Archive for February 8, 2010

Of Course We Can Be Bought   Leave a comment

Allegedly everyone and everything has a price and we proved that today when we sold 2 hours of our time for $125! When we were at the Buick Open PGA tournament recently we were approached by a timeshare company that offered us one of several incentives to come listen to their two-hour sales pitch.  Since one [...]

Posted February 8, 2010 by keckeley in Uncategorized

So Long Cruising – Hello Reality   Leave a comment

Back on dry land – no more gently swaying with the boat – no more endless food offerings – no more nightly turn-down service – no more ocean view out our cabin window – just reality! We awoke about 6:15 and watched the ship dock in San Diego.  I had charged my iPhone overnight so [...]

Posted February 8, 2010 by keckeley in Uncategorized

Carnival Spirit – Day 4 at Sea – Saturday February 6, 2010   Leave a comment

We got an extra hour of sleep last night since we set our clocks back to San Diego time to get ready to dock tomorrow so we were up bright and early today and saw the beautiful sunrise from our cabin.  We’ve loved having an ocean view and sleeping with our curtains open so we [...]

Posted February 8, 2010 by keckeley in Uncategorized

Carnival Spirit – Day 3 at Sea – Friday, February 5, 2010   Leave a comment

We were up early again today and after coffee on Lido Deck, we met the rest of our group for breakfast in the dining room.  We like being waited on as opposed to the long buffet lines and I’ve gotten addicted to the smoked salmon, bagel and cream cheese they offer. Nancy and I have [...]

Posted February 8, 2010 by keckeley in Uncategorized

Carnival Spirit – 3rd Day in Port – Manzanillo – Thursday February 4, 2010   Leave a comment

What a difference a day makes!  After rain and clouds all day yesterday, we awoke to sunny skies as we pulled into our next port of call.  Manzanillo is a commercial port and handles the largest amount of freight coming into Mexico from China and Japan.  We loved that we weren’t bombarded by hustlers as [...]

Posted February 8, 2010 by keckeley in Uncategorized

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