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I still remember the first day I received mine in the mail, and I left it on the kitchen table so my dad could see it....And he swept it up unintentionally with newspaper and papers and threw it away. 🙄 And then I made 2 trips to the DMV, because I had to have a signed consent form to have it replaced. ☺️

I stink at geography, but maybe Central America for the Canal.

Excellent! 👍🤙

Was it sunny, so you could see the crater?

You both look fabulous! This photo cracks me up. It looks like Eva in WALL-E. ☺️

They made the Rita's on Serenade into a proper bar. But unfortunately, it closes at the same time as Windjammer. It is nice to sit back there! ☺️

I couldn't live on an island. Maui is gorgeous, but there is only one main road that goes everywhere on Maui! You can't just drive to other places, or other states. It is beautiful, but I couldn't do it. It is too confining. And I thought that back in college.

Ooops. It might be Landry's, not Darden. My apologies. Or it is not listed yet anyway. I don't think we have a Ruth Chris locally. I got too excited.

Oh Yeah! AARP discount! 😃

I spent 3 weeks in Maui in college in a tropical marine biology class. We went all over the island on field trips and a few of us into town just about every night. And we have also been back twice on cruises, so I am guessing they still use the same place. Kimo's in Lahaina is a favorite restaurant. The college group I was traveling with were Seventh Day Adventists from Seattle Pacific University. Although "wiki" said they were Free Methodists. (Think "Footloose, anyway) The instructors introduced me as the black sheep from California. 🙄 But I did find a couple of guy students who accompanied me on our visits to Lahaina and other jaunts. The drinking age was 18 at the time. I thoroughly enjoyed our time there. 😊

Pioneer Inn. 658 Wharf St, Lahaina, HI 96761, near the banyan tree park. 😊

I think they are Boobies, not Booties.😁

We loved Huatulco when we visited on a canal cruise. Really nice beach/port/town, and very convenient to the pier. Great photos, as always!

Sous Vide seems to require a lot of single use appliances. The cooker, the vacuum sealer, the pot or tray. I don't have room to store all those, and it seems to be more cooking steps than I am interested in. JMO. ☺️It is like recipes with more than about 5 ingredients and a lot of single use herbs. I shy away from those, too.

Navigator block just came today from September sailing. I asked the LA about in March, and he just happened to be the same LA from Navigator, that had ordered it originally. He said it was "in process", and that it would be one of the old blocks. It's not. It is one of the new blocks with the photo of Navigator. It is fine. It just looks sort of gift store cheap/gaudy. So, we have it to go sort of along with all of our other ones now. 😏

I realized that later. I always get the Quantum class ship names mixed up. 😌

That's okay John. Family Go Boston and RSharpe are doing a live review for your cruise. 😊 There are a lot of live reviews going on this week. Don't worry about it. Pop in when you can! We'd love to hear and see how it is going. 😀

Wow! They are posting photos of the PBG tornado damage today. That was quite a storm! Tornado flips cars, damages homes in coastal Florida city (yahoo.com)

It is Pat! It is so nice to find a person you can count on! ☺️ There are 3 more bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and the exterior to paint, and he is actually excited about the work.

The rainforest bridges in Costa Rica almost killed me. They took us to the top of a mountain with a guide and we walked some number of miles downhill. I just about died. The lodge was in sight, and I said, I don't think I can make it anymore. When we got to the bottom, I drank more water. Our driver was so concerned, he had me sit in the front seat of the van and directed the air vents at my face. Like you, I am no longer a hiker. Beautiful photo though! ☺️

That's pretty! Is it for kitties or people? Mom and her cats are just going in the Rhododendron grove that she planted at the other house. It is gorgeous when they are in bloom. I thought I would just have a resin rock inscribed with all their names. The kitchen painting came out nice. I will post a photo after we get the floors and new pantry door installed. And we have finally found a reliable and somewhat of a perfectionist painter. we will be using him for more projects. ☺️

My former employer just states that I have to sign up for Medicare. They work with a company called Via Benefits that brokers all the insurance plans either an Advantage plan or Medigap plan, or one of the others. The county (my former employer) will reimburse my costs for Part B, Plan G and Plan D. Reimbursement is not a vested right, but it is popular and they plan to keep doing it. There are no Advantage plans or HMO's in the county where the other house is. So, I needed a plan that is portable.

I am just figuring out this Medicare stuff, but I don't see how they can force you into an Advantage plan. I really dislike HMO's. I purchased a Medigap plan G, and a drug plan, part D. They are really cheap, compared to what my prior subsidized insurance cost. Advantage plans aren't accepted nationwide, so it doesn't make any sense that it would be in your best interest.

Thank you, twangster! Your lovely photos helped me to piece together how the new locks were going to interface with the old locks. Last time we did a transit, the new locks were *almost* completed, but I couldn't figure out how it was going to work.

Quick story. I used to drive a government vehicle, all day, just about every day. Periodically, I would stop at a park with a dumpster, to clean out miscellaneous forms and paperwork and those stray French fries. One day, at a park, I was cleaning and had all 4 doors and the trunk open. A Police officer with his K-9 partner pulled in and parked near me. She was a Rottweiler and she bounced around the park for a while before she jumped up to sit in my front passenger seat. 😀 I laughed and said it's okay, it's a government car. He was kind of annoyed and pulled her out and said, "She's not taking you for a ride, and you're not supposed to jump in random people's cars!"😊