We slept in and ate breakfast at 11 am. We then hit the walking deck-3.5 laps = 1 mile. It is beautiful-60 degrees and snow capped mountains and Islands of British Columbia surrounding us every where we are. I feel like I am in a picture post card. We then attend a culinary arts seminar on how to prepare halibut and scallops. I felt like I was in Rachael Ray's studio kitchen. I then went to to a camera class while Gary slept. Lunch at 2:30, then to the casino to ...

We are very excited about starting the cruise today. Ate a quick breakfast and said good bye to the Kingston Hotel. On the way to the rail station, stopped at a drug store for snacks and motion sickness pills just in case needed for the cruise or our salmon fishing excursion in Juneau. Rode the Sky train to Waterfront station and walked 1 block to Canada Place-the ship terminal. After going through customs,(very quick process) we boarded the ship-Holland America-...

Today we slept in a bit late. After eating our complimentary continental breakfast, we rode the Canadian line to Waterfront and hopped on the seabus to N Vancouver. We then rode the bus up to Grouse Mountain. In the winter this is a skiing area. We still saw several patches of snow even though it is July and 80 degrees. We rode the red gondola up to the ski lodge. We then hiked to the wind solar propellor at the top, and saw a demo and lecture on owls, turkey vul...

Sunday was a long but exciting travel day. Here is what happened:3:45 am: alarm goes off. Robert arrives for airport taxi service. 4:30 am: car loaded and off to Houston Intercontinental airport. Check in is smooth. Thanks for driving us at such an early hour Robert! 6 am: US air takes off on time 8:00 am: arrive in Phoenix-forgot how brown the hills and mountains are-no wonder- 103 degrees there today. Transferred to new plane-Air Express 7:45 am: now on Mou...