THE CLOSET SAFARI

Everybody knows
A little place like Kokomo
Now if you wanna go
And get away from it all
Go down to Kokomo

Well now Dear Hearts and Innocent Bystanders - Wonders never Cease!!!!

Another NOWAT Pre-trip record has been set!

She has NOT made multiple trips for this and that and SHOES etc. this week. In fact, she has been a very good little Dragon Lady and also not done the:

          Put it on the bed

          Put it back in the closet

          Put somethin’ else on the bed
          I put it in the Bag
          She takes it outta the bag

Otherwise known in the past as:

“The Packing Ballet”

No… as it has it,  Mall safari’s have been out of the question {thanks to the constant distraction of two very Hyper Grandsons} she hasn’t had time to do much of anything else in the way of planning for this trip and that’s probably a good thing.

HOWEVER… that leaves all the planning to the Wacky American Tourist and you know what kind of trouble that can get her into . 

[Remember Zip Lines and wobbly Rope Bridges in Alaska?]

NOW... Think Pirate Ships, large quantities of Rum concoctions, a Rope swinging from the yard arm into the bay, lots of shrieking – ooooffffing and eeeeekiing etc…

Yeah, that kinda stuff.

And apparently she wont be alone.  Several hardy souls from the Roll Call have also committed to Jolly Pirates in Aruba and all the above as well as a few other active excursions that will involve snorkels, stingrays, more  rum concoctions and considering the average age of this crowd… this will prove to be VERY interesting. I'm thinking lots of Video, extra Memory Cards and Batteries and YouTube subscriptions.  

Hey - Who Doesn't Want their Birthday Bash on a Pirate Ship posted for the World to snicker....errr... uhhh... enjoy!

AS luck will have it, Yesterday was #2 Grandson Jonathan’s 6^th Birthday – so a little pre-party cake was had just to acknowledge his special day [of course at least ONE present was opened] and a larger Family BBQ is planned for Saturday - Even Tio Brian drove in from Atlanta {albeit to house/dog sit as well}, Tio Henry will be off and who knows who else will be dropping in so it will be a grand day for our Special Little Man. 

Which of course, does not give Chucky much time to get the packing done and double check the multiple ToDo Lists laying around, but hey… what's a Trip without Chaos - and missing hair-dryers.  {oh You know its gonna get asked - its's a ritual}

He may or may not get around to composing posting the Usual Departure Chaos but since we have Priority boarding bought and paid for which has us at the Port at 11:30AM, it may have to come later.  

Which brings up a very important 

*** ADVISORY.***

In the past we have been able to post NOWAT episodes on the fly from where-ever, however, MEDCRUISE 2008 showed us that uploading, editing and adding pictures was a bit of a challenge while on ship with the 

V E R Y   S L O W and V E R Y   E X P E N S I V E Internet connection. And… since most of our time on shore is pretty much accounted for in tours or excursions, there wont be time to locate Internet Access and get it all done there Sooooooo…..

The Departure episode not withstanding - This may be the first – All Composed on the Fly – but Posted after we return NOWAT in Chronological order with pictures etc.

Time will tell and most certainly will He.

Ok… gotta go, she is signaling she has given up the fight, what's on the bed is what goes [for now] so I'll try to get a head start on stuffing the LUGGAGE and see how it goes.

Wish me luck… I just looked at the bed and I'm “Gonna Need a Bigger Boat”  – Errr.. uh.. Suitcase.  {Hummmmmm}

Aruba, Jamaica, Ooh I wanna take ya...

Ciao 4 Now,

Uncle Chuck & The Ready for FruFru Drinks and Sunscreen

Dragon Lady