The Itinerary....

I guess I ought to share the itinerary with you folks.... Here is our itinerary for the ms Amsterdam sailing of the Grand Asia & Australia Voyage:
FRI 19SEP Sail from SEATTLE 5:00p
SAT 20SEP Sea Day
SUN 21SEP Sea Day
MON 22SEP Sea Day
TUE 23SEP Sea Day
WED 24SEP Sea Day
THU 25SEP Cross International Dateline
SAT 27SEP Sea Day
SUN 28SEP Sea Day
MON 29SEP Hakodate, Japan 8:00a 11:59p
TUE 30SEP AOMORI, JAPAN 8:00a 5:00p
WED 01OCT Miyako, Japan
THU 02OCT Sea Day
FRI 03OCT OSAKA 8:00a
SAT 04OCT OSAKA 11:00p
SUN 05OCT Sea Day
MON 06OCT Sea Day
TUE 07OCT SHANGHAI 8:00a
WED 08OCT SHANGHAI 5:00p
THU 09OCT Sea Day
FRI 10OCT Sea Day
SAT 11OCT HONG KONG 8:00a
SUN 12OCT HONG KONG 11:00p
MON 13OCT Sea Day
TUE 14OCT DA NANG 8:00a 6:00p
WED 15OCT Sea Day
THU 16OCT PHU MY 8:00a 5:00p
FRI 17OCT Sea Day
SAT 18OCT BANGKOK 8:00a
SUN 19OCT BANGKOK 6:00p
MON 20OCT KOH SAMUI 8:00a 4:00p
TUE 21OCT Sea Day
WED 22OCT SINGAPORE 7:00a 6:00p
THU 23OCT X'ING EQUATOR
FRI 24OCT Sea Day
SAT 25OCT BALI 7:00a 6:00p
SUN 26OCT Sea Day
MON 27OCT Sea Day
TUE 28OCT Sea Day
WED 29OCT PERTH 7:00a 5:00p
THU 30OCT Sea Day
FRI 31OCT Sea Day
SAT 01NOV Sea Day
SUN 02NOV MELBOURNE 8:00a 6:00p
MON 03NOV Sea Day
TUE 04NOV SYDNEY 8:00a
WED 05NOV SYDNEY 11:00p
THU 06NOV Sea Day
FRI 07NOV Sea Day
SAT 08NOV NOUMEA 8:00a 5:00p
SUN 09NOV Sea Day
MON 10NOV SUVA 8:00a 6:00p
TUE 11NOV Sea Day
TUE 11NOV APIA 7:00a 3:00p
TUE 11NOV CROSS DATELINE
WED 12NOV Sea Day
THU 13NOV X'ING EQUATOR
FRI 14NOV Sea Day
SAT 15NOV Sea Day
SUN 16NOV HONOLULU 8:00a
MON 17NOV HONOLULU 11:00p
TUE 18NOV LAHAINA 8:00a 2:00p
WED 19NOV Sea Day
THU 20NOV Sea Day
FRI 21NOV Sea Day
SAT 22NOV Sea Day
SUN 23NOV Debark Ship SAN DIEGO 7:00a

The adventure is getting closer.....

I am now 4 weeks away from sailing on my Grand Asia & Australia Voyage. It seems strange because that means summer is coming to a close. Kids are going back to school soon and the weather will start getting cooler. Yep, it's getting to be that time again when I head off for a new adventure and leave cold weather behind (hopefully). I had a great summer! I got to see lots of friends and got in a lot of quality beach time. I once again spent time in Ocean City, New Jersey with the Frank family....always a fun time. I also got to spend time in Delaware where most of my family lives and some of my closest friends. I was in heaven when I returned to Rehoboth Beach, a beach I have been going to since I was a kid. I went to Chincoteague Island, Virginia to see friends from the Asia Voyage last year which was great.... first visit. The Outer Banks of North Carolina was another beach destination.... I also got a lot of things accomplished at home.... a place where I really enjoyed spending time after being gone for 7 months. I was also able to get 3 books put together and published from my "megavoyage". It was a lot of work but worth the time. All in all it has been a fabulous summer. My sister Lisa asked me to add the following: “spending time with my sister, Lisa, who is the greatest sister anyone could ever have, was definitely the highlight of my summer”. It's not over yet.... I head north next week for some final visits with family and friends and.... beach time. After Labor Day I have to start getting serious about planning this upcoming voyage.