6.1.9 The D.L.D.A. Tour Begins Here

And so it begins again dear hearts

and innocent bystanders...

After last years hectic MedCruise itinerary and continent hopping adventure, accompanied by two peripatetic retired school teachers from Cleveland, [say that three times fast after a few beers] who were a wealth of detailed information along the way, you may have thought your favorite traveling WACKOS would slow down for a year or two, or at least until Dragon Lady’s scheduled retirement in 2010.

But Nooooooooo!!!

MA BELLE [a/k/a AT&T] had a different idea and late in 2008 launched their plan to purge their ranks of the more experienced and better qualified BellSouth “Old Guarde” in favor of émigrés from AT&T.

Sooooo, as of 01.01.2009, Dragon Chic was freed of the 35 year yoke of servitude and well into to her new job...

FULL TIME GRANDMA.

[go ahead... ask to see the pictures]

Oh well, AT&T's loss, is the REAL world and NOWAT’s gain.

And since The D.L.’s plan has always been to "See The USA" 

upon her retirement...the

“DRAGON LADY DOES AMERICA”

Tour begins here and now, so without further ado...
Welcome Aboard:

NOWAT ALASKA 2009

A 7 day round trip Alaskan cruise aboard Holland America’s WESTERDAM -one of those DAM ships .

After shopping the itineraries and schedules of the usual suspects, Carnival, RCCL, Princess and Celebrity, et al, we chose Holland America upon recommendations of friends that had good experiences with them, and... because we’ve never sailed with them yet.

And wonder of wonder... No Girare-u’s [u-turns] are expected, mainly because no rental cars are planned this time out, but there may be a float plane, helicopter or even a Dog Sled involved in one or more of the excursions onto the glaciers.

Itinerary:
Jun 21 Seattle, Washington
Jun 22 At Sea
Jun 23 Cruise Glacier Bay
Jun 24 Juneau, Alaska
Jun 25 Sitka, Alaska
Jun 26 Ketchikan, Alaska

Jun 27 Victoria, British Columbia

Jun 28 Seattle, Washington

One anticipated highlight: we hope to hook up with a favorite MHS Class of '60 pal Earl Sedlik and his Lovely Wife Charyl K for a whirlwind tour of Seattle's favorite toursit attactions either before or after the cruise... those plans are still up for grabs.

And lastly, we are told decent Internet Acess aboard the Westerdam will be limited to certain public areas [the cabins supposedly have "Dial Up"] so we expect to use the G-Mail account to upload to the Blog and send alerts. Hopefully it will be better than MedCruise's debacles. [Dial UP?!?!?]

So sit back, pour another glass of your favorite beverage, and enjoy traveling the Great White North with the Wacky American Tourist and the Ever Lovely, and shivering already,Dragon Lady.

We promise you, it will be Anything but boring.

Ciao 4 Now,

Chuck and the pulling out every sweater she owns, 

Dragon Lady