Nick's boat MV "Gladiator"

 

Out to the sea in ships

We did the tour of the area wharfs in East & West Pubnico & my favorite home port of Lower Argyle. A ritual for us the day before dumping day. The boats are loaded & ready to go. Be safe my family & friends and catch lots of lobsters.

Argyle wharf

This isn't today's picture. Was taken a few years ago but you get the idea. Boats loaded with traps in anticipation of loading them with lots of lobsters

 

Sun at last

Sunny but windy. Do we anything but wind the day before dumping day? Hubby's off to the wharf to check things out. No boat for him this fall but he is worried, wondering if he'll have a day off to go golfing. I think I have a brain block or something equally as serious. I spend all my time thinking about traveling. contemplating a girls cruise in late 2010. Just two of us. Just in the thinking stages right now but I have looked on my favorite site and did dummy booking to see if any specials available. Oh the opportunities. Booked New Years Eve away this year. Yeah. Now back to reality for a few hours..gotta think about cleaning this house

just checking the time

hmm

Bring on the heat!

Still playing with posting pics! This is Saint Thomas my favorite island (next to Hawaii of course)wishing I was there now!!

 

just playing!!

learning how to post pictures tonight !!
this is one of my fav pics in London!

A rainy windy Saturday

A year ago we had a lot of snow on the ground. Today we have rain & strong winds. When I got up this morning at 6 am I had a big decision to make...Be lazy and spend the day reading or tackle the pile of laundry that has been collecting all week.The Dunkin Donut coffee gave me the perk I needed so after the washer started I proceeded to read the days news online, check out the emails & see what the local folks on facebook were doing and after an hour I got the courage to start folding the clothes from last week. Now I only do laundry on the week ends and last weekend I was in Halifax so the only one that worked was the washer.4 loads folded and 3 more washed and folded. Now they are sitting on the dresser. Can't do the work all in one day so I headed back to the computer.Called choice reward travel to get them process our travel visa's for Australia...that was easy only had to give them the information on our passports and they attach it to our passports electronically. Unfortunately they couldn't issue one for Papua New Guinea. Went into the Canadian Consulate web page.Got distracted and ended up reading about inoculations we should have.Added this to my growing to do list. Checked out the cruise critic site and chatted on our roll call for half an hour. About two months ago I booked a snorkeling tour on the Great Barrier Reef. I couldn't get a private tour as we are tendering so I booked thru the cruise line. I wasn't 100% satisfied because it is a 3 hr trip each way with about 200 people and it goes to the outer reef but I booked anyway as it is a life time experience but Dun isn't 100% comfortable snorkeling.I float like a harbor buoy. Well this morning I stumbled upon an awesome tour called 3 Island cruise on the inner reef which is for the full day and includes snorkeling, a submersible, a beautiful 7 mile beach and includes lunch . It is part of the Whitsundays inner reef so I canceled the ships tour & got my money back.the three islands are Daydream Island, Hook Island and Whitehaven Island Now I'm a happy broad.Did a gourmet hot dog lunch, went to town with Dun, stopped at Nakile and back home again. made beef & broccoli, fried rice and egg rolls for supper and now to read for the remainder of the evening. whew busy day.

TGIF

When you start your day by oversleeping, you just know it is downhill the rest of the day! The good thing is it's Friday. Tonight we took Lucas with us to town. he thinks MacDonald's is the best place to eat so guess where we had supper.Then off for groceries to Superstore. While I did the groceries, Lucas convinced Sheldon he needed a new toy for himself & Jack .Sheldon doesn't say no so the new toys got added to my grocery bill for the week. Then off to Tim's before heading back home. Doesn't take long to put away $150 of groceries. Now to sit back and research for an hour. Got my map that Jill sent me, and have highlighted a few places to investigate such as Bunbury, Busselton, Dunsborough,Cape Naturalist,Yallingup,Cowaramup, Margaret River, karridale before turning off to Jill's near Kudardup. Augusta and Cape Leeuwin are south of Jill's and Albany is another hour but has some much see things.Many more nights of research ahead and we have 82 days til we fly out. Bought some more Australian money today. It's a smaller bill than ours but I bet i can spend it just as fast.

Researching Western Australia

We dock in Perth on March 15 and expect to be off the ship by 9 am. I've rented a car and will pick up in Freemantle.Dr Clark departs Perth that day to fly home so we'll be meeting him & Lise for lunch before he heads to the airport. Decisions, decisions...should we spend the afternoon in Perth? We have an overnight reservation at a Mandurah beach resort which is about an hour south of Perth and I want to see this area. The following day we will head south to see Jill (Clark) Grist who, lives about 2 hours south from Mandurah. We'll make a home base at her place for 4 or 5 days. Really looking forward to seeing Jill. It's been over 30 years even though we've kept in contact over the years. She was my Maid of Honor. There's lots to see & do in South Western Australia and I really can't make a definite decision and it is driving me crazy

Not to Bright

Well I managed to create the blog but forgot to create the google account. Over that hurtle but still can't find the name under a google search. Thanks Charlene for helping me find it in my history.Time for me to call it quits for the day. I think I might like blogging when I get used to it.

Preparing for Australia

Time is going quickly and our vacation will begin mid February. The airline fares are booked, 6 days pre-cruise hotel is booked. Priceline bid saved a lot of money for the hotel. 17 day cruise on Royal Caribbean "Rhapsody of Seas" booked and I managed to snag a coveted aft balcony cabin with 2 lounge chairs and a table. Most of the port excursions are booked through independent tour guides. I'll go into the tours separately. Now if I can remember the name of my blog and password I'll be doing good