December 21, 2013
Desert Hot Springs, California
Today is the first day of winter in the Northern
Hemisphere. It is the shortest day of
the year.
We are trying to get all of our last-minute bill-paying and packing
done in preparation for our latest adventure.
An old friend, Gary, arrives today to act as a cat sitter and house
sitter. I hope Ocho, our black Persian,
doesn’t terrorize him too much.
Today is a typical winter day in the Palm
Springs area.
It is a mild morning with blue, sunny skies and very little wind. You couldn’t ask for better weather. We fly to Florida
tomorrow to embark on our cruise.
Unfortunately, the weather forecast for much of the US
is not promising and we hope that we can get to Florida
by Monday, when our cruise departs. This
is also one of the busiest air travel weekends in the USA. We are especially concerned about making our
connection in Minneapolis. I guess whatever happens will happen.
We will be working as lecturers on two separate 14 day back-to-back
cruises which will leave Ft. Lauderdale
on Monday and end in Manaus, Brazil,
1000 miles up the Amazon.
We have three ports of call in the Caribbean,
a stop at Devil’s Island, French Guiana,
and four stops in the Amazon. We will
spend Christmas and New Year’s Day at sea on the southbound trip. Our ship, the
Pacific Princess, will offload its passengers
in Manaus and bring on a new load
of passengers on our northbound voyage.
We sincerely hope that Murphy’s Law does not kick in for us
on this trip. We will try to update this
blog when possible.
Smooth sailing and Happy New Year.
John and Donna
You might be able to catch us during our travels on Skype at j.mollan
Minneapolis forecast
| SUNDAY | SUNDAY NIGHT | MONDAY | MONDAY NIGHT | ||
 | |  | | |  |
| Cloudy | Cloudy | Snow | Snow | Chance Of Snow | Mostly Clear |
| Hi: 19°F | Lo: 14°F | Hi: 17°F | Lo: -6°F | Hi: 4°F | Lo: -14°F |
| POP: 70% | POP: 60% | POP: 20% |
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