All ready for our adventure to Alaska!

Dad and I on the deck, waiting for the Amsterdam to depart Seattle. Needless, to say we were very excited about all the things ahead.

Friends

We took this cruise with our friends Gail and Norm. We had a great time. We are all ex UAL people and have known each other for quite a while. Here they are ready to re board the boat in Juneau.

Juneau

We spent a day in Juneau. Took a tram ride to the top of Mt. Roberts. Beautiful views, a nice movie about the area and of course a gift shop. Dave and his friend Norm took a hike and met Gail and I back at the boat. Juneau is a pretty little town and we had wonderful weather.

Hooray!!

Note the shiny spots behind Dad's ears. New hearing aids! Already we are noticing a terrific difference. We are very excited. We don't have to shout at him!!

Dad got a professional haircut today and doesn't he look nice!? I've been giving him haircuts for several years now, but lately it seems to have become difficult for me. His hair comes in very thick and I don't know how to handle that. Anyway, doesn't he look great?!

Para Sailing

Dad was out pulling some weeds last Sunday, when he looked up and saw two of these guys just floating around in the sky. What your looking for is the white dot in the middle of the blue sky. I'm sure it's a wonderful feeling, but not for me.

Friendship dinner

On Friday evening we had 6 folks over, for dinner, from our Sunday school group. We had a lovely evening. Good food and conversation.

Lilacs

One very nice thing about being in the new dwelling this spring, is seeing what is coming into bloom outside. We have flowers all over the place. The trick now is to keep them coming up and blooming. We discovered, this past week, that we have a lilac bush out front. It smells wonderful and seems to match my May flag!

More So. Carolina........

I really enjoyed this trip!

We had a delicious dinner at this lovely restaurant on Wednesday night. We sat here til the sun went down, ate and watched boats come up and down the river.

This was a very interesting place. It's a rookery and there are all sorts of birds flying and swooping around, catching fish. We saw egrets and herons. Beautiful. I love this sign, apparently there are alligators around here, but who in the world would harass them, much less try to feed them. Good grief!

Mother's Day

Dave and Jolene hosted Mothers Days for Jacquie and I. We were the recipients of a great dinner and lovely presents. Here are Jolene, Paul and Jacquie. David Jr, you took a picture for your blog. Where is it?

Me and Dalene

This is David getting "jiggy" after dinner and presents. His neighbors were playing some music, sorta loud, and he decided to dance a little. Hmmmmmm

Hilton Head, So, Carolina

We went to HH So. Carolina to join some friends of ours for a few days last week. They were in a two bedroom condo and so asked if we could come out and spend some time with them. We did. It was a wonderful time. These are friends of ours from Illinois and we don't get to see them very often. The weather was beautiful and we spents LOTS of time catching up, seeing things local and eating!

Addie and Jerry preparing some breakfast in the condo kitchen. This was a lovely place.

Addie and I walking along the beach enjoying the Atlantic ocean.

Sunday afternoon

Uncle Ken invited Dave and I to join he and Karen on a tour of the Pacific Maritime Institute. This is where they train people to pilot ships into major harbors. They have two simulators and they can simulate anything you can think of that can happen while trying to bring a ship into a harbor. This man is docking a pretty good sized boat into the harbor at Tacoma. Very interesting afternoon.

This is Uncle Ken piloting a hugh cargo ship into the Honolulu Harbor. A very interesting afternoon. Dave, Jr. you would have loved this.