I owe all of you here a big thank you. I hope I spell your names right and to those who I don't remember names please don't think rude of me but my head is still spinning from the beauty of Alsaka and my nerves of the trip.

To Masaki, thank you and the pilot (captin joe?) for helping me with my ear problems and everyone else who talked to me about ear planes.

To those who suggested hubby take the bridge tour and for me the galley tour, thank you, very enjoyable to see.

To a lady named CJ who talked to me on another board but comes here also, who told me to throw in that jeweled cashmere twinset, right on the money CJ,

To everyone who encouraged me I say THANK YOU.

I'm not sure I would have gone in the last minute would I have not chatted with all of you about my ear and phone issues.

To those that reassured me about my phone concerns THANK YOU.

As I said, I almost backed out in the last min. I handed hubby the cruise docs and said, I'll wait here at the Pan Pacific. My mom, finally convinced me long distance and hubby, and hubby kept reminding me of what I told him y'all said about phones.

When I got to Alaska in Ketchikan first port as we pulled in I cried. I cried when I put my two feet on Alaskan soil in Ketchikan and gave thanks for being able to make the trip and be in Alaska.

And now I want to give thanks to all of you, for listening to me, for calming me, for helping me and for your advice.

I hope you will allow me to continue to be a part of this group as I do enjoy hearing about all your travels.

Petlover (Marcie?) I read your journal on your round the world cruise and I loved every word.

I must say to all of you who may be older than hubby and myself, and to those who are younger or the same age, I give y'all a lot of credit for the way you travel, it was a whirlwind and the movie "If it's tuesday it must be Belgium" came to mind over and over. I travelled a lot but never like this, a different city every day that I wanted to visit. I don't think I could have gotten off the plane and onto the ship the same day nor could I have gotten off the ship and run to the airport either or even the next day.

For me, the choices we made was right for us. My choices are certainly not for everyone, but in the end I know I made the right ones for us. The extra money for first class air was worth it for hubby and myself. Hubby actually could move his legs and we were happy with priority baggage, getting off the plane etc.

With that I say THANK YOU again, and I hope to continue to be part of this group. With that I say, if it's saturday, it must be Montreal.

:) )))