Doug is getting a rest from the blog today. This is something he loves to do but today I [Fellette], will be more than the editor, I will be the author!
What does one write about on a lazy sea day? The meals? The lectures? The movies? What? (and how does Doug do it with such faithfulness?) I for one tried the cribbage get together today but that does not exactly make for exciting reading, especially since the other team won 3 games to 1.
Well, today the topic is new horizons. Horizons is the name of the daily agenda which is on our bed each evening when we return from dinner and the show. With last night's Horizons came our baggage tags for disembarking in San Francisco. A new adventure looms on the horizon for us.
The next leg of our trip with Ian and Judy is a road trip down the California coast to San Diego. So today, out came the guide books, maps and TomTom [our GPS map guide in the car]. Craig and Doug completely updated it before we left home. Hopefully Jane (that's what we call her) will guide us faithfully through our next adventure.
As we sail further north the temperature becomes cooler and more to our liking (not too cool tho' as we are attempting to escape from the Canadian and British winter iciness). Tonight is the last formal evening on the ship, so tomorrow the cases will come out from under the bed and the packing will begin. The fancy dresses, the tuxedo, the dress-up shoes and the treasures bought so far, [very few], will be packed into the biggest cases in preparation to shipping them home. The casual clothes will all go into the smaller case for the next leg of the adventure.
Stay tuned...... your regular blogger will return to his duties tomorrow ('cause I'm the packer!)
Fellette
Doug here, I just cannot seem to leave this blog alone.
Fellette is right, it is a somewhat lazy, [others call it relaxing] few days to San Francisco.
Before we left home, there was a woman at work that was amazed that I [we], could go away for so long with the building of the house and all the excitement associated with it going on. I said that we were both exhausted and we would welcome the change. Well, we were indeed exhausted and we certainly did need a rest. We are now rested now, too rested actually, and I for one am delighted to be on this side of the world and closer to the action so to speak. In two days we are in the same time zone as Vancouver, on land, and a mere inexpensive phone call away from a 'Build Fix' with our contractor, Scott.
Contrary to some peoples experiences I always enjoy our chats with the contractor, they are never regarding problems it seems, so far at least. He makes us feel like we are his only client. That is something that we try to do at CTI.
We have been away for just over three weeks, and have four to go. The next four weeks are going to be completely different than the cruise. We are on our own and there will not be a lot of time to relax in the true sense of the word. We will be on the go most of the time, and me driving basically for almost all of the remaining trip, after San Francisco. We fly home four weeks tomorrow. This time, arriving at home holds a whole different meaning than on other trips; we are back into the 'build mode' again, and lots and lots to do when we get into it.
Wally and our contractor have been very very good regarding updates and photos. I probably know more here than if I were at home as a matter of fact. I am always aware that both Wally and Scott have another life to live and other matters to attend to other than my concerns about the house. I am so thankful to have them.
And so Luci, yes, you were right, I am anxious to get at it again, but first we have four weeks of great times with good friends ahead of us! Having the build going on at the same time as this vacation has made this an extremely interesting time for me in particular. My much younger wife seems to roll along just having the time of her life, not overly concerned about the build, she leaves that to me. I am just enjoying this whole weird experience of having so much going on at home while we are also galavanting around the globe..
The photos show the difference in three weeks of the house and the workshop, the latest sent by Scott at noon Friday.
The house as we left it...
The house as it is now...
The workshop as we left it...
The workshop as it is now...
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