Honeymoon Cruise- Where Travels Began

Jim & I wanted to go on a honeymoon that was not a traditional honeymoon. Not many people cruising. In 1991 cruising was an outlier, something most people were not considering. It seemed like a romantic escape. Our understanding of cruising was the Love Boat and Cathy Lee Gifford singing in Carnival commercials. (See above). We ended up choosing Royal Caribbean based off a travel agents recommendation for a quieter cruise. My has that changed!
   I was a little hesitant to sail but my husband thought it sounded like a fun adventure. The funniest part for us was that we watched the old black and white version of "The Titanic" just before we sailed. I was not sure we were doing the right thing by sailing!

Here is a great link about Song Of America cruise ship.
http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/RCI.html#anchor1137155

Travel Along

 We are the Oslers. Jim, Karen,(and later our sons) Wesley and William. We started traveling on our honeymoon and have not stopped.  We have a few goals for travel.  1) To see all 50 states
2) Visit every baseball park 3) Cruise anywhere and everywhere we can and on any line we can....
Simple goals.


                            1)  To date here are the states we have visited:

           

                       2) Ballparks we've visited - this is always changing!
                       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_stadiums

                          Cincinnati
                          Cleveland
                          Milwaukee
                          Detroit
                          Chicago (Cubs and Sox)
                          Pittsburgh
                          St.  Louis (old one)
                          Baltimore
                         Washington Nationals
                         Colorado
                         Florida (Marlins) Jim caught a foul ball
                         Texas Rangers -Saw Nolan Ryan
                         San Francisco Saw Barry Bonds hit a grand slam into the bay
                         and Seattle

                   3) Cruises:

                   Song of America Western Caribbean 11/91 7 night

                   Majesty of the Sea Southern Caribbean (Antigua, Martinique & the Saints) 5/93 7 night

                   Monarch of the Sea Western Caribbean 6/96 7 night

                   Sovereign of the Sea Bahamas 9/98 4 night

                   Disney Wonder Bahamas 3/01, 3 night

                   Explorer of the Seas Eastern Caribbean 12/03 7 night

                   Mariner of the Seas Western Caribbean 6/05 7 night

                   Adventure of the Seas Southern Caribbean (Barbados & Curacao) 5/07 7 night

                   Enchantment of the Seas Western 11/07, 5 night

                   Majesty of the Seas Bahamas 9/08, 4 night

                   Radiance of the Seas Alaska Northbound 6/09 2 weeks Land on our own. 7 night

                   Holland Nieuw Amsterdam 12/12/10 Western Caribbean, Costa Maya 7 night

                   Freedom of the Seas Western Caribbean, Parent's 50th Anniversary, 3/11 7 night

                   Carnival Victory Southern Caribbean (Barbados, Curacao and St. Lucia) 6/12 7 night

                   Radiance of the Seas to South Pacific (Vanuatu and New Caledonia) via Sydney  2/4/2013  9 night 

                   Oasis of the Sea Western Caribbean 11/9/13 7 night

                  Celebrity Silhouette Eastern Mediterranean via Rome 5/2014 (Rome, Naples, Malta,

                  Mykonos, Santorini, Ephesus, Athens, and Venice) 11 night

                 Celebrity Solstice to New Zealand, Tasmania and back to Australia 1/2016 14 night
Celebrity Eclipse to Norwegian Fjords from Southampton England 8/2017 8 night

Jewel of the Seas 3/4/2018 Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Martinique, Barbados, and Grenada
Next Up Oasis in Mediterranean: Rome Naples, Barcelona, Palma De Mallorca, Nice & Florence 2019 (That'll make 142 nights at sea!)     
 135 nights at sea so far!!!