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Friday April 28, 2023 Day 8 of 15…..Welcome to the Panama Canal. The whole purpose of the trip. Traveling from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, going through 3 sets of locks. Arrival 6am……..Departure 6pm. PANAMA CANAL SCHEDULE Gatun Locks ……6am Pedro Miguel Locks…..1:30pm Miraflores Locks……3pm Finally, the day has come….. Traveling through the Panama Canal on our ship “Radiance of…

ay Op Thursday April 27, 2023 Day 7 of 15….Welcome to Colon Panama, the gateway to the Panama Canal on the Atlantic Ocean Arrival 9am……Gangway Open 9:30am….All Aboard….5:30 pm Yesterday, Cartegena Columbia…… Today, Colon Panama…….. Tomorrow, The Panama Canal….Its a very busy 3 days. Today our excursion will be the Imax Theater production of The History of the Panama Canal. We headed to the…

Day 6 of 15….Welcome to Cartagena Columbia, in South America, Wow, are we really here? Arrival: 7 am.—Gangway open 7:30 All Aboard—4:30, Departure 5pm After Grand Caymen was another cruising day, so now here we are approaching South America. I woke up early to see us enter the harbor of Cartagena Columbia. It was a beautiful morning with the sun coming up. A little Canoe going out to fish. We…

Day 4– Welcome to George Town Grand Cayman Island. Overseas British Territory. Arrival 7am.–First Tender Boat, 7:45–Last Tender Boat 5:15,–Departure 6pm. We arrived at George Town about daylight. I went out on the Balcony to watch the approach to the island. What a beautiful morning it was. We watched as the Pilot Boat from the harbor approached our ship The Pilot boat from George Town meeting…

The weather so far as been beautiful. Nothing but blue – blue skies, and lazy white clouds. The water is a beautiful blue with a few white caps as we sail south. No bugs in the air either. That is wonderful. But then we are miles and miles from land. So, no mosquitoes, or flies. But it is so quiet. No birds tweeting, nothing but sounds of the ship and the waves as we slide through the water. At…

The Fire Departments have been so supportive of the kids.  All the Depts in Putnam Co have been doing Drive by Birthday Parades.   Imagine being a kid who can’t go to school, play with their friends, not even go to the store and visiting family and friends.  Then your Birthday comes and your told, …..No Party, No Friends, No outside Family…..That has to be like the end of the world.  The Fire…

What’s Next….Texas Freeze of 2021

Today it is a beautiful day, 70’s and sunshine. Two weeks ago we had a Devastating Winter Storm come through. The Polar Vortex swooped all the way down to Mexico encompassing the whole US and all of Texas. This hasn’t happened since the 1980’s. The temp fell to the low 20’s at night and only raised to 30’s and 40’s during the day. This freeze continued for almost a week. People started to panic…

2020 Humor…We Need It

The struggle will continue in 2021 but their are some things to consider as we close the door on one of the most challenging years of our lifetime. The dumbest thing I ever bought was a 2020 planner. I was so bored I called Jake from State Farm just to talk to someone. He asked me what I was wearing. 2019…..Stay away from negative people 2020…..Stay away from positive people. The world has…

2020 The Year From “HELL” Is Over

At last 2020 is over. All year long, it was another disaster after another. Every time something awful happened, we said “That’s it, It can’t get any worse”. But it did. Now we’ve had our election, and we thought that it would settle down….Has it???…..Hell No….Its just gotten worse. Its now the second week into 2021. It should be better…..But no…January 6 was the day the country should realize…

NYC 2019 Versus NYC April 2020….Covid

I have been thinking about the changes in New York City in this past year.  Will it ever be the same again? Last year, Thanksgiving 2019, Tina and Ed took the kids to New York City for the first time.  Austin’s birthday was on Dec 1, and he had wanted to see the Lighting of the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center and the Macy Day Parade.  Streets are full of Traffic and sidewalks full of…

Today is December 21, the Winter Solstice. So what is the Winter Solstice. It is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and the official start of winter. Tonight will also be the night for the “great conjunction”. That will happen when Jupiter and Saturn, the two biggest planets of our solar system, will look like one bright star, the “Christmas Star”. It is a rare celestial…

Surprise Thanksgiving with the Kids

The 3rd of November I headed north to Illinois to surprise the kids, grandkids and especially Cameron for Thanksgiving. Tammy has been working in Texas since July decided to go, as well as Cassidy who has been with me for the last month. Rich has been up north working Harvest again this year. Cameron closed on his house in early Sept. He wanted to have an early Thanksgiving at his new home…

2020 Dolder Family Photos

Every year Tina has family photos taken. This year is certainly no exception. They are so Awesome that I decided I should put them into the blog. This has been a year like no other. Covid-19 arrived this year. It has caused a Pandemic across the world. Tammy felt that she had to answer the call for nurses in New York City. With in 3 days, Carly had moved to Tina, Ed’sand the kids. She…

Carly Visiting the American Girl Store in Chicago

When Tammy was home, she decided to take Carly to Chicago to visit the American Girl Doll Store. American Girl Dolls are almost every girls dream. Carly had received an American girl doll for Christmas the year before. Santa gave her a WellieWisher doll named Willa

The WellieWishers line debuted in 2016. The are 14.5 ..inch Character dolls all dressed in Wellington boots, The are dolls…

Tammy’s Latest Adventures

This has been a year like no other. Most of you know Tammy went to New York City in April to take care of Covid patients in a Bronx Hospital. She was their for almost 21 days and was mentally and physically drained. This Covid-19 Virus has taken the world to its knees. After she came back home, she rested for awhile and then decided try a new job at Peru Hospital.As time progressed into July,…