Hi everyone! I'm guessing that Tom and I may be the first ones home (?) as we had a non-stop from Anchorage to LAX (still a long 5 1/2 hour flight!). The Kimmi's were also on our plane but they had 2 more transfers before getting to Ft. Lauderdale.

We had a great week, that's for sure but problems upon arriving at LAX....the car wouldn't start! We called AAA assuming our battery was dead after sitting for 9 days. Unfortunately that wasn't the problem and we had to have it towed to a near-by garage to LAX and rented a car to get home. We walked in the door at 3:00am...one long day! We'll have to hassle with the car today.

One of our dogs was happy to great us at 3:00am but our other dog, Mr. Magoo was no where to be seen. This morning I've learned that he is at the Vet's. Jill noticed yesterday that he was in great pain and couldn't walk so she took him to the Vet for X-rays etc. I won't know more until the Vet opens up today but the immediate opinion of the Vet was that he will require back surgery. My poor baby!

We had a large package waiting for us here from Regent. Hmmmmmmmm?? I opened it to find 2 of their beautiful thick plush robes like we have in the cabins and a thank you note for doing the South America circumnavigation cruise. Now that was a wonderful surprise!! :)

The outcome of the Alaska cruise (this may already have been posted but we were the last ones off the ship yesterday): The cruise was scheduled to go yesterday with the pod 70% fixed. Hubbard Glacier, Skagway and Sitka were all scratched! Juneau and Ketchikan are the only 2 ports with 3 sea days. I'm guessing there are some unhappy cruisers onboard right now. I'll be anxious to find out what type of compensation they receive. Are any LCTers on that cruise?

Although we arrived home to problems, especially with Mr. Magoo, we had the most wonderful of wonderful weeks on MUSH!!!