Early morning flight to Halifax, then we'll stay in our apartment overnight before heading home on Monday. We'll have to get up at 4:30 ish, so will be tired. Dean has our car, so he and Remi will be picking us up.
I've been reading an amazing book that Gerry got me for Christmas, called "Balance...nature's way to heal your body" by Susan Manion Macdonald, of Amherst. She healed herself after a diagnosis of terminal cancer in 2002. I have been intrigued with this concept since my brother Wade was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the fall, and went to South Dakota for detoxing.
The same path that Dad took by going to Mexico for alternative treatment..... Wade is doing well in his process to get rid of his cancer, I've already learned alot from him, and I want to detox to PREVENT cancer!
So, this blog is going to turn into a health blog this winter, if anyone is interested, as I (and hopefully Gerry) try to make some changes toward this direction of detoxing our bodies and eating even better.
Stay tuned.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Our week in Florida - Jan 16 -22
Our timeshare exchange was not ready until 4, we got off the ship at 9, so got our rented car and headed south to the keys. Had a great lunch and stop at Robbie's Marina in Islamadora, the best burrito's ever!! Checked out a few RV parks, nice state park near Key Largo, with a coral reef. Might have to come back.
Our condo at Palm Beach Shores is lovely, nice deck overlooking the beach, kithenette, huge bathroom and bedroom. One b'bque chicken with salad was dinner, chicken soup for lunch and dinner again.
Then it was off on Tuesday to drive to Bradenton on the west coast to visit Bill and Donna Cox, our friends and neighbors at Lobster Point. Of course we had 2 days of wonderful food, wine and company at their huge but cozy winter home. Steak, a yummy salad one night and salad and great wild rice the 2nd night. Bill & Gerry golfed on Wed while Donna and I had a great walk thru the subdivision and then lunch at Ruby Tuesday and shopping at the outlet stores...bargains galore!
Thurs. we were off across the state again, northeast to Titusville to visit friends we met in BC last winter, Pat and Lorna. They are at the very posh "Great Outdoors Golf and RV Resort", 5000 people plus. Here there are permanent homes, most have an RV garage, sometimes also another garage...just too much!! Beautiful spot...we rent a golf cart to tour around to see the RV sites, homes, park models and the other sites like P & L's where you have an RV site plus a full suite with a florida room. That's where we are staying ,so we have our own washroom, hideabed, and they use the kitchen in this unit as it is bigger than their 5th wheel. We also tour the wetlands, 6 ponds, check out the golf course, the restaurant, pool, hobbyroom, etc, etc. Pretty amazing!
The men combined their skills and cooked a pork loin to perfection and Lorna did a bang up job on the veggies.
We drove back down the coast on Friday, looking for a quilt shop in Vero Beach and then found an excellent "world cuisine" restaurant called Stax. Gerry had a crab sandwich and I had the seared ahi tuna sandwich, both with fancy salad. Very delicious, I highly recommend this spot.
It's shrimp and salad at the condo after a walk on the white sand beach out front on Friday night and then a movie on tv - "Love and Other drugs", good, good!
Today we had hoped to sit in the sun, but it failed us. Fortunately it was there when we walked in the am, but not in the pm. Enjoyed the pool and hottub anyway and then are packing and going out to "Happy Fish" for dinner. It's a little Thai and Sushi spot a block or so away.
Our condo at Palm Beach Shores is lovely, nice deck overlooking the beach, kithenette, huge bathroom and bedroom. One b'bque chicken with salad was dinner, chicken soup for lunch and dinner again.
Then it was off on Tuesday to drive to Bradenton on the west coast to visit Bill and Donna Cox, our friends and neighbors at Lobster Point. Of course we had 2 days of wonderful food, wine and company at their huge but cozy winter home. Steak, a yummy salad one night and salad and great wild rice the 2nd night. Bill & Gerry golfed on Wed while Donna and I had a great walk thru the subdivision and then lunch at Ruby Tuesday and shopping at the outlet stores...bargains galore!
Thurs. we were off across the state again, northeast to Titusville to visit friends we met in BC last winter, Pat and Lorna. They are at the very posh "Great Outdoors Golf and RV Resort", 5000 people plus. Here there are permanent homes, most have an RV garage, sometimes also another garage...just too much!! Beautiful spot...we rent a golf cart to tour around to see the RV sites, homes, park models and the other sites like P & L's where you have an RV site plus a full suite with a florida room. That's where we are staying ,so we have our own washroom, hideabed, and they use the kitchen in this unit as it is bigger than their 5th wheel. We also tour the wetlands, 6 ponds, check out the golf course, the restaurant, pool, hobbyroom, etc, etc. Pretty amazing!
The men combined their skills and cooked a pork loin to perfection and Lorna did a bang up job on the veggies.
We drove back down the coast on Friday, looking for a quilt shop in Vero Beach and then found an excellent "world cuisine" restaurant called Stax. Gerry had a crab sandwich and I had the seared ahi tuna sandwich, both with fancy salad. Very delicious, I highly recommend this spot.
It's shrimp and salad at the condo after a walk on the white sand beach out front on Friday night and then a movie on tv - "Love and Other drugs", good, good!
Today we had hoped to sit in the sun, but it failed us. Fortunately it was there when we walked in the am, but not in the pm. Enjoyed the pool and hottub anyway and then are packing and going out to "Happy Fish" for dinner. It's a little Thai and Sushi spot a block or so away.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Jan 15 - Nassau
5ships in port
Police people in Bahamas......watching football on the big screen on next ship over.........
We don't dock until afternoon, so we both make use of the fitness centre and the walking deck, then G goes for a body composition analysis - he has 10 pounds of water he is told....a cream can fix that (they are always trying to sell something!)....I get an acupuncture treatment for my sciatica, and some chinese herbs, hope it all works!
In the afternoon we get off in Nassau and leave the crowds taking the water taxi to Atlantis...we walk across the bridge and into Atlantis....the resort, casino, beaches...hugh and amazing. We don't take any tours, don't feel like we have time to fully enjoy, so just walk around and then take water taxi back to downtown to take in the straw market - lots of women packed into a market, making straw bags, purses, and selling knock-off bags and their wares, as well as the usual t-shirts and trinkets.
We have not bought much this whole trip, a tank top, dark chocolate and some fresh spices, but find some small purses here...otherwise everything looks the same and we've seen it before.
Sea Day
There are lots of educational and other activities available each day on the ship.
Today we go to:
- session on acupuncture
- session on golf chipping
- session on shopping in Nassau
- beginners tai chi
You can guess which one of us went to which.
Otherwise, there was just plain laying in the sun, reading, deciding where to eat and what entertainment to enjoy in the evening. We go to dinner in the dining room, it is the 3rd formal night and we have a table to ourselves by the window. Nice young (almost 50) couple next to us from Houston. Wine, food, activities, cruising are discussed while we have our Maine Lobster and filet mignon. Life is tough! Broadway show is on for entertainment and it is very impressive...the quality of the entertainers is amazing...so much has changed in the almost 10 yrs since we have cruised before.
Today we go to:
- session on acupuncture
- session on golf chipping
- session on shopping in Nassau
- beginners tai chi
You can guess which one of us went to which.
Otherwise, there was just plain laying in the sun, reading, deciding where to eat and what entertainment to enjoy in the evening. We go to dinner in the dining room, it is the 3rd formal night and we have a table to ourselves by the window. Nice young (almost 50) couple next to us from Houston. Wine, food, activities, cruising are discussed while we have our Maine Lobster and filet mignon. Life is tough! Broadway show is on for entertainment and it is very impressive...the quality of the entertainers is amazing...so much has changed in the almost 10 yrs since we have cruised before.
Barbadoes
Wooden pulpit in church, slave emancipation statue, movie location and a beautiful beach...
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