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| December surprise! |
Twenty-five years into the 21st century, and still... no flying cars. Talk about slow growth! On the other hand, we have cell phones with cameras and an app for nearly every conceivable thing. And the ability to talk to anyone pretty much anywhere in the world. I suppose that's worth acknowledging. I'm still waiting for the flying cars, though ... it would make traveling around the country a heck of a lot easier.
But until then, we'll be doing our traveling in a motorhome--for this year at least. And 2025 is shaping up to be a busy year.
Before I get into that, guess who got to go on a last-minute cruise in December? Sadly, Mark wasn't invited. His long-time friend, Tina (from his working days) had a cruise booked with one of her friends, and that friend had to cancel at the last minute because of a family emergency. So she put out feelers to find someone who would be able to cruise at the drop of a hat...and found me. I had three days to get ready, which is of course plenty of time when one is retired with nothing important to do. We left on the 14th and got back right before Christmas. It was a 7-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera with stops in Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán, and Puerto Vallarta, and we had a great time.
Mark and I spent Christmas Day with my son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Alicia. They cooked us a delicious dinner, complete with pumpkin pie. We watched a Christmas movie and visited for a few hours. It's always such a blessing to be with family at Christmas time.
On New Year's Day, we left Acton, California, and headed for Leisure Coachworks in Fontana, where we're currently sitting, to finish up the repairs that had to be rescheduled from November. They'll be putting a new topper on our living room slide-out and repairing the gouge Mark put in the fiberglass earlier this year while backing into a spot. He was focusing on the rear of the coach and didn't see the speed limit sign, which slashed the front right corner of the coach.
Things happen. Fortunately, insurance will cover most of the cost to fix it.
We'll be here for a week or so and then we'll be heading to Palm Desert before the Quartzsite Rally.
Until next time, safe travels to all and have a happy & blessed new year.
Here are a few pictures from my cruise...
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Christmas gingerbread house display on
the Norwegian Joy |
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| Gingerbread house display |
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| What it took to make that beautiful display |
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| Gingerbread port of call |
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| Teppanyaki dinner |
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Tina and I found a good deal on tacos in
Cabo San Lucas. The "Pink Taco" - and they
are really pink, and quite delicious. |
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| Ice cream tacos for dessert. Yum! |
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| Sea lions in the harbor at Cabo |
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| Sea lion saying hello |
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| Tina and I riding the tender back to the ship |
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| The view of Cabo from our balcony cabin |
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This Beatles tribute band was so bad it was fun to
watch. Two of them are Hispanic and the accent of a
Hispanic trying to sound British is hilarious. |
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| Puerto Vallarta |
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| Native costumes |
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| Mazatlán Fiesta Show |
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Puerto Vallarta dance demo with native costumes
from different regions |
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| Same as above |
