One year out of college and living and working on my own, some girlfriends and I decided to go on a cruise over Easter. The Flavia carried 900 passengers and sailed 3 nights from Ft. Lauderdale to Nassau and Freeport. The 4 of us were in a small inside cabin with bunk beds. As I remember, I was on the bottom. Our bathroom was like a tiny closet and flooded whenever we took showers.
The first night out was rocky and I didn't even make it to dinner.... I did make to the infirmary for a seasickness shot, then to bed. So I missed the first night.
Here is a link to my 71 night Discovery Collection cruise on the Regent Seven Seas Navigator in 2008.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Adult Adventures With My Mom
During college and after, my mom... we called her Bob, and I began traveling in the summer and sometimes sneaking a trip in during the school year. As an educator, it was difficult to travel between the end of August and mid June, but a few times we did get in some fun trips.
Bob and I drove down to Savannah one hot August and spent 3 nights there. We took a Grey Line tour, saw the lovely homes and a drive in the Bonaventure Cemetery, famous for headstones. The most memorable headstone is on the front cover of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. We walked and shopped along the waterfront and I remember having a nice dinner at the Pirates Restaurant. We didn't know about Paula Dean then, but if we had, we would have been in line at her restaurant.
Bob and I drove down to Savannah one hot August and spent 3 nights there. We took a Grey Line tour, saw the lovely homes and a drive in the Bonaventure Cemetery, famous for headstones. The most memorable headstone is on the front cover of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. We walked and shopped along the waterfront and I remember having a nice dinner at the Pirates Restaurant. We didn't know about Paula Dean then, but if we had, we would have been in line at her restaurant.
What I've Done and Where I've Been
Here is a link to the 71 Night Cruise I took with Crystal in 2008. http://beths71nightcruise.blogspot.com/
The first trip I remember is going to Williamsburg, VA probably at the age of 4. My mom, dad, brother and I would travel each summer to different locales close to where we lived. At that time we were in Baltimore, MD. My brother has all the slides and yellow Kodak picture books from my childhood, so I need to get some pictures to post.
After we moved to Ohio, I remember trips to Michigan and New Hampshire. The only memory I have from the Michigan trip is that we were not able to get to Mackinac Island due to heavy fog. After seeing the movie, Somewhere in Time, with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, I wished I had been there. The New Hampshire trip coincided with a conference my dad had at a small college. We hadn't made any motel reservations, but ended up in a small cabin on a lake. During the day, my brother would fish or we would swim in the lake. Mom cooked the fish that Carroll caught, though he didn't eat any.
That was the summer I learned to play gin rummy and solitaire... the old fashioned way, with cards. Gin rummy became a favorite game in our house. We all played with Bob. When coming home for a weekend visit, I could hardly get in the door and the cards were shuffled and a few games played. We would always play after breakfast and lunch to discuss our daily plans. Bob would always pack a deck of card on trips so we could play on airplane rides or lull times in our hotel rooms or ship suites. As family members can attest, it was hard to beat Bob!
At the age of 10 my Grandma and Pop Pop took my to Canada and New York. Going to Quebec and NYC was fascinating at that age, and still today. I had a chance to return to Quebec on a cruise a few years ago and revisited Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré and memories of what I saw with my grandparents returned.
My first solo airplane ride was at the age of 16 flying from Raleigh-Durham to Cincinnati to visit friends.
The first trip I remember is going to Williamsburg, VA probably at the age of 4. My mom, dad, brother and I would travel each summer to different locales close to where we lived. At that time we were in Baltimore, MD. My brother has all the slides and yellow Kodak picture books from my childhood, so I need to get some pictures to post.
After we moved to Ohio, I remember trips to Michigan and New Hampshire. The only memory I have from the Michigan trip is that we were not able to get to Mackinac Island due to heavy fog. After seeing the movie, Somewhere in Time, with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, I wished I had been there. The New Hampshire trip coincided with a conference my dad had at a small college. We hadn't made any motel reservations, but ended up in a small cabin on a lake. During the day, my brother would fish or we would swim in the lake. Mom cooked the fish that Carroll caught, though he didn't eat any.
That was the summer I learned to play gin rummy and solitaire... the old fashioned way, with cards. Gin rummy became a favorite game in our house. We all played with Bob. When coming home for a weekend visit, I could hardly get in the door and the cards were shuffled and a few games played. We would always play after breakfast and lunch to discuss our daily plans. Bob would always pack a deck of card on trips so we could play on airplane rides or lull times in our hotel rooms or ship suites. As family members can attest, it was hard to beat Bob!
At the age of 10 my Grandma and Pop Pop took my to Canada and New York. Going to Quebec and NYC was fascinating at that age, and still today. I had a chance to return to Quebec on a cruise a few years ago and revisited Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré and memories of what I saw with my grandparents returned.
My first solo airplane ride was at the age of 16 flying from Raleigh-Durham to Cincinnati to visit friends.
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