The Sound Of Silence Competition!

Quote by verbal
Unplugged in the Smokies sounds wonderfu

Indeed. Loved my trip to the Smokies but mine was not unplugged.

Watching and waiting from down here in the Caribbean. Visiting the USVI tomorrow (for the second time. It's a popular cruise stop.)

Glad to hear you're having fun, Mendalla! We've been to the USVI as well as the BVI, and enjoyed both, although truth to tell, we prefer being at sea to all these annoying hop-and-stop cruises.

Our favourite cruise was a Panama Canal transit, from San Diego to Port Canaveral in Florida. It was a 14-day cruise, with what was supposed to be 4 stops, including the tip of the Baja Peninsula, and Puerta Vallarta. However, instead we went through two Pacific hurricanes and a tropical depression. One of the hurricanes hit both Baja and Puerta Vallarta, so both of those port visits were canceled. Instead, we had 9 straight sea days – and loved it.

Well, on one of the days, the waves were kinda rough, which didn't bother me, but Lady Jay, just that once, stayed in our cabin when I went to dinner. Only about half of the passengers wanted to eat, for some reason.

I had no trouble because I worked on a ship for a year between high school and university. I've been sea sick once, on the second day of that year, and never since.

It was a wonderful cruise, and we truly enjoyed the Canal transit.

Quote by JamesPBear
Our favourite cruise was a Panama Canal transit, from San Diego to Port Canaveral in Florida.

My boss is a hardcore cruiser. As in most of his vacations involve large ships. He has a canal transit booked for Fall, I think, and he is actually taking the cruise I am on now next year. We swap notes a lot but it rare for me to be the first to take an itinerary. We are eyeing Hawaii out of LA (5 sea days each way) based on his review.