The Climb
Strong words were exchanged. Challenges issued. The young man felt certain that he could prevail. After all, his opponent was over twice his age. Surely his youth would be to his advantage–advantage enough for him to win. As he thanked the little Asian lady who spoke limited and heavily-accented English for the paddles and ping-pong [...]
View from the River
As we were cruisin’ on down the Mississippi headed out of New Orleans, we got really excited (to an embarrassing degree) about spotting places we knew in the city. Childish, I know. But there’s something fun about being far away and up really high and seeing the normally mundane things from a totally different perspective. [...]
What is there to do in Progreso?
Extra points for the person who can find me in these pictures. Disclaimer: “Points” as described in this blog have absolutely no real world or virtual value. They are simply a device used by the author (hereinafter referred to as “author”) to solicit comments from readers (hereinafter referred to as “readers”). Author will not be [...]
I lied.
Yeah, so they charge by the minute for internet access on a Carnival cruise ship. And since it was our intention to keep this cruise as cheap as possible, we decided you people could wait a few days for blogs and pictures. I’m really tired right now and I don’t feel like typing out a [...]
Bon Voyage! (to us, that is)
Get passports. check. Buy some new clothes. check. Complete “Fun Pass” registration. check. Print check-in documents. check. Pack. eh… Still working on that last one. But we do leave today on our cruise. Yay! We plan to post some blogs and pictures throughout the week (they tell us there’s “bow-2-stern” wifi…we’ll see.) I plan to [...]