Saturday, Day 140 - May 26 - Los Angeles CA to Houston TX
Today is a travel day and another pretty day. We have breakfast at the hotel and head for the airport. Our flight is at 11:10AM. It is a 30 minute drive to the airport where we drop the car, transfer to the airport and get checked in. Carolyn looks so much like a terrorist they nearly do a strip search going through the x-ray. How we hate flying!! We get to the gate about five minutes before they start the early boarding.
We are flying first class on the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner thanks to points. It is a very comfortable 3 ½ hour flight into Houston. At 4:30PM Dick finds our daughter waiting for us at baggage claim and we are soon on our way to her home where we take the family out to dinner and then head home, about an hour’s drive away.
We are safely home by 9PM, very ready to sleep in our own bed after 140 days!
Dick's Birthday is May 28th and our 53rd Anniversary is May 29th. Our sweet daughter left us a welcome home surprise. It is good to be HOME!
We will do one more post on our thoughts about this wonderful journey and it was a journey, our third around the world. Carolyn loved every minute and Dick enjoyed it, but would rather have more freedom than 137 days on a ship allows. We also have some comments about Regent and our experiences on the Navigator, the good and the bad....there was both. In fairness to Regent, we need to get a little past the AC situation and weigh the whole of the cruise without the discomfort of the last six weeks so fresh in our minds.
Welcome home to the Texas heat! Have thoroughly enjoyed your blog...many thanks to you for my daily entertainment. Can't wait to read your synopsis.
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We are on Navigator in July 2019 for 20 days. Right now in 605, not many choices available when we booked. Hoping we can change, especially after reading your comments. What areas of the ship would be better? This is a Northern Europe itinerary, and I like cool. Glad you are home safely, will miss reading this blog. Thank you! Jan Johnson (briar14)
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DeleteSorry about the late reply. It has been hard to get back in the grove after so long on the ship!!
You may be alright in 605...the northern Europe itinerary is much less humid and cooler than the tropics! But if you could move to the first 2 or 3 cabins closest to the elevator that might be better, it was always cooler at that end of the hall since that is the beginning of the AC run for the deck 6 cabins.
I love the Navigator. It is small and has a wonderful family feel to it even though we were uncomfortable in the cabin at times. I will say Regent has attempted to make that part right for us.
Enjoy your cruise! That is a good itinerary...one we would like to do again.
Thanks so much for your wonderful colour commentary! Very much enjoyed the journey!
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed this, thanks for blogging!
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