Getting an Early Start

It has taken a long time to figure out the new blog settings but I think I have it now! We will be leaving here on December 2nd to Birmingham airport; we'll board a Delta Airlines plane bound for San Diego, CA with a stopover in Atlanta, GA. We are traveling with David & Debbie Droste, friends from our church.  We will be spending the night of the 2nd in San Diego; the cruise actually departs @ 5pm on the 3rd.

We have the cruise  and airline reservations. We are going over to the Droste's to determine how much luggage we can get into the trunk of my '89 Lincoln Town Car since it had and still has the largest amount of trunk space of any large car (excluding SUVs).  We will be driving my car to Birmingham and leaving it while on our cruise.

I will not be taking a laptop this trip. Due to luggage space limits, I'll take my Samsung tablet.  I will not be able to publish daily posts because we will not have internet while on the ship or during out stopovers; there might be some "hotspots" where I won't incure charges or fees. There will be opportunities to post while in the States.  I imagine we'll have internet access at our hotel in San Diego.

It has been so long since I set this up, I'm not sure who will receive notification that I'm doing a blog or the updates. So, if you get this, please email me so I'll know.

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