Paradise

Hello, Today is the day when Andy and Terry board the Carnival cruise ship, Paradise, to visit Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico. 


They will return  in four days. 


See you then.

Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

Before the Beach Boys concert begins, Terry wants to see the new Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge that was just completed last month.


So Andy takes her out past Henderson, Nevada to see this new piece of construction.


It is also called the Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge after the Arizona Cardinal football player who enlisted in the army and was killed in Afghanistan in 2004.




The new bridge takes highway traffic away from the narrow road which runs across the top of the dam.

Here is what they saw on a windy day at the Hoover Dam.

Beach Boys

This Friday, Andy and Terry will be traveling back to Nevada to see the Beach Boys in concert at Buffalo Bill's Resort. It will be a short, weekend trip.


After Thanksgiving they are due to board the Carnival ship, Paradise for a four night cruise close to home. They will be stopping at Catalina Island and in Ensenada, Mexico... and "No" This is NOT the Carnival ship that was stranded off the coast of Mexico last week. Same company, different ship.


However, they WERE on the Carnival Splendor back on November 23 of 2009, a year before it became (in)famous for becoming stranded. It is a very nice ship.