On 9/29/2011 9:32 AM, Chrissy Cruiser wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:33:21 -0400, Old Sarge wrote:

>

>> my dream cruise is to go through the Panama Canal and disembark

>> in Seattle. The port of embarkation is not important, but if it was

>> Galveston, we would drive to the port.  No more Miami port driving for us.

>>

>> I want to visit as many South American ports as possible, especially

>> Rio. Cabo San Lucas would only permit us to visit our timeshare there

>> for a day and maybe make a COSTCO run (smile).

>

>> I want to sail through the Canal and up the coast to Seattle with stops

>> possibly in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and getting off in

>> Seattle where we have a lot of friends to visit.  It's also an easy

>> non-stop flight back home from there.

>

> So you want to embark off the Gulf, run down the eastern coast of SA,

> turn around, go thru the PC and up the western coast of the US. Think

> about that.

>

> Your best bet is to make this two cruises, back-to-back or as close as

> b2b as possible. The first being the SA part, the second a PC passing

> thru part.

>

I'm still looking at the possibilities.  Back to back would be nice but 

I don't think the wife would be able to stand so many sea days.  There 

are a lot of options available.  If I wasn't hooked up, I would be 

looking at a possible freighter cruise and bring along a satellite dish 

for my internet (smile).  My step father worked on freighters and I 

would pick him up at the pier in San Francisco when he came in.  We 

would have supper on the ship (he was a waiter).  Better food than on 

any cruise ship.  My reward for picking him up was to sling him over my 

shoulder and carry his drunk butt up the stairs at home.

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