April 14, 2014. Oosterdam. Crazy People.

On this ship I have found people just as crazy as us. Of course, every one is cruising from Sydney, Australia to Vancouver, Canada, which will take almost a month, but in addition, I have already chatted with three couples who have done it both ways, just like us. One couple, who have done the cruise to and back, are also taking the train from Vancouver to Orlando, Florida. Another couple, after our cruise is over, will take the Rocky Mountaineer through the Rockies, then take a bus back to the west coast and pick up a cruise to Alaska Inner Passage. While in Alaska, they will visit Fairbanks, Barrow, Denali and Anchorage before taking a cruise back to Seattle. They are full time RV folks and have been for ten years but for the past five years they have spent the summers in Vermont, where they stay on a farm in their RV. They both help around the farm, she with the cattle and he with the gardens and grounds, in exchange for parking their RV. The rest of the year they visit their son in Wisconsin and their daughter in Savanna. It is fascinating what people are doing with their time. It is truly a wonderful world.