Karl’s Korner

Good morning, friends and family,
Yes, I knocked ‘em dead at the passenger talent show. I did standup comedy and told 6 or 7 jokes. Got a lot of laughs and some groans at the “groaners”. We had a lot of fun and then drank a bottle of champaign to celebrate afterward.
We had our final book signing in the atrium, again in competition with the disembarking talk, but we did sell five more books.
Now, we are safe in Newburg. Thought we’d never get off the ship, but finally did about 10 a.m. Then Enterprize came and picked us up at the dock and we got our rental car - nice easy drive down here - aboutt 4 hours. Then met our friends, Pete and Mary Ann Peters, (featured in “From China with Love”), who led us to their home.
A good night’s sleep after a long day, and we are “up and at ‘em” this morning.
Breakfast at the local hospital cafteria, (no What A Burgers here, yet).
We plan to rest up and relax for the next few days, catch up with Pete and Mary Ann on what’s been going on, and take it easy. Then we drive back up to Seattle, (I’m not looking forward to that), and try to talk the airlines into letting us go standby on any flight heading for DFW on the afternoon of the 17th, as we have to have the car back there before 5 p.m., which leaves us until 0740 the next morning to spend at the airport. Pray that they let us get out early.
So, that’s about the end of the news on the cruise.
Lots of fun, great to fantastic weather, more wonderful sights than we could tell you about in a year, new friends from all over, 20 more books out in the world, from Austrailia to England and all across the USA.
Not bad for a first try. I’ll be more prepared for the next cruise, with four lectures this time, and I’ll attempt to get a time assigned when no one else is competing with me. The next cruise is from Rome across the Atlantic to the Amazon in November - January time frame. 35 days is a long time and we should sell a lot of books, (hopefully).
Looking forward to getting home and finding many, many orders.
I’m thinking of doing a special on the last two books at a reduced rate. So come back and visit soon to see what a deal I may make.
Until then, don’t be a stranger.
Via con Dias, my friends,
Karl & Carol