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Part 1

We reached Las Vegas on Sept. 21 and spent about 3 ½ weeks there. Took care to see our Dr’s.

Mitch received a notice of Jury Duty and was able to take care of it at this time.

Laurie spent about 10 days with her mom, during this time she was able to help her with some shopping and take care of her mom while she had Cataract surgery.

Oct 15 we started our trip to Orlando, FL for Nov. on. Along the way we stopped to see Sherri for a few days. Sherri helped us celebrate our 6 anniversary. Then on to visit with John and to meet is girlfriend Kathy (now his fiancée). We also visited with some other friends and stopped to see Laurie’s sisters in Dallas and Jacksonville.

In Dallas/fort Worth we went to visit a very interesting Aerospace museum at Love field. We also go to see a cattle drive of longhorns down the center of the street in the Stockyards Park area of Fort Worth. Both were very interesting and enjoyable.

After leaving the Jacksonville area we headed to Daytona Beach for a few days. The area is quite at this time of year and we had sone nice weather so we did some shopping and went to the beach area.

Nov 4 we pulled into Orlando and set up in a park here for the next month.

Nov. 10 we flew to PA to celebrate my mom’s 90 birthday. My dad put together a party. We got to see some friends and cousins I have not seen in years and a few of which Laurie never met. It was a really great get-together and I think everyone enjoyed it.

We will be attending a Good Sam Samboree in a few days and then about a week later we leave on a 7 day cruise to the Eastern Caribbean.

I will continue this upon our return from the cruise.

Part 2

The cruise was really great. We went down the night before and visited with my cousins Marty & Ann. We enjoyed our time with them.

First stop on the cruise was Nassau, Bahamas. Here we did a snorkeling trip and then wandered around the straw market. This is a very large outdoor market with 100’s of stands all selling just about the same thing. It is an interesting place to walk around.

Our next stop was St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. We took a 2 ½ hour tour of the island which then ended in the downtown area where most of the shopping is. St. Thomas is a duty free, tax free port. If you are looking to purchase any jewelry there is a good savings.

We then went on to San Juan, PR. Here we took a tour of the rain forest. We were lucky to see an iguana sitting on a rock right next to the road (picture in album).

The last stop was Labadee, Haiti. This is a private beach for Royal Caribbean. They serve a bar BQ lunch and the beach is really nice to sit on. There is also an area where the locals sell assorted items. There is also local entertainment.

Aboard ship there is no shortage of food. They have some very interesting entertainment as well a an excellent ice skating show. Some of the daytime activities include ice skating, rock wall climbing, miniature golf, as well as art auctions.

December 18 Sherri arrived for a week long visit with us. During this time we managed to go to the Pirate Dinner show, Arabian Nights show, and of course we went to Disney, MGM studios, Wild Kingdom, and Laurie’s favorite, Epcot.

We all had a wonderful time and to soon (Christmas Day) Sherri left for home.

New Years Eve will be quiet. We will attend a dance here in the park where we have spent the last month.

Our plans for next year are not set yet. We will be in FL through January and then move on to the Rio Grande Valley of TX.

Next summer we plan on going back to Alaska to work up at the Denali Park Hotel in Healey.