Monday Meanderings - 8.22.2016

Planes, trains, ships and automobiles. Gathered the entire family on a cruise to Alaska! Didn't start out as planned - Barb and I missed the boat, thanks to Alaska Airlines, and the kids and grand-kids sailed without us! We did manage to catch up with the boat in Juneau, and as Will said, "All's well that ends well."

By the way, cruise ships don't limit the amount of food they serve, and it was interesting to see how much teen-age boys can put away. Want another/different entree? No problem. Multiple desserts? You got it!

Alaska was wet and cool, and we brought that weather back to Texas with us. You're welcome. We've had about 7 inches of rain this past week and a few more expected, they say. Pretty nice, as long as we don't end up like Louisiana.

The Rio Olympics have concluded. Since we were cruising part of that time, we missed a lot of it, but we did see the opening and closing ceremonies (and lots of highlights). Didn't get into the Olympic junkie mode like I often do, but it's only 534 days until the Winter Olympics.

And now, in accordance with tradition, I declare the Games of the 31st  Olympiad closed, and I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in Tokyo, Japan to celebrate the Games of the 32nd Summer Olympics.