Bon voyage!
August 23 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Merry Christmas Bill and Renata! This trip was my gift to each of them for Christmas last year.
The Air Canada strike added extra stress this week, but we are finally on our way to meet Renata andRead more
Landed in Vancouver!
August 23 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
It’s not really a good flight if I don’t take plane shots!
Rogue Kitchen and Bar
August 23 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Travel woes behind us a great lunch to start the day. It’s Vancouver so you have to have poutine, eh?
Granville Island Market fun
August 23 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
The Granville Island market is always a fun place to explore. So many pretty sights, colors, and tasty bites. Lots of good people watching too.
Food tour of Granville
August 23 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Granville island food tour wasn’t as good as our Wok Around Chinatown two years ago but was still enjoyable.
Candied salmon, chai, Nanaimo bar, soup, charcuterie, donuts, foccacia, cheese and aRead more
Sake and Distillery
August 23 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
A little sake tasting to end the tour.
Aquabus
August 23 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Such a fun way to get around False Creek.
Breakfast with a view.
August 24 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
First full day of vacation. It is different to start the day with my daughter, but also lovely. She's all grown up.
Grab a bike and adventure.
August 24 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
It is an absolutely perfect day for a bike ride around Stanley Park. And to take a quick look at the cruise terminal for our upcoming voyage.
That raindrop is another favorite piece of public artRead more
A few more
August 24 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
A few more fun bike ride shots.
The first of many Totem series
August 24 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
A lively stand of beautiful totem poles
Bridge
August 24 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Nothing as photographic as a large bridge.... can't wait to cruise under it!
Stanley Park Brewing
August 24 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
A brewery. In a park. With a great menu (ahi poke nachos). And flowers.
We discovered this gem a few years ago and feel it makes a great end to a bike ride. Many others felt the same way.
Amazing Laughter
August 24 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
This place brings so much joy. We should all laugh so hard we are doubled over sometimes.
Sad that people feel the need to slap stickers on this great art but fortunately it wasn't too much.
Red Truck Beer
August 24 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
The Red Truck brewery was a bit of a let down, but this Never 51st was hilarious on the ride there.
Khagan Restaurant
August 24 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Sina wanted to take us for a Persian meal and we had this feast. We left ourselves in his hands .... and everything was amazing (the yogurt drink with mint and other herbs might still be an acquiredRead more
All Aboard!
August 25 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
We got on board relatively easily. Relaxing with some second breakfast and getting to know the ship.
Taking off
August 25 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Departing Vancouver.
Private chilling with a view
August 25 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Relaxing on our balcony …enjoying the quiet and time together.
Sing it if you know it
August 25 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
A very silly game and some of the guests really got into it. Impressed by these young sisters who knew every word do all the oldies!
Foggy morning on the water
August 26 in Canada ⋅ 🌬 59 °F
Slept like a baby and woke up to grey, foggy weather.
Bridge visit
August 26 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
It is always fun to see the bridge ….it seems so empty and calm
Arrived in Ketchikan
August 27 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
First port. The guys hooking is up down below requested “3 breakfast specials” to be tossed down. Lol. I’m sure they say that to every ship.
Totem Bight State Park
August 27 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
We grabbed our rental car and went straight to Bight Totem State Park and had the place to ourselves for a good while. Beautiful preservation and sharing of these beautiful totems k. A really peacefulRead more
More Totem Bight State Park
August 27 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
Needed another foot print for this. So much to see.