We went to an early breakfast and while we were eating, they came on the intercom and said that we would be delayed an hour due to fog. However, we were supposed to be out of our room by 8:00 a.m., so we got our bags and headed down to where we were supposed to wait for disembarkation. The place was PACKED! It was utter chaos and even though we were told we would be in the last group of walkers carrying their own bags, they told us to go ahead and get in line. Th...

Mike and Pam came by our apartment, picked us up and away we went to the Port of Houston. We had prepaid parking and had a bit of a wait to get through the line and park, but it all went smoothly. We got very excited when we arrived and saw the ship...it's quite impressive! We did get a laugh when we saw that the "covered parking" was actually guys putting a cover on your car! I can't remember what the additional charge was for this, but it was pretty hefty. We...

Ashley picked me up at the apt at 5:15 am and we headed off to Hobby Airport -- Wally Park -- to be exact. Their shuttle picked us right up and dropped us off without any hiccups. I had a TSA Precheck boarding pass, so I headed past all the others waiting in a fairly long line with my carryon bags. Got thru security only to find out that BOTH of my bags had to be searched. :(( this turned out to take about 5-10 minutes, and by the time I was cleared to go, my fli...

Rich leaves for work at 5:15 am and as he was leaving, Kateva woke up and our day began. After all the routine morning stuff, we were on our way. We had smooth sailing until we were about six miles outside of Baton Rouge and then it was dead stopped. It took us about an hour to get over the bridge and my nerves were just about shot by then. Traffic was very heavy coming into the city--lots of activities going on and our hotel is very near the convention center...

Marcy picked me up about 1:00 at my apartment and we were off on our Parisian adventure. We parked & caught the shuttle to the terminal without any delays...breezed through security with our carryon luggage, (yes, carryon for a week's vacation in the winter!) and browsed through the terminal stores for some snacks to take on the plane. We were both so excited although Marcy had caught an awful cold--but she was prepared with lots of medications and tissues. ...