Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[DaniDanielle]

Those pictures are spectacular!

[helen haywood]

@FromSea2ShiningSea I wish you’d give us a breakdown of what some of those exotic dishes you had for dinner and breakfast were!  Absolutely beautiful presentation!

[A&L_Ont]

5 hours ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

It's not because the eclipse itself is dangerous. It's because they expect thousands of people to travel to our area to view it, which will cause massive traffic/crowding issues. And this eclipse is a bigger deal than most since it's total. Still seems like a bit of overkill to me - I guess I'll find out on 4/8!

https://www.fox4news.com/news/eclipse-total-solar-eclipse-traffic-texas

Our entire province has been given a PA Day for grade and high school students. Only a small sliver of our province is in the zone of greatest eclipse viewing zone but they all get it. Meanwhile they could be at home, while their parents are at work, and stare at the sun. Makes on sense to me.  Maybe as I get older I’ll understand it better. 😉

[TravelGirlinDallas]

4 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

Our entire province has been given a PA Day for grade and high school students. Only a small sliver of our province is in the zone of greatest eclipse viewing zone but they all get it. Meanwhile they could be at home, while their parents are at work, and stare at the sun. Makes on sense to me.  Maybe as I get older I’ll understand it better. 😉

And here we are in the direct path and our son's school is NOT canceled that day. He feels very cheated. 😂

[h20skibum]

We are in the path, and our schools are not cancelled.  They do get out early to watch it.

 

According to one of the forecasts, we have a 68% chance of cloud cover, so we may not see it.  Will have to watch the forecast as we get closer.

 

 

[h20skibum]

Got an email from United, saying they had $99 fares from Pittsburgh to EWR.  I started looking at cruises from Cape Liberty, but none around the cheap dates.

 

I did find a couple nice cruises I am trying to talk Susan in to.

[dani negreanu]

DS1 asked his dad for a hanger.

 

He got two.... (I prefer the first one 😉)

 

 

 

 

The "kid" is happy 😎

[h20skibum]

We have been watching The Blacklist, on Netflix.  I can’t believe they had 10 seasons, and we never watched one episode till now.  We are now up to the middle of season five. 

[h20skibum]

3 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

DS1 asked his dad for a hanger.

 

He got two.... (I prefer the first one 😉)

 

 

 

 

The "kid" is happy 😎

Those are cool.  I agree with you. I like the first one.

[FromSea2ShiningSea]

Day 3- 3/27 con’t

This day’s adventure is to hike the Mt. Misen Trail.  

This trail is a 535 meter elevation climb to the top.  The equivalent of 105 floors.  Yikes.  Not sure what I’m in for.  It starts off easy enough. 

It increasingly gets harder.  The path is dry in some spots but wet in most because of rain and water rain offs.  The stepping stones below looks pretty even and low but they get taller and steeper.

 

 

Wish I have a picture of the steepness of the stepping stones and of the climb but at this point about half way up, I don’t want to do it anymore.  I don’t want my back killing me afterwards so the next bench we find, I’ll just sit there and wait for DH to finish the hike.  Good thing because DH said the last half of the climb is so much more challenging.  I would be so frustrated.  

 

He made it to the top.  That is a view of Hiroshima .

 

 

Some waterfalls along the trail on the way up.

 

 

 

[grapau27]

1 hour ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

Day 3- 3/27

East is to the right of us and west is to the left of us so we don’t really get sunrise or sunset.  This was the best I could get from our balcony.  There is an oyster farming boat with the blue light going out.

 

 

 

After a hardy Japanese breakfast, we are ready for this day’s adventure.

 

On the way, I couldn’t resist getting another shot of the O-torii Gate in water.

 

 

 

Superb photos.

[Sea Dog]

14 minutes ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

Day 3- 3/27 con’t

This day’s adventure is to hike the Mt. Misen Trail.  

This trail is a 535 meter elevation climb to the top.  The equivalent of 105 floors.  Yikes.  Not sure what I’m in for.  It starts off easy enough. 

It increasingly gets harder.  The path is dry in some spots but wet in most because of rain and water rain offs.  The stepping stones below looks pretty even and low but they get taller and steeper.

 

 

Wish I have a picture of the steepness of the stepping stones and of the climb but at this point about half way up, I don’t want to do it anymore.  I don’t want my back killing me afterwards so the next bench we find, I’ll just sit there and wait for DH to finish the hike.  Good thing because DH said the last half of the climb is so much more challenging.  I would be so frustrated.  

 

He made it to the top.  That is a view of Hiroshima .

 

 

Some waterfalls along the trail on the way up.

 

 

 

 

Stunning pictures. So beautiful there.

[h20skibum]

@FromSea2ShiningSea Beautiful photos.  We have done a few of those types of hikes here.

 

I am enjoying your photos. 

Edited March 27 by h20skibum

[Momof3gurlz]

39 minutes ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

Day 3- 3/27 con’t

This day’s adventure is to hike the Mt. Misen Trail.  

This trail is a 535 meter elevation climb to the top.  The equivalent of 105 floors.  Yikes.  Not sure what I’m in for.  It starts off easy enough. 

It increasingly gets harder.  The path is dry in some spots but wet in most because of rain and water rain offs.  The stepping stones below looks pretty even and low but they get taller and steeper.

 

 

Wish I have a picture of the steepness of the stepping stones and of the climb but at this point about half way up, I don’t want to do it anymore.  I don’t want my back killing me afterwards so the next bench we find, I’ll just sit there and wait for DH to finish the hike.  Good thing because DH said the last half of the climb is so much more challenging.  I would be so frustrated.  

 

He made it to the top.  That is a view of Hiroshima .

 

 

Some waterfalls along the trail on the way up.

 

 

 

Beautiful scenery Helen.  I don’t blame you for sitting out the top half though!

[Arzeena]

50 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Got an email from United, saying they had $99 fares from Pittsburgh to EWR.  I started looking at cruises from Cape Liberty, but none around the cheap dates.

 

I did find a couple nice cruises I am trying to talk Susan in to.

We just booked Summit for November 10, 2025. Some friends are going and they alerted us. Prices were changing by the minute. I guess tht is what they call dynamic?

I love the Summit, and after it's refurbishment, it looks very chic and new. 

I am sure George C will agree. 

[lenquixote66]

50 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

We have been watching The Blacklist, on Netflix.  I can’t believe they had 10 seasons, and we never watched one episode till now.  We are now up to the middle of season five. 

Even though I am a fan of James Spader I gave up after season 5.

[aussielozzie18]

51 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Those are cool.  I agree with you. I like the first one.

+ 2 @dani negreanu

 

 

[aussielozzie18]

2 hours ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

Day 3- 3/27

East is to the right of us and west is to the left of us so we don’t really get sunrise or sunset.  This was the best I could get from our balcony.  There is an oyster farming boat with the blue light going out.

 

 

 

After a hardy Japanese breakfast, we are ready for this day’s adventure.

 

On the way, I couldn’t resist getting another shot of the O-torii Gate in water.

 

 

 

Stunning photos!

 

A whole fish for breakfast is an interesting concept.

Edited March 27 by aussielozzie18

[dani negreanu]

47 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

Superb photos.

 

44 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Stunning pictures. So beautiful there.

 

20 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

@FromSea2ShiningSea Beautiful photos.  We have done a few of those types of hikes here. I am enjoying your photos. 

 

19 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

Beautiful scenery Helen.  I don’t blame you for sitting out the top half though!

 

2 minutes ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Stunning photos!

 

Helen (and Marty) @FromSea2ShiningSea

 

+ 6 + all of the above. Thanks for sharing 😘

[FromSea2ShiningSea]

1 hour ago, helen haywood said:

@FromSea2ShiningSea I wish you’d give us a breakdown of what some of those exotic dishes you had for dinner and breakfast were!  Absolutely beautiful presentation!

Some of the dishes are new to us and we are unfamiliar with them as well.  I will try to identify the dishes as best I can when I get a chance.

 

21 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

@FromSea2ShiningSea Beautiful photos.  We have done a few of those types of hikes here.

 

I am enjoying your photos. 

I thought about you and @aussielozzie18 who are avid hikers, the distances and hundred of thousands of steps that you all can do in a day.  That’s incredible.  

 

[reallyitsmema]

1 hour ago, h20skibum said:

We have been watching The Blacklist, on Netflix.  I can’t believe they had 10 seasons, and we never watched one episode till now.  We are now up to the middle of season five. 

 

We were fans of that series, though it goes really strange towards the last seasons.

[bobmacliberty]

1 hour ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

Day 3- 3/27 con’t

This day’s adventure is to hike the Mt. Misen Trail.  

This trail is a 535 meter elevation climb to the top.  The equivalent of 105 floors.  Yikes.  Not sure what I’m in for.  It starts off easy enough. 

It increasingly gets harder.  The path is dry in some spots but wet in most because of rain and water rain offs.  The stepping stones below looks pretty even and low but they get taller and steeper.

 

 

Wish I have a picture of the steepness of the stepping stones and of the climb but at this point about half way up, I don’t want to do it anymore.  I don’t want my back killing me afterwards so the next bench we find, I’ll just sit there and wait for DH to finish the hike.  Good thing because DH said the last half of the climb is so much more challenging.  I would be so frustrated.  

 

He made it to the top.  That is a view of Hiroshima .

 

 

Some waterfalls along the trail on the way up.

 

 

 

 

Great photos and a spectacular view from the top!

[bobmacliberty]

3 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

We were fans of that series, though it goes really strange towards the last seasons.

 

Same here.  I don't remember where we stopped watching but we never made it to the end of the series.

[bobmacliberty]

18 minutes ago, aussielozzie18 said:

A whole fish for breakfast is an interesting concept.

 

I went to Japan a couple of times on business to visit a manufacturing plant.  For lunch, we sat at the VIP table in the cafeteria (because we were from "headquarters") with the local people in charge.  They served whole fish which we ate by picking out pieces of the "meat" with chopsticks.  It looked quite a bit better than what everyone else was eating at the other tables.  Different, but when in Rome...

[firefly333]

1 hour ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

Day 3- 3/27 con’t

This day’s adventure is to hike the Mt. Misen Trail.  

This trail is a 535 meter elevation climb to the top.  The equivalent of 105 floors.  Yikes.  Not sure what I’m in for.  It starts off easy enough. 

It increasingly gets harder.  The path is dry in some spots but wet in most because of rain and water rain offs.  The stepping stones below looks pretty even and low but they get taller and steeper.

 

 

Wish I have a picture of the steepness of the stepping stones and of the climb but at this point about half way up, I don’t want to do it anymore.  I don’t want my back killing me afterwards so the next bench we find, I’ll just sit there and wait for DH to finish the hike.  Good thing because DH said the last half of the climb is so much more challenging.  I would be so frustrated.  

 

He made it to the top.  That is a view of Hiroshima .

 

 

Some waterfalls along the trail on the way up.

 

 

 

A bit late to see this set but I love all the greenery. What a nice day of scenery. Who doesn't love water falls and seeing them. 2 weeks of this, wow the planning.