Happy Halloween from the High Seas

 It is Tuesday, October 31, so the goblins could be out tonight.  So beware.....

Some of the skilled crew members showed off their talent by creating this jack-o-lantern display for the ship.

This pumpkin in the display needed a closer look to show off the ship's name.

And this one was a bit fancier than we made as kids!

Happy Halloween to you!

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We Set Sail With Viking Cruise Lines

 On Monday morning, October 30,  we caught a shuttle from our hotel to Port Everglades where we boarded the Viking Ship Mars.  For the record, Mars was the Roman god of  war.  The Mars was launched  in May of 2022 and can hold 930 passengers when full. We watched and listened to all the safety instructions and settled into cabin # 5067.  We pushed off and headed south on our fifteen-day voyage.

Above was the planned route of our trip with Viking that includes Jamica, Panama, Costa Rica, Roatan, Belize, and Cozumel

However..........

Here is our location on Tuesday morning. (see the ship logo above Cuba).  It has become obvious that we are taking an easterly route around Cuba rather than to the west.

We hope the captain did not take a wrong turn??

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PS:  We were happy that we could watch the Detroit Lions beat the Raiders last night on our small laptop when we went through our Spectrum account. 

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Our Fall 2023 Trip is Underway

 To celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary we are taking a Caribbean Cruise on Viking.  We flew out of Grand Rapids at 7 PM on October 29, 2023, stopped in Chicago at Midway then had a smooth flight to Ft. Lauderdale.  When we stopped in Chicago we were two of only four passengers to stay on the plane, so we got to move up to the very front seats!  Before we took off - the plane was full again and Karen was the very first person to step off in Florida!  We arrived at 1 AM and took a cab to our hotel:  Springhill Suites in Dania Beach.  We will take a shuttle to the ship this early afternoon for our journey to continue.  The weather is warm and sunny with a temp of 82 degrees.

With the help of our lovely daughter, Beth, we managed to get the blog up and running again to keep a journal of our travels.  We have had smooth sailing so far ---- and we haven't yet got to our ship!

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