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Not late at all, a couple of months a year we’re on Hawaii time, lol! She’s our lovely granddog! Mahalo!

@rafinmd thank you for your good wishes! We can’t believe it either! @VMax1700thanks you so much, enjoy your cruise! @crazyforcats thanks you for the good wishes! @JazzyV prayers for tomorrow and a restful night!

Gotta love serendipity! Must have been an interesting show. Love the “almost inspired me” I’d like to walk the Camino del Santiago, Maybe?

Bon Voyage! Love it, the inaugural Merry Widows Cruise! Enjoy!

Thanks also @Cruising-along@Sharon in AZ @JazzyV so appreciated! Prayers for Amber! And for you @JazzyVthat all shall be well! Some photos from beautiful Shirakawa go in the mountains a short journey from Kanazawa

Good morning and thanks all! A special thanks to @JazzyV for remembering our anniversary! What a surprise to see all the mentions! It is actually 51 this year, last year was the big one, but as it was just prior to my surgery we really didn’t celebrate until later. @cat shepard@StLouisCruisers @grapau27@smitty34877@Quartzsite Cruiser@Haljo1935@puppycanducruise@superoma@dfish@ottahand7 @RMLincoln@cunnorl@marshhawk@Nickelpenny@ger_77@DeniseT. Th aka for all the kind comments, so appreciated, hope I don’t miss anyone! Such great memes! Mr Bear says thanks, lol! Bon Voyage @kazu and @VMax1700 @sailingdutchyhappy birthday Tony! Kanazawa is a fabulous port, to visit the beautiful village in the mountains with the thatched roofs and for one of the top three gardens in Japan! We had a fabulous sendoff, the captain came and watched as well. IMG_1660.mov

The biennale is amazing and so worth visit, there are pavilions from different countries in the Biennale gardens as well as spread through out Venice. There are huge warehouses filled with art in Arsenale. Some private villas are open with exhibits. It will take several days to see most of it. A few photos from a few years ago.

We visited with a rental,car, wondering if that’s an option? Rome2Rio shows four ways

Good morning barely, and thanks all! I do appreciate all the kind words yesterday and today @cat shepard and @RMLincoln Truly such a relief, I slept a long time! @cat shepard have been wondering how you and your sister are doing? We have loved everywhere we’ve visited in Japan, but haven’t been to Akita. @kazu Glad you made it safely, but really Air Canada? I know there’s a strike but surely….. hoping the foot, the internet and the flight are the three things that went wrong and you can now enjoy! wishing you all a joyful day!

@JazzyV@grapau27@kazu @ger_77@StLouisCruisers @ottahand7@Quartzsite CruiserThanks for all the good wishes, my appointment went very well, so nice to have last year in the rear view mirror. @ger_77 sorry not sorry you took our snow, 😂 Hope Maurice is approved quickly! We had a wonderful day visiting beautiful Banff. So nice to see the pussy willows!

I must have missed your earlier antics…. @kazu safe travels! Good morning and thanks all, Sorry to hear @smitty34877 about last night! Hope a nap and better night tonight for you! @doobieb welcome, gorgeous bloom! @aliaschief what a fabulous trip! Off to the oncologist, a year out thankfully . We had a lovely visitor! IMG_1166.mov

@Jancruz We used him in 2019. There is a thread from last year where people were pleased with him

Good morning and thanks all! Just a quick hi to wish Happy birthdays to all celebrating. @StLouisCruisers@sailingdutchy and @Cruzin Terri @kazu so glad you had great news and are on the road to recovery. Glad you were cautious as those can be very nasty. Wishing you speedy healing! We have enjoyed many national monuments, particularly Devils Tower!

@ger_77 so sorry to hear of the loss of your friend and another classmate. Just because we’re getting older doesn’t make it any easier. Sorry you had to experience our spring snow, but glad you made it home safely! @superoma congratulations on the new granddaughter! How wonderful. @Gsel welcome aboard! @marshhawk yikes, hope you feel better soon, I think Geri needs to put on a very large order for bubble wrap. DH has sprained his knee, between his fall on the mud and ice and the pup getting too excited. Healing wishes for all!

My two mustangs, as I won’t count the mustang 2! A 65 289 Cobrajet 4 speed convertible and my 70 Mach one 351 fastback. I actually did get to ride in a Shelby! Apologies for the multiple posts

Some photos of beautiful Taormina, also highly recommend a Godfather tour

Good morning and thanks all! Will gladly celebrate Mustangs, loved Taomorina, but not Apple Jack🤢 @dfish YUM, Thank you! Well the snow is back again! And again. Here’s yesterday in contrast to the day before, who knows what tomorrow may bring?

Oh dear Jacqui, so sorry to hear this. Hope things work out for the best! Glad you went for medical assistance! Sending extra hugs!

We used Levant Solmaz a local guide who provided transportation as well.

One other thing to be mindful of is cyclone season. Late October or early November is best, and also for the fall colours. love Palm desert too!

We found Montpelier to be a lovely city, Collioure is much smaller, more of a pretty fishing village. Lovely wine in the region as well, nearby Banyuls sur Mer is also a lovely spot, famous for the Banyuls wine, think a dessert wine or aperitif.

I would agree to go with the longer cruise, you will see much more of Japan. Kanazawa allows you to see the magnificent gardens and/ Or the amazing Shirakawa- go thatched villages. Northern Japan was stunning. Hakkodate in the fall would be spectacular. Also strongly recommend you stay a little longer prior and or after the cruise. Kyoto is worthy of several days as is Tokyo. You really don’t need a tour, the trains are excellent and most in the hotels speak English very well. Enjoy this fabulous destination!

Good morning and thanks all! @Quartzsite Cruiser sending my thought for Steve today! @LambKnuckles hope you get a treatment that works! bronchitis is no fun! @StLouisCruisersglad your sister is out of surgery, hope she has a swift recovery! @Cruzin Terri hope the consult is helpful. and wishes to any others with appointments today. I will celebrate the Golden Arches, DH was a manager back in the day and has a Degree from Hamburger University in Chicago. Yes it’s a thing! lol! I also will be forever grateful that Ronald McDonald House provided a home for our daughter and her family for several months when their daughter was hospitalized last year. It’s a charity worth supporting. Well finally the first crocus were blooming yesterday, unfortunately snow is on the way , again,

Good morning and thanks all! @Denise T I am so sorry you are going through this. We had the most wonderful neighbours for over twenty years and then the new ones were ok for awhile and we are now wondering if dementia is involved as the man has become very aggressive but mostly to me, not DH. After living here for thirty years we have no wish to move, but I can certainly understand your desire. It is very wearing to feel like that! Gentle hugs! Hoping you can get a good solution. We spent several k on legal advice, but for us the best advice was to ignore unless we want to spend tens of ks on court. We’d rather spend that travelling! Hiroshima was our first experience of Japan, we would highly recommend it. We were reluctant to visit there but wanted to see it. We were overwhelmed by this wonderful beautiful city that has literally risen from the ashes. We saw the most beautiful parks, Miyajima island, as well as the horrors of the peace park. Try the Okonomiyaki, an amazing meal.

How terribly sad! Hope the ill crew member gets the help needed!