March 21, 2013 day at sea

Mar 21, 2013 day at sea

New York is just around the corner, it seems. Today, the first day of spring, is a cloudy day and cooler as we head north. This morning we had thundershowers, lightening, rain and winds up to 70 miles an hour.

A number of people spent part of today packing some, one bag or two; and sorting through the accumulation of paperwork and miscellaneous items, deciding what goes home and what stays on the ship.

The SASA group had a final meet and greet, where addresses were exchanged, stories told, future cruise plans talked about, and a 'white elephant' exchange (things that do not need to go home).

For us who have an early flight on Saturday, and others like ourselves, checked with the guest services about either self-debarkation (going off with all your luggage in hand), or getting an early call number to debark and pick up luggage in terminal in New York. As we have to go through customs at the port and again at the airport, we have opted for the self-debarkation, though that means packing a number of bags down hallways,in and out of elevators, and up ramps, ourselves.

The Shutterbug group turned in their thumb drives, or camera discs to have the accumulation of group photos added, today. Approximately 3 gbites of pictures taken by various members of the group.

Snapshot Rally pictures submitted to MickeyLive will be ready to pick up tomorrow afternoon.

We will be bringing home our own pictures, the Snapshot Rally pictures and the Shutterbug group pictures—so lots of memories coming home with each of us.

Last night, the eight of us at my dining table had an after dinner gathering on the 12^th deck, relaxing in loungers and talked about our 5 best things about this cruise. It brought back so many memories of our cruise, and created a lot of laughter and new memories. We have made some new friends on this trip and look forward to meeting them again, as we all travel in the future.

 

This is my last post for this blog, and I have had a great time on this cruise and look forward to many more.

Elsie