Wednesday January 28, 2015 Las Vegas, NV

The last day of our cruise.  They count it as a day but it is really just disembarking.  We were up at 6:30, We had to vacate the stateroom at 8.  As Platinum level Princess cruisers our place to assemble until our disembarkation group was called was in the Portofino Dining Room as opposed to the Princess Theater.  What that got us was coffee, rolls and more comfortable seating.

We disembarked about 20 minutes behind scheduled.  By the time we got through Customs and Immigration and to the airport we still had two hours until our flight.  We had corn beef sandwiches at the airport.  They cost $16 each.  They were good, but $32 was a bit  out of line, but I think we could have shared one sandwich as they were huge.  The sandwiches included potato salad and dill pickle spears.

The flight was only 1 hr. 15 min. and was uneventful, except for 1 gate change, but no time change for our departure.  Brother in law John picked us up moments after we arrived at the curb with our luggage.

This was an excellent trip.  We enjoy the days at sea and the visits to the Hawaiian Islands.  I managed to find 5 caches including the Hawaii Island Hoppers Challenge.  The Island Hopper cache was one of the main reason we choose to go on this cruise.  We did a couple of things we had never done before on cruises; we flew to the departure city the same day the cruise departed and we took an inside cabin.  We will try to avoid doing either of those in the future.

One of the highlights of this visit to the Islands was the tour of the Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park.  We had driven through the park years ago and had taken a helicopter tour over the lava flow.  Much has changed since then.  The eruptions and lava flow have changed over the years and are again threatening a town.

February will be a busy month for us.  I will be tied up with two visits a week for radiation treatments for a couple of skin cancers to be eradicated.  Our next trip will be two weeks in Cabo San Lucas starting March 9. That trip will be followed by a 10 day Mexican in April.  My blogs will start back up in March.