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That is the one we found those at. We were at the one in Erie on the weekend, and they didn’t have it there. Of course, PA has too many regulations on who can sell alcohol. More so than Ohio.

Wonder how closely Royal monitors those cans of “Cola” they let people bring onboard?

Now for something random. In our travels the other day, we ended up eating in that fine dining restaurant known as Cracker Barrel. 😏 It seems that this has become one of my CA grandson’s favorites, and we will take him anywhere he will eat good. We don’t want to return him weighing less than we got him. 😂 I was being a good role model and ordered Double Fudge Coca Cola Cake for my meal, and I wanted something to drink that would go well with it. I was surprised to find this on the menu! I don’t remember ever seeing alcohol on any Cracker Barrel menu, but this one in Ohio had several choices. It actually was not too bad, and was as good as any Jack and Coke I have had.

Are you sure it is an EDL, and not a Real ID license? Only five states have EDL’s. NC is not one of them, if that is where your friend is from.

Well, yesterday was a day to learn about corn again. They said the corn is sweet, but not as big and fully developed because we haven’t had a lot of rain. These guys were identifying the ripe corn and picking it the right way. Afternoon was spent boating and tubing Today may be time for more boating in the afternoon. We are hoping the forecast, for rain tonight, is wrong. We have plans for Balloon Quest. Tonight is supposed to be the balloon glow.

Hope your tests go well this morning

That would be us along with a couple of our friends. I believe @ReneeFLL is also aboard, and I am not sure if @Ocean Boy is looking at it.

When I posted the couple pictures of the SS Norway yesterday, I noticed I had photos of a couple other old ships we saw on that cruise. Sorry for the grainy nature of the photos, but these were converted from slides. Royal Caribbean Song of Norway The original Carnival Mardi Gras I cant believe how small some of those were. The teak decks on the Norway. The bridge of the Norway Tempting to see what Maximum is Those continue to bring back some good memories. Today, we are taking the grandkids to learn about corn. It is supposed to hit 90 today, so boating may figure in our afternoon plan.

I am usually on my second cup of coffee by then, and I don’t work. 😳

Unfortunately, the news today was not good. We will know more next week. Thank you! Thank you. We are hoping for the best. It still had that new ship smell in 1980. I remember all the teak that they were constantly cleaning.

Thank you very much. We have fond memories of that ship. I remember saying it reminded me of the titanic, minus the sinking part. Thank you. It was not the celebration we had planned, but we will get time later. Probably on the next cruise. Thank you! With the hurricane during our sailing, we had 40 foot waves, so there was a lot of movement. We still have a lot of the newspaper clippings about it in our marriage book. Thank you. We are enjoying our time with them. A lot more movement than an Oasis class, that’s for sure. The captain did an excellent job of avoiding the worst of the storm. Thank you! It was a great ship. We had Bobby Goldsboro as our entertainer onboard. I can’t believe how many suits I took on that cruise. Looking back at the photos, everyone was dressed to the nines back then. No shorts in the dining rooms. Part two of our honeymoon was a post cruise trip to Walt Disney World. Thank you for the anniversary wishes.

Have a great time on Allure, and celebrate that anniversary. I can’t believe I posted here before OB. 🤣🤣

I will order one of those glasses for my Kraken. Speaking of which, my Kraken supply is dangerously low.

Thank you for the anniversary wishes @sgmnSue, and @Sea DogGreg. That sailing was memorable in more than one way. We sailed into the first hurricane of the season, and it was the longest sustained, Cat 5 of the century.

Thank you for the anniversary wishes @grapau27 Graham, @dani negreanu Dani, @Sunshine3601 Debbie, @Lionesss Sue, and @A&L_Ont Andrew. It will not be the anniversary celebration we had planned. We have all 3 grandkids today, because our daughter is in for a medical procedure. Our celebration will have to wait. Out for breakfast with the grands, then will see what this day holds for us and the kids.

Forty-two years ago today I was doing something I have never done since. I was headed to Pittsburgh for an overnight stay, then flying out in the morning for a same day flight for my first ever cruise. It is a good thing airlines were more reliable then. Susan and I were sailing on the eighth sailing of the SS Norway, which was the largest cruise ship at the time. We sailed to St. Thomas and Little San Salvador. Now those were lifeboats We couldn’t fly down the day before, because August 2nd we were too busy getting married. I guess I have never done that since, either. 😏

Our second amusement park was a return trip to Waldameer in Erie, yesterday. We picked up one of Susan’s sisters, and volunteered her to ride those spinning rides that we don’t tolerate very well, anymore. I think our grandson took her on the tilt-a-whirl five times. He had to put his grandma in the front seat of the log ride. We could only get him to do the smaller wooden coaster. Actually, I prefer those old wooden coasters to the steel coasters.

I did see some talk of roller coasters and amusement parks. We spent two of the last four days at amusement parks. Friday, we had all the grandkids at Kennywood in Pittsburgh. They have an interesting dual coaster called the Racer, so you are racing with a second coaster. Pick a coaster, pick a seat. First ones on for this run. The grandkids liked the Pittsburgh Plunge the best. It is a large log type ride that seats four across and five rows. You are guaranteed to get soaked. First row, anyone? It does throw quite a wave at the bottom IMG_5503.MOV Granddaughter was excited to meet Moana. I couldn’t get to boys to go up for a picture. I even offered to go up with them, or without them. 🤣. They said no to both. Give them a couple years. 😏 And I finally found somewhere that charges moe for drinks than Royal.

I am seriously behind by about 20 pages, so I spent some time skimming while grilling diner tonight. Teriyaki vegetables cooked on the grill Add some teriyaki chicken Served up with side of rice and some Miso soup made a tasty meal.

It doesn’t seem to matter where you are going either. We have flights to Boston from Pittsburgh for our October cruise, and we have a stop in Baltimore both going and returning. No non stop flights.

It was quite apparent to me, but was the same excuse they gave at the ports.

Today is my daughter’s 15 year anniversary, so we will have all our grandkids starting around lunchtime. Bigger trips planned for tomorrow and the weekend with them, so this may be a day to stay local.

Ah, the Peace Bridge. One place where they took all our passports and had all our carload go inside while they gave me an extra thorough screening. They said my common name triggered it, but they were looking for someone with that name but a different race. That was a bad year, because I got extra screening after a couple cruises also.

Today, we took the grandkids to Living Treasures Animal Park, near New Castle, PA. It looked like they were the first ones to the goats to feed them, because they sure were hungry. A couple decided they wanted to go for a camel ride. Too bad we couldn’t convince the third one to climb on. For any bat lovers, they had those. They enjoyed their up close, personal time feeding birds Another nice outing. Can’t believe that in three weeks, our CA grandson will be home and starting school.

The other side had a nice, detail sculpture too, but the lighting was not the greatest. It could be lack of help, and maybe just more shopping online. Several stores have moved out of there.