Well, an update on my end...

I may not be able to do the Canopy or the Horseback this time around. I have a spigelian hernia that developed sometime after I had Alexandra last year...well..it is getting bigger and more painful I will have to have surgery for it in the next month or so...however, I think if I do it before the cruise it will certianly put a damper on the entire experience, so I will go in for surgery the following Tuesday of our return.

I'm sure the surgeon will tell me it would still be okay if I did the Canopy and Horseback riding, but I think I want to play it safe. I have been travelling up to Seattle a couple a days a week since late August and with all the running around with my carry ons, I can tell it is getting aggravated...so I will probably take the opportunity to take naps again the afternoon (what a treat!)

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends ~~M. Angelou~~