Sanitizers and Sniffles.......

Someone must have coughed in my vicinity while I was on the cruise...or maybe it was the recirculating air on the airplane during the trip home. It could have been that I picked up this nasty virus during ONE the TWO emergency room visits we had to make....the first....while on the cruise, because Mr. Grocery Shopper BROKE HIS ANKLE while we were having a true "adventure in ziplining!" as advertised...in Ketchikan.

Truly a memorable moment.

More on that later.

Perhaps it was the stress involved in taking care of an injured traveling companion that made me a little "immune compromised."

But...I will tell you one thing. It wasn't from the fact that I DID NOT have sanitized hands.



Because I certainly had sanitized hands on the cruise as they've got one on the wall or a stand at least every 15 feet with a staff member standing over it, strongly encouraging the passengers to USE IT!

Getting off the ship, getting on the ship. Of course, it's especially important for those entering the buffet lines where it's likely the whole gastrointestinal outbreaks on ships begin. You can't get into a restaurant on board without using the handy-dandy, strategically placed hand sanitizers!

SO DAMN IT....I can't blame it on dirty hands.

Anyway....as soon as I am better I will write more and post Alaska photos!

I am back!

Stories and photos from an exciting and eventful Alaskan cruise will be forthcoming-after I rest up a bit! I seriously need a vacation from all that vacationing!

Alaska is spectacularly beautiful! Seeing Bald Eagles fly majestically overhead is commonplace!



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It's those little things that count!

Well, we're just about packed and busy finishing up last minute details before taking off tomorrow for Seattle to start the Alaskan Cruise.

I am so excited! Mr. Grocery Shopper is very excited too. Recently he had the opportunity to spend some time in one of his favorite "man" stores, Bass Pro Shop...where he made a few purchases for the trip. In addition to a two piece rainsuit that might come in handy on one of his Salmon/Halibut fishing trips, he got one of these nifty little thingys.......




Just in case you are like me and don't spend a lot of time in those kind of stores, I will explain what that is.....

It's a head lamp...kinda, sorta like what a miner might wear while deep down in the dark depths of the earth!

Stylish, huh!

I'll tell you, that Mr. Grocery Shopper is always thinkin'! He says he got it just in case we hit a glacier and have to jump on a lifeboat!

They'll be sure to find us with that beacon on his head!

Wellllllll, it could happen! ;)

But, seriously....I think it's daylight for about 23 hours a day right now in Alaska..isn't it?

He may need to save that handy-dandy headlamp for working underneath his Jeep after all!