Away we goooooo!

What can I say… 30th wedding anniversary, Vancouver, Cruise to Alaska…whoa! Feels pretty incredible. This morning we decided to visit Queen Elizabeth Park and have a walk around its garden. As with nearly every other garden we’ve visited, this one was incredible. As we walked about and took pictures, I kept thinking to myself, “I can’t believe this is a CITY park. I hope you enjoy the photos.

After we left QE Park, we drove to the University of British Columbia to have a brief visit at the gardens, there. We were quite rushed as the hour was getting late, and we needed to head to the cruise port, so we couldn’t really appreciate all it had to offer. It is not a dramatic, colorful garden, rather a garden of unusual and exotic species of plants from all over the world.

Finally, we returned the rental car (yeah…no more driving) and headed to the cruise port. Man! What a mess. We arrived at about 2:30 p.m. and finally got through the security check point at about 3:30 only to be confronted with the same long wait as we went through US immigration. Bottom line, we finally boarded the ship at about 4:30.

The suite (yes…SUITE) is incredible!! Large, roomy, and a full size (about 8 ft. x 12 ft.) balcony directly in the center of the rear of the ship. When the ship got underway, it afforded a great view of the exit from Vancouver, plus (and this is big), no wind. We broke open the wine, toasted 30 years together, and sailed off into the sunset.

Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/31922387@N00/sets/301183/ for the photos. More later…