This picture was taken at 7:30am on Sunday, March 15, 2009. It was such a surprise. I can never remember a winter we had so many days with snow. For a few minutes there were huge flakes coming down. It did not last. Anyway, today turned out to have all kinds of weather. The wind was blowing hard and then we had a couple of minutes of hail. It came down so hard. Erik came down to my room and the wind was blowing the hail right up against my door. Then a little bit later we had sunshine. It is cloudy again now. We will see what happens next

Last evening Debbie, Donna and I went to the Southcenter to help Donna find a formal for the cruise. I always like being with my daughters. Donna found a nice formal and a couple of tops to go with it to make it different outfits.
I have got to tell you a funny story. Debbie drove us to Southcenter and we decided to use my car (still trying to get to 10,000 miles). It was pouring rain and Debbie being a nice chauffer dropped us in front of the store and when we were ready to leave she went to get the car so she could meet us at the door. Donna and I were sitting on a bench waiting for her. After a few minutes I said to Donna "I hope Debbie remembers she drove my car". After she came to get us, we found that she had forgotten and was trying to find her car with her remote. She remembered pretty quick. People are such creatures of habits.

I am up to February 17, 2001 on my diary. I don't have any more pictures that I took. The rest of my diary is just about being at sea and the few hours on Monday while we were waiting for our plane to depart. On Monday we went on an Everglades Safari Tour. I did not take any pictures because I was not thrilled with the idea of being on an airboat. I am terrified of water. On the cruise liner it did not bother me, but on a small boat it is a whole different thing. I decided my one goal that day was to survive the tour. Clayton sure loved it. He was never afraid to try anything.

Ok, here we go----

Saturday, February 17, 2001----
We are at sea now until we reach Miami. Diane has been E-mailing Karl. Apparently it snowed at home. How sad we missed the snow of the season. Ha! Ha! We sure had this cruise planned for the right time.
We are getting close to our Journey's end. I will certainly miss this wonderful tropical climate but it will be nice to go home and see family and friends.
7:30am. It is already 77 degrees. We have 894 Nautical miles left to reach Miami. Clayton was very tired this morning. I went to breakfast by myself. Clayton just wanted to sleep. He will probably wait till lunch to eat. We are all eating too much.
After breakfast, Clayton and I laid on the sun deck. It was breezy but nice and warm. I have certainly gotten lazy on this trip.
Dinner tonight was our last formal night. Donna wore my blue formal and I wore the pretty formal Diane made. It is purple and has a pattern and style that gives it an Oriental look. I didn't think I would fit into it, but I did. Diane made most of the clothes for Frank and her. Donna made Laif and her some clothes. I am too lazy to sew anymore.

After dinner we went to the show. Tomorrow night we have to be packed up and have our luggage outside our cabin before midnight. We have special green tags because we are going on the Everglades Safari Tour Monday morning.
We will see our luggage briefly at Customs in Miami because people have to take their own luggage through. After that, we should catch up with it at Sea-Tac.