First Stop: Vancouver and a bit of sight seeing

Vancouver

Sunset

Bright Sun

Market

Driftwood Art

 

Our trip to Alaska is to celebrate 40 years of marriage!

We had dinner near the water, sunset, and the next day a tour to Stanley Park and then to board the SHIP.

Our first cruise. Wow.

The beginning of a great trip.

Gnarled Trees















My Friend Steve

Sometimes we are our own worst enemies.

I decided to go to the WDCC meeting in Milwaukee. There was to be a panel discussion on internet and facebook marketing. I thought if I could learn one thing... it would be a worthwhile trip. The meeting was to be at Mount Mary College at 5:30.
I had been there many times. Did not bring my GPS. I left my house at 4:30.... I'd be about 15 minutes late. I got off at Good Hope Road, made the turn... and the sign says Cardinal Stritch College. OOOOPs. Long story short.... with my cell phone and google, I made my way to Mount Mary where I had never been!
... I arrived at 7:30 pm....
The meeting ended at 8:00 pm.
Lesson: I should NEVER go anywhere without my little GPS.

Space Shuttle Launch

Daniel had an opportunity to attend the space shuttle launch

Our Trip to Visit Daniel

Apr 12, 2009

Wellington, FL

Ed, Daniel and I had never watched polo before. There was a tournament near Daniel in Florida. We watched from the sidelines. On Sundays, people would be sitting in the viewing stands. We met this couple parked next to us and they told us what was happpening. It is a very fast and hard to follow sport. They own several polo horses and the man used to play, but not on this level. This was a huge International Tournament. One team was Black Watch, from Caracas, Venezuela. Apparently, Black Watch is one of the top Polo teams in the world.

A few days later, 21 horses died...this was one of the teams we saw on the 12th. When we heard about the deaths on the news, we were shocked and terribly saddened to hear about this tragedy.