23 DAYS TO GO !!!

Dean has a place on his desk where he is starting to get all his paperwork together in one place, so on D day (departure day) he can put it all into his carry on and head to the Amtrack Station.  Great idea ! 

Try on those clothes you are wanting to take along... will they fit?  Do they match the galoshas'?  Have you been looking at the bridge cam?  Scroll down the page about 5 inches and you will see the link.  I did  and here is the shot for Wednesday the 17th at 6:20 pm PDST.  As you can clearly see the STAR is headed pretty close to the edge of the earth !!!

I booked my reservation for the parking lot in Seattle today.  If you are driving up, you can pull up in front of the Pier 66 structure and you will see places to park while unloading your passengers and luggage.  If you are using the parking building across the highway, they will have both a shuttle as well as helpers to take you and your luggage to the Pier also.  A tip for them is in order - figure $1 a bag.

If you want to make sure your luggage tag for NCL stays with or on your bag, cover both sides with clear plastic packaging tape, punch a hole and affix it to your luggage with a plastic zip strip.  Zip strips work well on the airlines to "lock" your baggage.  If you get your stuff back with the zip strips cut off you will know TSA opened your bags.

Keep checking back here - I will update until about the 17th or so.