Craig and I set sail on a the BookWise cruise today, June 14th, 2008. We won a trip for one so it was nice not having to pay for the entire trip ourselves. This was our first vacation in years and the first one Craig and I had been on together (without kids) in seventeen years. (Well, except for some camping trips 17 years ago).

We left Salt Lake City a little after six o’clock in the morning and had a lay-over in Las Vegas, NV. There is where we met up with some BookWise affiliates, Christine and Dave, and got to know them a little better. We arrived in San Diego around 11:00 a.m. and headed for the pier. Some time later we boarded our ship, the Elation with Carnival cruise lines. We dropped off our bags in our room and headed straight for the buffet for lunch.

As we were leaving port, around 4:00 PM, we…

enjoyed the view of the San Diego Skyline …

we watched the Navy in action…

and we watched the seals sunbathing, on a cloudy day.

That night we enjoyed dinner in the formal dining room and saw a shark right outside our window…

we watched Stan and Roslyn enjoy some dancing…

and most of us sang a little karaoke together.

But my favorite part was that I just sat back and relaxed. And honestly, it was probably the first time in years.

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