Volume 24 Issue 2

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be secure.
May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels."
For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, "Peace be within you."
For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.”

Psalm 122:6-9

I am keeping the Bible verse on until these wars end. With Israel and Ukraine fighting they still need our prayers for an end to their wars.

We had a great time on our 3 cruises, Holland America and 2 Disney. The weather was fantastic, which is why we go to Florida almost every year. However, next year will be Australia and New Zealand, rather than the Oregon coast.

Less than 3 weeks to our Marching to the Ocean 2-2026 trip. Hopefully the weather is nice, since it is only February. We will have to try out the hot tub this time.

Ray and I are adding a round trip from San Diego to Mexico and back for the California Parks and Mexican Cruise in April. We decided to get a few more national park stamps in my book from Death Valley, Joshua Trees and Channel Islands National Parks.

Then in May we will fly to Fairbanks to see the North Pole, Mt Denali National Park, Anchorage, and Kenai National Park before taking a cruise to Hubbard Glacier, Skagway, Juneau, Icy Strait, and Ketchikan for The Real Alaska trip. This adds two more stamps in my book.

We are thinking of retrying to do the Canada trip we missed last year August this August.

Finally in September Paul will join us for the Dolly and Smoky trip to Dollywood, Great Smoky Mountain and as an added bonus, the Biltmore Mansion. There is still time to join us for this one.

It is time to look at excursions for the Aussies and Kiwis Galore cruise from Sydney, Australia going around New Zealand. I have included all the possible shore excursions, along with the times and prices. Remember these are Australian prices. For instance $100 Australia dollars is only $65 US dollars. You will need to pay this cruise off by October 2026 and book shore excursions as soon as you can. We will talk about this at the ocean.

I am working on an 10 National Park's trip called Midwest National Parks for fall of 2027. I can get more stamps in my national park book. Let me know if you are interested.

Take a peek at all these adventures. Then join us where you can.

Love, Sherry

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