Wedding Bells

November 2012 brought another trip north to New England. Our daughter Sarah and her fiancé, Eric, planned to marry& honeymoon in St Lucia then return home to Newport and host a party in Providence. So once again we made the trek north...this time travelling on the Amtrak auto train. this train leaves Sanford, FL just 1 hour from our house and goes overnight to Lorton, VA. Once there we have an 8 hour drive to Newport. This saves us about 11 hours driving time. Once aboard you are treated to a lovely meal in the dining car and retire to you sleeping accomodations. They are a little tight but adequate for 1 night.

Dining car

Sleeper cars

         

Unloading the cars

Once in Newport we stayed at Sarah's house while they were in St Lucia. The next day we drove to Logan airport to pick up Peter's cousin, Judy, from the UK and her daughter & granddaughter, Anna Louise & Olivia. They stayed with us at Sarah's house for a few days before the wedding. When Sarah and Eric came home from St Lucia we all moved to the Newport Marriot. On Sunday morning after pictures we all rode a bus to Providence. It was quite a party!

Arrrgh!!!

Arrrgh!!  Aboard Monarch of the Seas

We had a very busy 7 months in our home in Florida.  The "fall was spent getting our boat stuff unpacked and put away and putting the house in order.  Then it was time to renew friendships and the annual Disney pass. After a week or so we went to visit our friends Fred and Verena to see what they were up to. Another cruise was planned for the end of September so Verena wanted us to go with them. Of course we said no...after being aboard Kinvara for 5 months we were looking forward to being land bound.  Until......Verena googled the website and we found a last minute deal on the sailing for $119 per person.  Needless to say 2 weeks later we were aboard Royal Caribbeans Monarch of the Seas headed to the Bahamas. We even visited with Peter's friend Ian Kelly in Nassau for an afternoon.