garneska
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2003
I know this is not a Disney Trip report but most of you know we were taking a big family vacation. I thought I would briefly share it with you guys.
The background:
In Sep 2013, Mallory was going back and forth to Auburn to figure out what was going on with her foot. At that time we went on a family cruise to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. Mallory was still running and playing, so the dogs were staying at with my brother. They had a fenced yard, it was all good.
The plan was to take a cruise for Bert’s parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, which would be June 2019, the thought was Mallory would not be with us. While Mallory has slowed down tremendously, is not able to walk much, and has a wound, thankfully she is still with us. Well we had a cruise to take. Bert and I decided since we have not vacationed without the dogs since Sep 2013, we were going to do it right. We went on an all inclusive Crystal Cruise that went from San Francisco up the coast to Vancouver. Mallory had two very special friends, she had not met, come to play with her while we were gone. I will admit I was nervous, but our friends are very compassionate, love animals, and one has a nursing degree (benefit for the wound care).
We set off for San Francisco on Father’s Day. We flew direct to SFO. The only snafu was my mom’s luggage did not make the flight. The good thing, it was in flight already on the next one. Delta delivered it to the hotel at 9 pm PST, the phone scared the crap out of me. I was asleep. I had not slept great all week before the cruise, so I was miserable.
On Monday, Bert’s dad, Bert and I went to Alcatraz. I left them a little early so I could go back to the hotel and pick up the others and Ubered to the port. There we all met up and got on the boat for lunch. The boat was not leaving SF until Tuesday at 6 pm. Bert and I had big plans for Tuesday. We rented a convertible to drive to the Wine Country. Sonoma County to be exact. We went to two wineries, Paul Hobbs and Dutton Goldfield.
I have no idea how to flip the car. But we had a cool car.
The background:
In Sep 2013, Mallory was going back and forth to Auburn to figure out what was going on with her foot. At that time we went on a family cruise to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. Mallory was still running and playing, so the dogs were staying at with my brother. They had a fenced yard, it was all good.
The plan was to take a cruise for Bert’s parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, which would be June 2019, the thought was Mallory would not be with us. While Mallory has slowed down tremendously, is not able to walk much, and has a wound, thankfully she is still with us. Well we had a cruise to take. Bert and I decided since we have not vacationed without the dogs since Sep 2013, we were going to do it right. We went on an all inclusive Crystal Cruise that went from San Francisco up the coast to Vancouver. Mallory had two very special friends, she had not met, come to play with her while we were gone. I will admit I was nervous, but our friends are very compassionate, love animals, and one has a nursing degree (benefit for the wound care).
We set off for San Francisco on Father’s Day. We flew direct to SFO. The only snafu was my mom’s luggage did not make the flight. The good thing, it was in flight already on the next one. Delta delivered it to the hotel at 9 pm PST, the phone scared the crap out of me. I was asleep. I had not slept great all week before the cruise, so I was miserable.
On Monday, Bert’s dad, Bert and I went to Alcatraz. I left them a little early so I could go back to the hotel and pick up the others and Ubered to the port. There we all met up and got on the boat for lunch. The boat was not leaving SF until Tuesday at 6 pm. Bert and I had big plans for Tuesday. We rented a convertible to drive to the Wine Country. Sonoma County to be exact. We went to two wineries, Paul Hobbs and Dutton Goldfield.
I have no idea how to flip the car. But we had a cool car.