Alaska Day 4 May 26

We docked at Juneau about 7:00 am. Today we went on a whale quest excursion. The first thing we saw was a pod of Killer Whales. There was about 15-20 in the pod. They were spread out over a large area in groups of 3-6 whales each. The largest male was about 30 feet. We followed them for quite a while. Then we headed back north in the channel looking for hump back whales. We were about 500 yards off the coast of Admirlty Island and I was looking for bears along the bank with my binoculars when a large whale breeched right in my sights. I pointed out the whale to the captain and she turned the boat in his direction. We followed him for several minutes then went in seach of other whales. We saw 4 different whales that day. We also saw some seals and bald eagles.
When we got back to the dock, we then went to the Mendenhall glacier visitor center. We were about 1 mile away from the actual glacier but we could see little icebergs in the water that had calved off the face of the glacier. Back to the ship for a late lunch then into Juneau for shopping and site seeing.

Alaska Day 3: May 25th

Today we docked in Ketchikan, AK around 7:00 am. We did a small boat tour to the Misty Fjords. It was cool and rainy all day but it was weather we expected. Back on board the boat in time for dinner and back to sea.

Day 2: May 24th

This was a full day at sea. We found our way around the ship. We were on the Navigation deck in one of the larger balcony suites. Right across the hall was a private lounge for people on our deck. They served little snacks, tea and coffee all during the day. We took advantage of the spa with a massage. We also had a tour of the galley. Impressive.

North to Alaska

Well, our Alaskan adventure is over. Sorry I could not post whil on the road. So here is a summary of what happened.

Day 1: May 23rd

We left from Tyler's airport at 7:00 am on Sunday. We flew to DFW where we caught a plane to Vancouver, BC. We got thru customs and boarded the MS Ryndam around 3:00 pm Pacific time. The boat sailed at 5:00 pm.

Well, we are back in Tyler after a whirlwind tour of two Universal theme parks, Seaworld, and three Disney parks in six days. We went to Disney's Animal Kingdom on Thursday, Epcot on Friday, and the Magic Kingdom on Saturday. We left Orlando at 7:45 am (ET) and drove all the way arriving home at 12:45 (CT). We could have stopped at a hotel, but MY bed was calling. Sure felt good to get in it last night (oops, I mean this morning). I will try to post some photos on facebook later this week.

Seaworld

Yesterday we spent the day at Seaworld Orlando. We got to see the Shamu show at 12:30. The today we heard that one of the killer whales killed a 40 yr old trainer. Seaworld was promptly closed for the day. Good thing we went yesterday. Today it rained most of the afternoon. We spent the day shopping at the outlet mall and at the souvenir places so we don't have to pay the high prices we see at the theme parks.

Tomorrow we have to repack the car and change hotels.

Yesterday we walked around both the Universal Studios park and the Islands of Adventure park. Since this is the off season, the crowds weren't bad and we breezed through both parks between 9 and 4. Rode most of the rides and saw most of the shows. Had lunch at Bubba Gump Shrimp shack. We came back to the resort and spent 30-45 minutes in the hot tub. I crashed early. Margie fell asleep on the couch. Don't know what we will do today.

Orlando

We made it to Orlando late Saturday afternoon and got checked in to our room. Sunday morning we had to sit thru the resort's sales presentation to get our Universal passes. We brought up several things that were wrong in our room and they moved us to another building. This room is much nicer. I played golf with three guys from Ohio in the afternoon. It was very slow play and we barely finished. Today we hit Universal studios.

DisneyWorld here we come

Well, tomorrow we are off to Florida. Plan on taking in Universal Studios, DisneyWorld and Epcot over the next few days. I am also taking my golf clubs just in case. I plan of taking two days to get down there so we won't be pushing it too hard.

Finally back home from my trip to Hobbs. Margie and I went today and booked our cruise/tour to Alaska. We leave on 5/23 and cruise from Vancouver thru the inside passage to Anchorage (7 days). Then we spend 2 nights in Denali and 2 nights in Fairbanks before flying home on 6/4/10.

Hobbs Day #2

well, we finished day #2. It was a long day of reviewing wells in the SEMU and Warren Unit. Jack can not run a meeting and I had to keep us on target or we would have been there until mid night.

Hobbs

Arrived in Hobbs around 4:00 pm. Just waiting on Doug to get here to go to dinner.

This morning I am off to Hobbs, NM for my job at Conoco-Phillips. We are going to have three days of lease reviews where we go over each well looking for opportunities to improve production. I fly from Dallas to Midland-Odessa and pick up a rental car for the 2 hour drive to Hobbs.

First post

Well, we just signed up for a Disney World adventure in February. We leave on the 19th for a two day drive to Orlando