The Grand Princess Western Carribbean October 2003 |
Celebrity's Mercury Coastal California & Mexico October 2004 |
Holland America's Zaandam Inside Passage Alaska September 2002 |
Carnival's Ecstasy Baja Mexico April 2003 |
Celebrity's Mercury Coastal BC Canada October 2005 |
Caribbean Princess Eastern Caribbean January 2006 |
Golden Princess Mexican Riviera April 2007 |
Holland America MS Westerdam Alaska Voyage of the Glaciers September 2008 |
We Love to Cruise! |
Holland America MS Eurodam Western Caribbean October 2014 ** Our First Neptune Suite ** |
Ft. Lauderdale * Half Moon Cay * Jamaica * Grand Cayman * Key West * Ft. Lauderdale |
Seattle * Glacier Bay * Juneau * Sitka * Ketchikan * Victoria * Seattle |
San Francisco * Acapulco * Ixtapa * Puerto Vallarta * Cabo San Lucas * San Francisco |
Ft. Lauderdale * Princess Cay * St. Maarten * St. Thomas * Ft. Lauderdale |
Seattle * Vancouver * Prince Rupert * Seattle |
San Francisco * Monterey * Catalina * Mazatlan * Manzanillo * Puerto Vallarta * Cabo San Lucas * San Francisco |
Ft. Lauderdale * Princess Cay * Grand Cayman * Costa Maya * Cozumel * Ft. Lauderdale |
Los Angeles * Catalina Island * Ensenada * Los Angeles |
Vancouver * Juneau * Skagway * Glacier Bay * Ketchikan * Vancouver |
Holland America MS Westerdam Eastern Caribbean November 2015 |
Riding segways on the beach |
Westerdam at Grand Turk & Caicos |
Ft. Lauderdale * Grand Turk/Caicos * San Juan, Puerto Rico * St. Thomas, BVI * Half Moon Cay * Ft. Lauderdale |
Westerdam at Half Moon Cay |
Old San Juan from Castillo San Cristobal |
6 ships in port at St. Thomas |
San Francisco view from the Mercury's deck |
Cruising out under the Golden Gate bridge |
View of cruise ships docked at San Francisco from Treasure Island |
On board at San Francisco |
Holland America MS Westerdam Alaskan Explorer September 2016 |
Seattle * Glacier Bay * Juneau * Sitka * Ketchikan * Victoria * Seattle |
Glacier Bay View |
Norwegian Gem NYC, Florida, Bahamas July 2018 |
New York City * Port Canaveral * Great Stirrup Cay * Nassau * NYC |
Kennedy Space Center Atlantis Space Shuttle, Saturn V and more |
Private Island - Great Stirrup Cay |
Nassau, Bahamas |
Holland America MS Noordam South Pacific Crossing October 2019 |
We flew to Vancouver the day prior to embarkation and stayed at the Fairmont Waterfront hotel at Canada Place. We upgraded to a concierge lounge floor room which included complimentary hot buffet food and drinks. We nestled in and did not have to go hunting a meal - highly recommended! |
Next Morning we walked across the street to Canada Place - the cruiseship dock - and boarded the Noordam for our 7 Day Southern Pacific Crossing. |
Our taste for the Suite Life had not faded so our stateroom was a Neptune Suite We sailed out of Vancouver with moonlight and Canada behind us. |
The lovely weather we left behind in Vancouver did not last very long. We encountered a big Pacific storm that was not forecast - even the Captain was surprised, he said. We encountered 70mph winds and 30 foot waves and lots of squalls. At one point the main pool splashed out of the enclosure and flooded the pool deck, leaking water through the ceiling to the staterooms below. The crew handled this all with calm precision, though lots of people who had motion sickness were not doing very well. To make matters worse, a passenger suffered a major health crisis and needed immediate evacuation. Unfortunately we were in the middle of the Pacific in a nasty storm and an airlift was not possible. So the Captain spiked the throttle and booked us to Honolulu where we arrived a day early and were able to disembark our sick passenger safely. |
We left the ship which was continuing on a 40 day cruise to Australia. We relocated to Waikiki at the Hyatt Place just a couple of blocks from the beach. At this point I caught someone's cold and was in pretty poor shape to enjoy our tours. However, I saved the best for last. We flew home on Hawaiian Air in first class - Wow - best flight ever! |
Norwegian Breakaway Canada & New England Fall Colors September 2020 |
New York City * Saint John, New Brunswick * Portland, MA * Bar Harbor, MA * Halifax, Nova Scotia * New York City |