July, 28, 2024 The less said about our Virgin Atlantic flight, the better. Who wants to revisit unpleasantness? In the interest of full disclosure and to remind ourselves to never book this seating configuration again, I will say the entire experience was less than optimal… …starting with the amenity bag…”crafted” from recycled cardboard....
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July 13,2024 Sonora Resort, Canada Retirement is a gift we gave to ourselves eleven years ago. Being able to travel the world is a gift on top of that gift. When we began traveling, we were obviously younger and pretty relaxed …now we are older and even more relaxed. We do not feel the need...
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July 11,2024 Sonora Resort, British Columbia, Canada I woke at 4:56 am, opened the drapes to take a peak and this is what I saw. This is the view from the opposite side of our cabin. We are pretty high up…like living in a tree house. Clouds in the mountains Now we are looking at...
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July 10,2024 Sonora Resort First view when bedroom drapes opened …we began to pay attention to the shifting tides. Our living room…I can honestly say that we never spent more than a few minutes here…just to pass through I did however, spend many happy hours here on the deck. This is the inside of the...
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July 9, 2024 Vancouver, BC and Sonora Resort. Last look out our stateroom window in Vancouver Our tour guide, Martin was waiting for us as we left the cruise terminal …we’d arranged a four hour tour and then a drop off at the airport. First stop, Stanley Park We’d been to Stanley Park in 2010...
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July 7, 2024 on board Serenity We awoke to a warm sunny day and this view. Enjoyed omelets at Trident… Then cappuccinos in the Bistro…Adrian likes to surprise us with his art. At 11:00 am we headed off for our Crystal shore excursion …a boat ride “Wildlife Safari and beach bonfire”. Reader’s Digest version: the...
Continue readingJuly 6, 2024 Crystal Serenity This view greeted us upon opening the drapes… …and it continued to delight This is my favorite photo of the day🩵 So many waterfalls The vista changed as we sailed along Thank goodness for photos…because I really do not have the words to describe this experience That’s Dawes glacier in...
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July 5,2024 Skagway Alaska onboard Crystal Serenity We awoke as we were sailing into port. So grateful that we were graced with good weather, as the Weather Channel had been predicting rain and I was especially looking forward to our planned shore excursion. Last night Tim and I took bets on whether or not the...
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July 4,2024 Sitka, Alaska I think you know by now that I try to approach life with zero expectations…not low expectations but zero expectations. Sometimes a truly magical day sneaks up on me from way far out in left field and leaves me soaring with happiness. Let me try to convey this magical day to...
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July 2, 2024 Vancouver, British Columbia aboard Crystal Serenity We awoke shortly before 8:00 am to this view of the port. Another view, starboard side. 10 points if you can guess why I took this photo? Although we are staying onboard for another cruise, all in transit passengers must exit the ship…so that there is...
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