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Day 19 – Heading Home!

We arrived back to Vancouver on the ship and then waited at the hotel across the road for our friends to pick us up. We then spent our last two days in Vancouver and with Tawnya and Arnie. Headed off … Continue reading

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Day 18 – Inside Passage

Returning back along the inside passage, we headed back to Vancouver. Our trip was almost at an end. The scenery again beautiful, the food plentiful, the service amazing. Highly recommend this lifestyle!

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Day 15 – Skagway

Well, we’ve been on the cruise ship 3 days now.  Internet connection working (and pricey) but very slow and intermittent so won’t try to load any new pics for now.  The first day was entirely at sea and we’ve seen … Continue reading

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Day 14 – Juneau

We arrived in Juneau early afternoon and then disembarked to go on excursions. Graham and I elected to do separate excursions.  He chose more adventurous ones than I did and while he went Glacier trekking I went on a Whale … Continue reading

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Day 13 – The Inside Passage

Loved the scenery along the way. We had a stateroom with a verandah and I was able to take snaps along the way.  It was a big ship to us, but later found it small compared to some others we … Continue reading

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Day Twelve – On the boat!

We left the Waterfront Hotel today to join the Volendam to go on our cruise.  So I’ve snapped a number of images from the port and out on the bay as we left Vancouver.  There’s even a bit of silliness … Continue reading

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Off on a cruise tomorrow!

We leave on the cruise ship tomorrow for Glacier Bay and Alaska and are looking forward to all the sights we’ve been promised we’ll see.  This coming week should be more relaxing – we get to unpack and settle into … Continue reading

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Days Ten & Eleven – Now in Vancouver

After a gorgeous 2 days on the Rocky Mountaineer, we have arrived back in Vancouver for a 2 night stay.  We’ll then board a Holland America ship to cruise up Glacier Bay and back. I’ve taken tons of photos (so, … Continue reading

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Day Eight – Jasper

More beautiful scenery.  And we saw some mountain goats and big-horned sheep.  We also stopped at the Columbia icefield and took a ride on a huge bus with large wheels called the Ice Explorer.  We walked on the Glacier. We … Continue reading

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Day Seven – Lake Louise

Today we travelled to Lake Louise. Incredibly beautiful with a lake view that changed by the minute!  Graham and I enjoyed a walk along this beautiful lake and saw/heard a rockfall which caused a tree to come crashing down the … Continue reading

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