San Diego...

Hubby and I had a pleasant trip to San Diego and arrived around 5 in the evening and got checked in. We had a beautiful view of the downtown area and had a great meal nearby. We had some champagne on our balcony and just watched the world go by.

The next morning we were up, showered, packed and ready to start our cruise. We had a light breakfast to hold us over until we could get to the Lido deck for lunch. That was a great plan because it took a while to make it onto the ship.

Lines were the name of the game and we went from one area to the next and then to the next. We waited and waited and then we waited some more. We figured that since the ship had come from dry dock that there were tons of supplies that needed to be put on board and lots of staff that needed to show up and get to work. I'm sure that this was the case.

We finally made it on board and had a great deli lunch and a couple of DODs (one for you Miss Bee) and we waited and waited some more until we could get to our suite. We finally make it that far and we were still thinking that we would sail around 9 or so and the trucks just kept coming and coming with supplies.

We had our safety drill and then watched the other ship leave the port for their cruise through the Panama Canal. We just sat there. We finally went to dinner and met our dinner mates. They were wonderful and we spent a great deal of time with them throughout the cruise. We went to every show together too. We also did a steakhouse night that was fabulous. We couldn't have asked for better dinner partners. Thanks Ed (His Honor) and Paula. You two were and are terrific.

Finally hubby and I got to sit on the balcony and watch the ship leave San Diego. What time you say? We left the dock at 11:00 pm. Mike of Golch Central's Rambling Stuff came the closest with 10:00 pm. We were both so very tired, but we stayed up long enough to see San Diego fading into the background. After all we weren't going to see land for over four days so we wanted to enjoy it while we could. We were finally on our way.