HOME - Longboat Key, Florida - May 7, 2012

A last update......we did make it home after a long travel day on Friday, May 4.  Friends picked us up at the airport and we enjoyed a nice dinner together at our favorite restaurant Pattigeorges.  Saturday was tackle the mail, drive the cars and unpack the small bags we brought with us.  Our other 4 bags were being shipped so we won't be dealing with all of that until later this week.  Lynn is still suffering from the cold and is going to the doctor today in between her to dos.  Steve is settling back into his office and tackling the many to dos that awaited us upon coming home.

It's Monday and it almost seems like a dream that we did the World Cruise.  It was special and  a wonderful trip... now we will slowly re-enter our real life here on land.  We are very happy to connect with Geoff and Lesley and our friends 'live'.

Again, thanks to all who have journeyed with us.  We love being connected to you while on our trips.
This is not the end of our blogging - just the end of this trip.  We will be blogging on our other site once we start our national parks trips again.  You can follow us at -

http://amboomerwilltravel.blogspot.com/

Peace.

New York, New York - May 4, 2012

The ship is under the bridge and we are getting ready to dock in Brooklyn. What an adventure! Thank you all for joining us on the cruise. Happy travels! Next blog - back to national parks! Stay tuned.

At Sea Queen Mary 2 Westbound - April 30 - May 2, 2012

The Atlantic Ocean continues to be kind to the ship with calm seas and fairly clear weather.  Sea Temp is 54.7 and the air temp is 59, reasonably consistently since we left.  Lynn caught the “ship’s cold” so no gym: it would be extremely annoying to everyone else if Lynn was coughing all over the equipment. Walking the deck is the alternative and fairly easy when the seas are calm.  The seas picked up on May 1 and there were squalls.  Today all is calm again.  This ship really can sail the seas!  We looked up the dates on our last cruise across in 2007 to confirm that this trip is taking one day longer.  Not sure why - maybe they are allowing for seasonal weather conditions that would delay the ship’s arrival.   

We celebrated our 24^th wedding anniversary April 30^th in the dining room, then again at the onboard Todd English restaurant on May 1, with cruise buddies John & Eve.  Former President Bush and Barbara came in together while we were eating to enjoy their dinner as well.  Thank goodness no one went paparazzi on them and they were able to enjoy and intimate meal in the Todd English restaurant (yes, the Secret Service was sitting nearby).

There are many different ages of passengers on the QM2.  There was another wedding and we also see many young people working on their computers around the ship.  This morning, we see a man walking around in his NYC trench coat like he is going to work?  We were told that there are 1,000 USA, 800 British and 200 Canadians onboard, with the rest a mix of other, mostly European, nationalities.

Tonight is our last formal night.  We have done everyone – no wimping out.  We now frequently see some of our fellow world cruisers walking towards the buffet in casual clothes – they gave up!  This is also the night that the head chef and his galley staff march through the dining room for their recognition.  Who is going to cook for us at home?  Let alone there is no grocery store open on Longboat Key while they rebuild!

Two more days until we are home; this part of our cruise is getting us ready for that reality.  A good example is filling out our custom declaration form for our arrival.  Now that’s reality!