SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
Recently, Fred and I took another cruise. I really enjoy cruising. I can’t really verbalize just why that is – is it because I grew up in a land-locked state? Is it because I like the motion of the boat/ship in the water? So many questions with so few answers.
I think the first time I was ever on a boat, it was a sailboat. We were living on Tyndall AFB, Florida (Panama City) at the time, just preparing to move to another base.
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We had spent an entire week cleaning the apartment we’d lived in for five years, and were exhausted.
Photo Credit Judy Wills – our half of the duplex
A fellow worker in Fred’s unit had use of a sailboat for the owners, and had the permission of the owners to take it out any time he wanted. So he took our family and two single men from the unit out our last day in town. It was wonderful! The sail was up, the wind was off the Gulf of Mexico, the sun was out – and there was no sound other than the wind and the waves. Peaceful and quiet. Just what we needed. Our Janet was an adventurous little thing in those days, and she was allowed to “steer” the boat at one point.
It took a while for me to convince Fred to just try cruising. His parents wanted to take a sea/land tour of Alaska, and wanted the family to go with them. The cruising part was only for three days, but that was enough for Fred to realize that today’s cruising was not anything like the troop ship he was on when he was a teenager.
And so, once Fred was able to experience “cruising”’ – he fell in love with it as much as I had. We have done some sailing with other cruise lines – Holland America (one of our favorites – especially the one to Alaska!) and Norwegian Cruise Line. We sailed to Bermuda with Holland America for our 50th Wedding Anniversary, with both daughters and their families with us. That was a great cruise!
However, we’ve discovered that our favorite cruise line is Disney. A major decision is that there is no casino on board the ship! No smoke-filled room one must walk through to get anywhere else on the ship! Yay! We like the fact that the children on board have activities that can keep them occupied nearly all day – and they love it! Disney ships have two smokestacks. Only one is actually a smokestack – the second one is built specifically for a place for the teenagers to be entertained. Amazing!
This most recent cruise we were on was our 10th with the Disney Cruise Line.
Photo credit Judy Wills – The Disney Wish
The fact it was our 10th Disney cruise kicks us up into a higher category of Disney travelers. We get a few more “perks” from now on that we didn’t have before. Just a few: we can check-in quicker and earlier; we have a free meal in Palo – one of the high-end restaurants on the ship that we normally avoid because of the cost. There are others, but I forget what they are at the moment.
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Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
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