The first full day on the cruise and the first full day with absolutely no obligations! We slept late and spent the day reading and relaxing and visiting the spa. It is so nice to have no obligations in front of us more important than getting to a tour on time for more than two weeks. Our first visit to the spa was successful for both of us with good massages to rub away the stress of usual life. My achy shoulder is starting to feel better. We each have two mor...

Slept late, but still woke up in time for breakfast in the hotel. The omelet was good, and I had a nice yogurt drink, but I avoided most of the rest of the buffet not wanting to share germs with the other hotels guests. We'll have to see if I can avoid buffets on this trip. That may not be completely possible, but I will try. Our missing luggage still had not arrived in the morning, but the concierge made a phone call to the airline to check on it for us. They h...

First flight from ABQ to ORD was delayed because of "mechanical" problems. One of the on-board computers was not functioning correctly. It caused an hour and a half delay leaving Albuquerque. We had a scheduled two-hour layover in Chicago, but still missed the connection. We had to wait in the penalty box on the tarmac in Chicago for about twenty minutes before our plane could get to an open gate. When we deplaned, we saw on the departures screen that our flight ...

Chico picked us up for the return ride to the airport in San Jose. He said that it should take about an hour and a half to get there, and he was right. However, he wanted to allow three hours in case there were any traffic problems on the rode so we arrived very early for the flight. He offered to drive us around the city, but there wasn't enough time to stop at a museum or anyplace else, so we just went on to the airport. On the way Erin and I took photos of roa...

Today we spent the day relaxing. Philip had work to do on the computer so Erin and I explored the resort some more. We spent time on the beach and had lunch at the snack bar (hamburgers and pizza) followed by dessert in the regular restaurant. We planned to do a couple of things from the list of daily activities, but we just never made it. I forgot about going to the decorative towel folding lesson--I guess we were "busy" watching the waves. Then Erin and I were ...