Brrrrr. It looks COLD up there.

Resident 2B · 02-12-2008, 01:58 AM

I start my annual N. E. Weather vacation this Thursday. We are off on a 10 day boat ride to several islands in the eastern and southern Caribbean. Gee, I hate to leave such a great winter weather area, especially this winter, but I need a boat ride, bigtime!

Unfortunately, the charge for internet usage on the ship is too excessive for me to do much more than to quickly check my email a few times. As a result, no time to download model info or to take a guess at what the weather will do.

I'll be back at the end of the month, hopefully with spring in tow. By then, we should be focused on safely melting all this snow. CLA noted on another thread we have a very wet snowpack, actually a huge frozen sponge, that has to be slowly melted or we have big problems.

Best to all!

R2B

Blue Thunder · 02-12-2008, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Resident 2B

I start my annual N. E. Weather vacation this Thursday. We are off on a 10 day boat ride to several islands in the eastern and southern Caribbean. Gee, I hate to leave such a great winter weather area, especially this winter, but I need a boat ride, bigtime!

Unfortunately, the charge for internet usage on the ship is too excessive for me to do much more than to quickly check my email a few times. As a result, no time to download model info or to take a guess at what the weather will do.

I'll be back at the end of the month, hopefully with spring in tow. By then, we should be focused on safely melting all this snow. CLA noted on another thread we have a very wet snowpack, actually a huge frozen sponge, that has to be slowly melted or we have big problems.

Best to all!

R2B

Hey R2B,
There's nothing like a carribean cruise in February to get the batteries recharged. I've done it 3 times with each one out-doing the prior one. The Cyber Cafe that most ships have really isn't that expensive, maybe 25-50 bucks for the week. Chicken feed, when you compare it to the bar tab for the week! Check in with us at least once and let us know how it is!!

Blue Thunder

Resident 2B · 02-12-2008, 10:32 AM

BT,

You are right about the bar tab. Ten days of drinks at $10 a pop is a killer. It starts to make the cost of the cruise look like a down payment.

Emailing back is doable, but the time to look at multiple model runs just will not be there. So any chance to guess at weather will not be there. My wife is taking an eCourse at a local college and that burns the minutes as well.

The weather will be a bit different than what we are having in NH. The low temp for Miami on Thursday night is looking like 70 degrees. It is all south from there!

R2B

trfour · 02-12-2008, 01:22 PM

Have a fun voyage, and best wishes!

I'll go out on a limb over here as I predict one thunder snow storm event going into the later part of this winter.

We shall see!

jerseyonbear · 02-12-2008, 04:14 PM

R2b - Just returned on Sunday nite from a wonderful cruise. Have a great time. The internet connection on the sea is so slow it took forever to get our boarding passes to return home. We were not charged as we have platinum cards with princess. Just watch the bar bills. I think $9 a glass of wine is very steep. Anyway enjoy your trip.Coming home to this snow and cold in NJ makes me wish I was going back again.Lucky You

02-12-2008, 01:58 AM	#1
Resident 2B Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Shore, MA Posts: 1,358 Thanks: 996 Thanked 314 Times in 164 Posts	N. E. Weather Vacation I start my annual N. E. Weather vacation this Thursday. We are off on a 10 day boat ride to several islands in the eastern and southern Caribbean. Gee, I hate to leave such a great winter weather area, especially this winter, but I need a boat ride, bigtime! Unfortunately, the charge for internet usage on the ship is too excessive for me to do much more than to quickly check my email a few times. As a result, no time to download model info or to take a guess at what the weather will do. I'll be back at the end of the month, hopefully with spring in tow. By then, we should be focused on safely melting all this snow. CLA noted on another thread we have a very wet snowpack, actually a huge frozen sponge, that has to be slowly melted or we have big problems. Best to all! R2B

02-12-2008, 01:22 PM	#4
trfour Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lakes, Central NH. and Dallas/Fort Worth TX. Posts: 3,694 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 3,067 Thanked 472 Times in 236 Posts	R2b... Have a fun voyage, and best wishes! I'll go out on a limb over here as I predict one thunder snow storm event going into the later part of this winter. We shall see! __________________ *trfour* Always Remember, The Best Safety Device In The Boat, or on a PWC Snowmobile etc., Is YOU! Safe sledding tips and much more; http://www.snowmobile.org/snowmobiling-safety.html

02-12-2008, 04:14 PM	#5
jerseyonbear Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 97 Thanks: 96 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	slow internet on board R2b - Just returned on Sunday nite from a wonderful cruise. Have a great time. The internet connection on the sea is so slow it took forever to get our boarding passes to return home. We were not charged as we have platinum cards with princess. Just watch the bar bills. I think $9 a glass of wine is very steep. Anyway enjoy your trip.Coming home to this snow and cold in NJ makes me wish I was going back again.Lucky You

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02-12-2008, 10:32 AM	#3
Resident 2B Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Shore, MA Posts: 1,358 Thanks: 996 Thanked 314 Times in 164 Posts	BT, You are right about the bar tab. Ten days of drinks at $10 a pop is a killer. It starts to make the cost of the cruise look like a down payment. Emailing back is doable, but the time to look at multiple model runs just will not be there. So any chance to guess at weather will not be there. My wife is taking an eCourse at a local college and that burns the minutes as well. The weather will be a bit different than what we are having in NH. The low temp for Miami on Thursday night is looking like 70 degrees. It is all south from there! R2B