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 12th
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