COUNTDOWN: 17 DAYS

Just over 2 weeks to go!

Flights are booked. Hotel rooms are booked. Rental car reserved.

Now it's time to start thinking about what to pack.

The first year we definitely over-packed. Last year I think we did pretty good. I hope we can do the same this year. Not only do we have to pack for the 5 days of the cruise but we also have a night in Miami pre-cruise and we are driving up to Orlando for 2 nights post-cruise. It's always a challenge to pack for a "summer" vacation in the middle of winter.

With the holiday's behind us we have been really getting into the cruise and to get us even more excited I have been listening to BNL pretty much non-stop and Amy even created a special Ships and Dip V playlist for her ipod for when she's at the gym.

2 years ago today, January 15, 2007, we set sail on the inaugural Ships and Dip cruise.

Some quick highlights from 2007:
-shipping out of Ft Lauderdale on the Carnival Legend
-surprise embarkation photo with the band
-2 sail away BNL shows on the lido deck
-dune buggy driving in Turks & Caico
-2 awesome BNL main shows
-The Vanity Projects, Thinbuckle and The Brothers Creeggan
-Guster, Gaelic Storm, Jason Plumb,
The New Odds, Oakhurst, Harland Williams
-late night all-star final night jam
-"Feliz Ships and Dip!"


There are many more but this is enough for right now to get the gist.
(one of these days we will have to transcribe our diary of events from that first cruise)

Wow! Hard to believe that is has already been 2 years since the first cruise and that we will be embarking on our 3rd "once-in-a-lifetime" cruise with BNL.

Who knows what memories Ships and Dip V will hold for us but you can be sure we will tell you all about it!!