Getting Down to the Short Strokes

Five days and counting...From one of my favourite writers..."Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long journey that spans the continent ...Sooner or later we must realize that the true joy of life is the trip!". Anticipation is a wonderful thing!
Tickets/Travel Package have been procured...and hats off to Viking River Cruises and  Expedia CruiseShipCenters (Kanata) for excellent information ; checklists have been written and double checked; emergency information sheets have been prepared and printed in triplicate; passports are current and ready; prescriptions and meds are organized; photocopies of photocopies are up to date; instructions for the care of the house and plants completed;  all of my packing is complete, although I have not yet moved my suitcase to the front door. My partner is a little more casual about the urgency to get things packed..."It'll all be done on time", she says!
An additional exciting item has been the procurement of an iPad Mini...no big laptops for this traveller. I'll be keeping in touch with the world and blogging from my new toy...first lesson is today at the Apple Store!
To my friends who have blogged their river cruises before me...if there are last minute items about which I should be reminded...this would be a good time to do so!
Next blog..."Sitting at YOW"!
How many more sleeps?