Cruise - Part 1 (Long Post, Lots of Journaling)

We drove to CA on Saturday night and suprisingly it wasn't a bad drive. We stopped a few times but we weren't in a rush so everything worked out fine and the kids slept most of the time.


When we got to my parents house we were standing outside chatting when we heard what sounded like a bunch of animals yelping, my parents informed us it was the neighborhood pack of coyotes and they were probably eating someones dog. From that night on Sam was obsessed with the coyotes and wanted nothing more then to kill them but gun laws in CA are very strict so he doesn't even try to bring any gun down there so he was out of luck, but that didn't stop him from searching online for crossbows. Sam's birthday wish (July 6th) was for a huge piece of meat to stick in my parents front yard so he could watch the coyotes tear it apart.

Sam didn't get his birthday wish but he did get a great roast dinner and peach cobbler for dessert.


On Monday we left the kids with my parents (& Lacy, Stephen, Josie and Parker) and headed to LA harbor. We enjoyed our first day of excitement with the mustering drill and our first dinner. Our tablemates were two couples that were both unmarried and both in college, boy did we feel old.


On Tuesday we landed in San Diego and bought day passes for the public transportation. I had forgotten quite a few things for our trip and needed shoes so we found our way to a Target, and found a bus to take us back to old town San Diego. We had a great lunch there but got way too much food so we gave our doggie back to a bum. I got a cool vase from old town and we went back to the boat. We were tired from our first day of travelling so we slept the afternoon away. Tuesday night was formal dinner and French night. Two people at our table seriously ordered escargo for their appetizer. The food was okay but it was really hard to pick because most of the food was really weird.

After dinner we went back to our room to watch Vantage Point. I ended up watching most of the movie while Sam slept. The first and second day we slept a lot. I dont know whether it was the dramamine patch or whether we were just exhausted and ready for a relaxing vacation.

So cruises are supposedly famous for the folded towels. This was our first folded towels, a swan in case you can't tell. I love that the stateroom attendants make your bed in the morning and then turn down the sheets before bed. They also pick up dirty towels whenever they come in the rooms so there was never a dirty towel in the bathroom when I would go to take a shower, gotta love it!