that I will post........ some year

Have a great day

 

[mandymouse]

I have some pictures from the weekend that I will post........ some year

I look forward to seeing them Robin

 

[Dalpal]

Morning all..

We had a very fun Easter...No egg hunt ..too much snow on the ground...2 inches...and I had to start a fire..because it was in the 30s..Brrrr!

So we played Jellybean Bingo...and the kids really had a good time with it!...

I too have pictures and I bet I'll post them faster then Robin ....
....ZOOM..........>

POOF!
Easter sunrise!

Albert and the Easter baskets...

Wanna see more?

Go to ......


http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2093510905

 

[Cruisin]

I too have pictures and I bet I'll post them faster then Robin ....
....ZOOM..........>

POOF!

Yup you sure beat me out Betsy.

Gonna go look at your link now

 

[Cruisin]

Gosh Betsy, you have absolutely beautiful grandchildren.

I can't believe how big Kateri is, seems like she was just born last week

It looks like everyone was having a good time.

How come no pictures of you????

 

[mandymouse]

Hey Betsy

Wow, what fantastic photos, you have got beautiful grandkids, you must be so proud of them all

It looks like you had a great Easter day, though it's a shame you had snow

How are your next trip plans coming along ? Have you booked anymore ADR's ?

Mandy

 

[Dalpal]

Gosh Betsy, you have absolutely beautiful grandchildren.

I can't believe how big Kateri is, seems like she was just born last week

It looks like everyone was having a good time.

How come no pictures of you????

Thanks Robin,
No pics of me because....I was the one taking the pictures.... (thank god! )

actually I am in a picture,.....
This one....I'm all the way over to the left!

 

[Dalpal]

Hey Betsy

Wow, what fantastic photos, you have got beautiful grandkids, you must be so proud of them all

It looks like you had a great Easter day, though it's a shame you had snow

How are your next trip plans coming along ? Have you booked anymore ADR's ?

Mandy

Ohhhh! Mandy...
I am soo happy to say ...I got the free dinning for our trip in Sept....
This will be great with 2 very big eating boys!....

I have booked most of my ADRs...
Its too bad but we wont be going to Chef Mickeys...Unless things change..( as it has a tendency to do)...
But we will be going to LTT,WCC,R&C,GG,50s,CP,and Mama Melrose with the fantasmic dinner pkg.!
Oh AND there is one place I have always wanted to try...The Plaza rest. ....I made ADRs for there, on the night we hope to go to MNSSHP....I peeked in the last time we were at MK and it looks really nice inside...Hope the food is good!..

 

[mandymouse]

Betsy - that's great news about getting the free dining plan, you've picked some great places for your meals

It'll be here before you know it

Mandy

 

[Cruisin]

Okay here are some pictures for you.

The scenery along the way:

You can almost find the road:

There is a beer store hidden behind here somewhere

Alex showing off his equipment:

My kids, "playing nicely" together

The northern sunset. I thought the streak of red going straight up was kinda cool.

A few miscellaneous pictures for you...........

me

Liz's new friend, John, doing his pirate impression

My new car .

Sunrise at my house a couple of weeks ago.

 

[mandymouse]

Great piccies Robin ~ I can't get over 'HOW MUCH SNOW THERE IS' You've got a lovely family, and the car looks great too

Mandy