July 3, 2007
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Hello from the great state of Alaska!
Mrs. McFern and I are on an Alaskan Cruise and because of that I have decided to
resurrect this blog so that the little Mcfern’s can keep an eye on us. We are cruising with the Insight for Living
Group on the Holland American Line. We
get to hear the great Bible teaching of Chuck Swindoll and see the wonderful
sights of Alaska. Let me catch you up.Sunday – we boarded the Noordam at Seattle, WA
after an exhausting week of preparation.
There were a lot of late nights last week packing, getting the house
ready, seeing other people off on mission trips and finishing things up at work
as I prepared for a two week vacation. Mrs. McFern and I had a wonderful supper with our
youngest son who has turned into a wonderful person. He took us to the airport and we caught a
flight from Houston at 8:55 pm Saturday and made
it to Seattle about 1:30 am Houston time.
There were three flights using the same luggage carrousel and getting
our bags was frustrating. Off to the
hotel and a good night of sleep – with the windows open I might add (something
that you don’t do in Houston
this time of year). Up early the next
day, a quick trip by my employer’s office where I had to drop off my
“tools.” Funny story - as I was trying
to get in touch with the guard, the very same guard was eyeing our taxi
thinking the worst. The guard came out,
looked our taxi over, and took down the license plate. It really freaked out the driver when he
found out who I work for, he wasn’t from this country!On to the ship, haggle with the taxi driver over the fare
(Mrs. McFern is really good doing that sort of thing), process through boarding
and on to the ship. Whew! In the process I bit my lip three times,
whanged my shin and slammed my index finger shut in our cabin door. I know – don’t waah waah!Sunday evening we had a get together where they laid out the
week. The ship has a dinner seating at
8:15 pm just for our group. Two great
couples are at our table, one from Wisconsin
from the Sacramento, CA area.
More about them later.
Comments (2)
Oohhh...I am so jealous. Have fun and be safe...keep sending pictures!
I'm liking the posts! We got hom safely! It's going to be nice to sleep in MY bed tonight! I was so excited to see my boy! That's the only part I hate about traveling! OH! Be sure to check your gmail email! News on the baby front! (not me, Stephanie!) While we were in Honduras!
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