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 Today I felt good. Slept great. Had breakfast with everyone and then we decided on what today would bring. Dennis, Sue, Patrick,  and Molly were going golfing. Chris and I were on our own. Dad went home to get his package that was coming in today. Patrick and I took a walk before they left.

Chris and I went into town so I could visit the bead store - Noc Bay Trading Company. I was in heaven!! 

I bought a few things and picked up a catalog. 

I bought a kit to make earrings. This has beads, earring clips, porcupine needles ...

 Realized I was so tired last night, that I forgot my posting. We were out in the water most of the day. Pontoon boat gets a lot of use! 

Chris and I headed out and paddle boarded on the lake. She lost her shoe in the water so we had to circle around to get it. That paddle board is hard! It squeaks.  Needed WD40.

 Ok, I tried to sleep in. Easier said then done. Dad seems to wake the dead when he talks in the morning! Of course my sister in law Chris, seems to always do a big breakfast. So it was sausage, bacon, pancakes, yogurt and fruit. With 3 kinds of fruit and juices.

I went out on the boat to sit and chat with Patrick and Sue. Then the rest started coming on board.  Next thing I know we are off for another sight seeing trip. This may turn into a daily thing. The pontoon boat goes slow. Dennis and Molly ...

 This morning we were up by 8. I headed out with Chris (sister in law) to go shopping.  We got food for the cabin. Then stopped and picked up doughnuts at the doughnut shop. Grap some tea at Starbucks. Then headed out if town for an hour to reach the cabin. There seems to be more people out and about the lake. Guess some of the owners around here put their cabins on Air B and B. A few actually live year around out here. 

We unloaded and put stuff away. Sue made a crap load of sweets to eat ...

 This morning we were up at 3:15 am to head to the Portland Airport.  First we went to the parking area. When we arrived at the pick up area, there were at least 10 people waiting.  More came as we were there. The first bus hollered that his bus was full and 3 more busses were behind him. When a bus did show up, it was empty.  We all filled the bus and took off for the airport.  

We signed in. Then went through TSA precheck. Patrick's bag was missing when I went to collect mine. He had ...

 This morning Patrick went golfing ⛳️.  I got my exercises in and headed out to walk. Got in one loop when I ran into Ron Moss, my 94 plus neighbor.  Decided to join him and we walked and talked. He does 7 loops that is shorter than mine. He doesn't go down the hill to the beginning of our street. His 7 loops equal 2 miles. 

Not sure why this is underlined in areas, so please forgive the typos (underlines). Since this is on my tablet, not sure what it's thinking!

Patrick got home and we cleaned the house ...

Towards the end of June, we left on a 12 day trip. Before leaving, there was {of course} a mad rush to get the quilting sorted out so it would be easier to dive back in later. You know how us quilters think! 

Ready to the last little bit of handwork!

 Yesterday was a day of travel. What is there to say about that. We were off the ship by 9 am. They had it so well done, that it was easy to leave. We got on the bus to Houston Airport. That driver was spooky!! He was tailgating as well as passing everyone! I believe he was speeding a good 10 miles over. We did get to the airport at a good time. But we couldn't change our flight to an earlier one. So, we had to WAIT 3 hours before we could drop off our luggage. Patrick found ...

 This morning we went up to the buffet to get breakfast.  I generally get q bran muffin with some bread and sausage.  Really not a breakfast person. Patrick gets eggs and bread or oatmeal.  Today he tried the cereal. Said it wasn't a name brand that is good.

We then went to meet up with Donna and Gerald.  We played games till about 11 and the broke for lunch. Patrick and I got candy bars. Then to the casino. We lost what money we had from my big win. We played till about 1 pm and met back up ...

The last 3 days flew by.  Day 11 was just walking around and going through the gates. We reach the Panama Canal. We waited to get into the locks. We started going through the locks around 8 am and reached the other side by 5 pm. 

The water dropped in about 5 to 10 mins. Went a lot faster than I expected.  The tugboat were with us the whole way.

I took a video of the gate closing on the last lock. It was fun to watch. 

The next day - yesterday  - we were in Columbia.  Do not recommend going there ...

 The last 2 days flew by. Day 9 was pretty much on board. Passing time. We did play dominoes with one of the couples we dine with. The tugboat captain and his wife tried something else for dinner that night. It was another formal night. I ware the dress I borrowed from Sandy V. There wasn't much going on. I  did finish my first Santa panel and started the next one. 

Day 10 was going ashore.  We were up at 6:15 am. Picked up some breakfast and headed to the theater to go ashore. We took a trip ...

 This morning we were up and on our way to the theater.  We listened to Bill Fall's about Panama. I was still tired and was falling asleep during his talk. 

Afterwards we went upstairs to grab breakfast. They have good food here. We were trying to see if we could do laundry but the machines were full. It was that way all day. 

We went to a lecture on the DaVinci Code. Really interesting but again, I was falling asleep during it.  I did work on my embroidery though.

Came back to our room and relaxed. Went ...

 This morning Patrick and I were up by 6:30 am to get breakfast. Then we grabbed the backpack.  Went to the lounge to get moving on our trip.  We did the "The Flavors of Mexico" excursion.  We took a bus 45 mins to Piedra de Moros. They were to see the medicine trees. The garden was not kept like other countries but it was easy to go through.  We went to Santa Marie Huatulco and enjoyed having tortilla making demonstration as well as having so to eat. The garden area had a lot to check out.

We visited an ...

 Today we slept in. I needed it after last night. We didn't get up in time for breakfast when we planned to attend Bill Fall's information on the next port. That will be early tomorrow.  Wevwent to the lecture and then went to the buffet to eat. Afterwards we came back to our room and spent a little bit of time there. We then went to thev7th floor to walk on deck 7. It goes all the way around the ship. 

I stopped at the jewelry store and bought a necklace with earring and another set of earrings ...

We rode out a good distance. I really was having fun for a little bit. We were able to see the whales and dolphins. We were given a snack as well. 

We had fish ...

 We were up early today to go to the dining room.  We went to a bar. Patrick read and I beading.  I even got to listen to my book. My ear piece worked on my table but I ran out of battery.  I didn't have the charger.  Patrick let me borrow his, and I had to use my phone instead.

Our balcony is great. We spent some time in here today. Then headed to the dinner for supper. We were with the other couple from the other night. After dinner we went to the theater for an Elton Jone ...

 This morning Patrick and I both slept in. We forgot about the time change, and realized we had 15 minutes to get downstairs for breakfast. I order the punishment and apples with cinnamon.  I am paying for eating all the prunes!

 This morning we weren't in a hurry.  We went to get breakfast in the buffet, This buffet is a lot smaller than the ones on the Royal Caribbean.  The layout of this ship is confusing at times but we have been exploring. We even played in the casino.  

We came back to our room. I tried to bead, but ended up picking beans off the floor.