Sunday, October 08, 2006
Terra Firma!
| After 5 glorious days at sea we arrived back at Port Canaveral, Florida. While I didn't have to be hauled off, kicking and screaming, I wouldn't have been at all upset if I had been told I'd need to stay on board for another week. Sadly, cruise lines don't do things like that any more. (See: Press Gang Disembarking is always a mad house as there are over 2000 people on board and apparently they all want off, NOW. They give everyone colored luggage tags, and you disembark by color. Obviously they use colors so the to hide the fact that there are almost 28 different groups. We were about half way down the list. Went went for one last breakfast on board, made our way off the ship and through customs, and then for the drive back to Orlando. The rest of the weekend was mostly spend sleeping. You know it's been a good vacation when you need a vacation to recover from your vacation! We also ate some "land food." After a week of some of the best food ever, you really just need some junk. Sunday afternoon, we again caught up with my friend Jarrett, and what better place that Krystal? (You knew that was coming!)  Jarrett and his wife Jamie with their daughter Annelise  Someone love the Oreos in the kids meal! Sunday morning I loaded back into the truck and slowly made my way back home. Once I arrived, oddly enough, I took another long nap. So when it's all said and done, the cruise was amazing. Everything I could have hoped for (especially since it was a successfull BYOK: Bring Your Own Krystal.) I'm certain I'll do another cruise later at some point, possibly the same cruise and eventually working up to longer ones. Not sure I am up for trans-Atlantic yet, because I know my Krystals wouldn't survive 14 days at sea. Tomorrow will be a hectic day for me. I finally get my poor truck to the shop for much needed repairs to the bumper boo-boo. I also need to get by the Macon telegraph office to see about getting back copies of Friday's paper. Then I'll be back to give a bit of a Krystal Square Off recap. Finally, I hope to hit the road, again. One of my favorite obscure bands, Emily's Toybox (not for children) is making a rare appearance down in tiny Brunswick, GA. Since the only other places they ever play are up in Philly and down in Key West, it appears this is my only chance to see them without airfare. We'll see how it goes.  |
