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We were able to watch the NCAA Women’s Championship game from a home with a stunning view of Honolulu and the ocean. The Iowa Hawkeyes played a good game but the LSU Tigers were “on fire”. After the game we got some Korean takeout with the intent of going up to the Punchbowl park forContinue reading “The day did not go as we expected, but lovely none the less”

We have docked in Honolulu. My former colleague from NIDDK, Terry, who lives in Honolulu is going to pick us up and take us to her house so we can watch the Iowa play in the NCAA Women’s Basketball finals. I was able to reschedule the Pearl Harbor Tour for tomorrow instead. After the gameContinue reading “NCAA Women’s Basketball Finals”

The ship anchored outside of Kona and we took a life boat into a pier. We started with our Atlantis submarine tour and went down to a depth of 100 feet – as far down as the ocean goes in this location. That is below the coral reefs and it looked a bit like snowContinue reading “Our first outing – Kona”

The photographer worked really hard to get a real smile out of Carol. This was the best.

I got James and I ancestry kits for Christmas. My results became available yesterday. I was kind of hoping to find something surprising – at least a tiny bit of Mediterranean ancestry but alas it is nothing very exotic. I think Parent 1 is my mom as her father was German and her mother wasContinue reading “My ancestry”

We were both wide awake at 4 AM (really 3 AM with time change). I decided it would be a good time to do the hot tub – perhaps relax us so we could get back to sleep. Carol reluctantly agreed and we got into our suits and up to the 16th level only toContinue reading “The day after……”

Vish did a wonderful job making Carol up. She truly felt like a queen and even kind of liked her new look including false eyelashes. We dined in the Crown Grill and Carol had lobster and I had the sea bass. A huge chocolate mousse cake with Happy Birthday sung by the waiters and fellowContinue reading ““It has been a magnificent day””

The slowness of this internet makes it difficult to upload images and once they are uploaded they seem to disappear so hopefully they come through…. We were both up to go the bathroom around the same time so Carol got her first “Happy Birthday” song at 3AM. We had breakfast in our room and thenContinue reading “Hugs and Tears”

I didn’t even take any pics today. Temp this morning was in the 40’s. It was still windy but the skies were mostly sunny. Carol has been sleeping really well. I am sleeping OK. We had breakfast in the room this morning and discovered that when you order bottles of water with breakfast, there isContinue reading “Day 3 – Are we there yet?”

Last night I went through and made us reservations in the sit down dining rooms for all of our nights on the ship. Some nights we got a private table and some nights we will share a table. Tonight was scheduled as a private table. I practiced putting a bit of make-up on Carol tonightContinue reading “Our first traditional cruise dinner”