Day 5: We woke up early to see the Endicott Arm & Dawes Glacier. The ship stopped as close to the glacier as was safe to do so, considering there was ice in the water. It was gorgeous! I took sooooo many pictures. We were pretty tired from the early morning, but we did still go to an evening cruise show to see a ventriloquist named Kevin Johnson. We would rate him as "okay".
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| Super early in the morning in the Solarium--watching the ship sail towards the glacier |
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| From the Solarium window, heading closer to the glacier area |
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| Gorgeous views!!! Yes, those are pieces are ice floating in the water. |
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| Grandma testing out a Solarium chair. Perfect for watching the scenery :) |
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| Up on the running track deck to get better pictures |
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| A zoomed-in picture of the glacier |
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| Grandma and I with the glacier in between us |
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| Floating blue ice, photo taken from our room balcony |
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| Another balcony pic |
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| Sailing away from the glacier area |
Day 6: This was another cruising day. This very well may have been the day that we didn't have anything planned. It was a nice, relaxing day where we went to the Solarium again and played a long game of Mexican Train before getting kicked out of the dining room for cleaning. I also did a little bit of shopping on the ship while my grandma tried another round at the casino. I used some of the money that my parents gave me at my retirement ceremony to buy myself the quintessential retirement gift--a wrist watch!
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| Grandma sunbathing. She said the chairs were comfortable, but hard to get in and out of. |
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| Grandma enjoying the hot tub with front views of the ship. |
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| I didn't feel like the hot tub again, so I lounged on a chair in the front of the ship. |
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| Is that a crab or a frog? You decide! |
Day 7: I was probably the most excited for this day above all of the other ones--going to Canada! Grandma treated me to an excursion having tea at Butchart Gardens and getting a city highlights tour of Victoria, British Columbia. There was lots of walking this day! After dinner this evening, we saw comedian Jeff Nease again perform his Farewell show.
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Early morning arrival to Victoria. Photo taken from our balcony. I liked the birds all lined up lol
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| My first time in Canada! |
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| Taking the bus to the gardens. Victoria was such a cute place. |
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| Tea time |
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| It was very nice |
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| Of course, I had to try one of everything. Yum! |
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| After tea, we explored the gardens until it was time to head back to the bus. |
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| Pretty hanging flowers |
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| A sunken garden |
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| So many paths, so much beauty |
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| I can't remember the name of these trees, but I thought they looked unique. |
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| Love! |
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| Me at a fountain |
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| The rose garden |
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| Grandma and I at Butchart Gardens |
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| My favorite picture |
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| Grandma in the gardens |
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| Here is the Japanese section of the gardens |
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| Cute red bridge |
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| More Japanese gardens |
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| The star pond |
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| Random staircase lol |
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| Cute pond area |
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| Tropical flowers |
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| Chinatown in Victoria |
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| They used to hang people on the stairs to the back right. Also, the city is known to have all of these baskets of flowers hanging all over Victoria. Someone has to go around at night and water each of them. The homeless will steal and sell them. |
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| It's very expensive to live in Victoria. I think gas comes out to an equivalent of $9 USD/gallon. The houses and cost of living is very high too. |
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| Government building |
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| Cute homes for afternoon tea |
Day 8: We returned back to Seattle early in the morning. We ate breakfast and left the ship, where Tom was waiting to pick us up. 10/10 great cruise!
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| Seattle from the ship |
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| Tiger and I relaxing |
I took 631 pictures total from this trip and only posted about 69 of them. Thank you so much to my grandma and Tom! Lots of great memories!
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