Yep, we’re at it again. This time rather than going southeast we’re headed northward for a two-cruise trip (you gotta get the most out of those airplane tickets!). First, a Viking cruise around the Baltic Sea and then a Hurtigruten ferry boat trip up the coast of Norway on the North Sea (click the pictures to view in larger size):

Nothing but smooth sailing – no bumpy bus rides, not many airplane trips and only three times we have to unpack and repack our bags. What could go wrong?

You may recall that we retreated from out last adventure – the one where I spent two nights in a Cambodian hospital – with less than lion-hearted resolve. Fortunately treatment at home, culminating in a cardiac ablation procedure has – knock on wood – resolved those kinds of issues.

Just to bring you up to date on our activities since returning, we have

• Spent most of the winter, from January 16 to May 2 at our place in Sun City Center FL
• Returned to NH in March to
  • Buy a house in Melrose, MA with our daughter Rebecca. She and the two grandkids (Esme and Griffin) will be in the front house and we’ll occupy the back house.
  • Participate in various activities with all four grandkids (including Reagan and Carter)
  • Have the above-mentioned ablation procedure
• Upon our return to NH we started packing like mad so as to have everything ready for the movers before we leave on this trip May 25. So far we have enough stuff in Melrose to make that our headquarters. Everything else is in boxes and ready for the movers. We return on June 17, the movers come on June 20 and we close on our NH house (it sold in six days last week) on June 22. I think. We’ll see.

Of course we’ll be heading off for Onawa for the Fourth and be there for the rest of the summer. The usual number of visitors and lots of quality grandkid time too.

The plan this time is just like last time: daily emails alerting you to new postings (email access permitting). Let me know if you’d prefer not to be hit by the daily emails. You can just go to jonandjudy.com when/if the mood strikes you. Share the site with others as you please.