24 July, Friday

LAST DAY OF CRUISE/TOUR. Bummer time to head back to the lower 48 and initially the rat race of Seattle. Will seem real busy after the laid back atmosphere of Fairbanks. Slept in this morn and then packed for the trip home. After all that we headed downtown to see what it looked like. It was really desolate even though it was a Friday and the start of Golden Days. We hit some of the shops and ate at one of the better café’s.

Took the shuttle back to the Princess Lodge, retrieved our bags and waited for the bus to take us to the airport. According to the phone girl there were plenty of open seats. We wrestled the luggage, unlike the real cruise passengers, and finally got to the ticket counter. YEAH< YEAH< we got a seat, actually two. Checked the bags and proceeded thru security and up to the waiting area. Made an important phone call to Myron, so that he would know we got on the flight. Now we are on the home bound leg. AND the Captain just announced that because of winds and the Military area being closed we are going to arrive 20 minutes early.

This is the last blog of the cruise/tour portion of our summer trip. We will have pictures posted as quickly as possible. We will continue the blog as we move away from Puyallup and onto points East. The next day or two will be busy restocking the coach, picking up the dog and getting things ready to go. We have a new toilet scheduled to be installed on Monday and the awning fixed. Then OFF we go.