Category: Florida

November 24: It’s time to leave the warmth. The weather reports from home don’t make that a very happy thing to have to do, but I do miss my home and my fur-kids. We had a 12:35 Air Canada flight to Toronto and then on to Calgary for the...

November 23: The plan for today was to go on a boat tour of the historic New River in Fort Lauderdale and then to just enjoy the beach. Watching the cruise ships come in while enjoying a coffee our balcony is a nice way to start the day. This...

November 22: The weather this morning wasn’t great – certainly not conducive to laying on the beach This was the view from the balcony at 08:40 am. This would be a good day to drive up to West Palm Beach to see Cathy’s aunt Marilyn. It was a...

November 21: Today was exploring day, and Hertz came to pick us up at 10:00 (yes, we got off to a slow start again ). We both really wanted to see alligators in the wild, and the hotel concierge had a printed card with directions to the highway...

When I began writing this, it was 05:30 am on the 21st, and I had just watched Holland America’s new ship Nieuw Amsterdam sail into the channel leading to Port Everglades. I went back to bed, though – it’s now 07:10 and I’m watching the sun come up over...

November 15: Today we began the next stage of our adventure, boarding the Carnival Destiny in Miami. I chose this cruise for business reasons. There are a lot of different opinions about Carnival, and since they’re often very cheap, I need to know what a cruise with Carnival is...

November 14: Cathy and I went our separate ways today – her to go shopping at Sawgrass, me to go very, very fast in a race car at Homestead-Miami Speedway. What a nice view to enjoy our morning coffee in front of We got off to a very...

November 13: Today was disembarkation day at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, and on to the next stage of our adventure. I spent a while this morning getting a few more photos of the Noordam. The hallway outside our cabin – our door is the 2nd on the left, close...

As I write this at 06:40, 25 minutes past sunrise, we’ve just passed Anguilla and are approaching Sint Maarten. These 2 islands are the first land we’ve seen since leaving Fort Lauderdale, which is now 1167 miles behind us. The weather has been poor, with winds averaging 30-35 knots...

On Monday morning we flew out of Whitehorse, and we’re now on board Holland America’s Noordam at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Three flights totalling 9 hours got us to a very different world. Here’s how it went… November 1: We took off at 11:10 am – this is...