Panama Canal Cruise Begins

We left Arizona City yesterday and drove to San Pedro California. We left our black fur ball Cookie and our motorhome with our friends, Barb and Roger. Cookie will be very spoiled when we return. Thank you so much, Barb and Roger. We stayed at the Doubletree Hotel next to the Cabrillo Marina, so enjoyed a nice walk yesterday admiring all of the boats. This hotel has quite a deal for cruise ship guests - place to leave your vehicle, bottle of champagne or sparkling cider, cookies, newspaper and a full buffet breakfast all for a very reasonable price that is less than leaving your vehicle at the cruise ship port. The hotel is a 10 minute walk from where our daughter Karen used to live. We will catch the free shuttle to the cruise ship terminal later this morning and board our ship, the Island Princess. We leave on the ship at 4:00 this afternoon and boy are we excited - we managed to get an upgrade from interior to a balcony at no additional cost and we will really enjoy sitting out and watching everything, especially the transit of the canal which will be an all day affair!! We will not have any computer while on the ship, so we will post again soon after our return on May 10. Enjoy.............