Heading to Home Sweet Home...

Thursday, May 13, 2010 – At Sea – A rocky day for packing!
After a very rocky night, we packed, saw a nice goodbye video from the crew and champagne toast from the cruise director, played our last game for dollars and redeemed them for two sweatshirts and two t-shirts! Great loot!

Many sad goodbyes to our new passenger and crew friends. Dinner with friends and we had a nice crew farewell with Baked Alaska carried through the dining room.
Still up packing now at midnight…as we prepare for a memorable sail into the Hudson River very early tomorrow morning (6AM). We plan to rent a car, drop friends off at Newark Airport and head to Wilmington. Hard to believe 51 days have come and gone so quickly. And I still wonder at how easy it is to sail and visit so many diverse ports of call from one home. It is the best way to tour. Easy. Comfortable. Exciting.

The best joke from the comedian was about the passengers who booked a cruise FROM Ft. Lauderdale TO Ft. Lauderdale…AND it would take them 51 days.

But he does not understand the wonders you will experience during those incredible 51 days….but we do.
It’s been another trip of a lifetime. Thank you, Holland America and Preferred Travel, a member of the Ensemble Travel Group!