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Kevin & Jamie are on the Margaritaville at Sea Islander, which was originally the Costa Atlantica (circa 1990). The line is offering "heroes" fares for veterans, educators, and first responders, so the cruise was extremely affordable.  There have been a number of relatively negative reviews of one of their ships (not Islander) but from the pictures I have seen Islander has been attractively refurbished, and remind me of cruise ships we enjoyed before the mega ships were introduced. Kevin and Jamie are veteran cruisers and I value their opinions which are very complimentary about the ship, the food, entertainment and especially the crew.

They primarily sail out of Tampa and Palm Beach and go to Key West, the Bahamas, Mexico and Grand Cayman on 3, 4, 5. and 7 night cruises. They also offer a cruise and stay program that includes a couple of nights in a resort on Grand Bahama Island. We might just look into taking one of their shorter cruises out of Tampa while we are in Ft. Myers this winter, although we are already booked on the Wonder of the Seas next March.

Football season is suddenly upon us and the Pats opened the pre-season last night with a victory over Carolina. Few of the first stringers played but a couple of newbies made a favorable impression. It may seem a bit unusual not to have Belichick coaching the team, but I have a feeling that Mayo will handle the job well.

Physical therapist is coming at 2, so I will check out. It appears that we will miss the worst of the remnants of Debby thank the Lord.


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