Came to an End

We are home safe and sound.
Does it ever feel different to be using my PC instead of the little net book. This screen seems huge after 42 days of using my little netbook.

We slept lightly as we always do when it is the night before disembarkation. We woke several times and saw light houses flashing their signals in the dark night. Then we recognized the scene and knew we were in Vancouver. There were 2 other ships in port. One was a Holland America ship and the other was the Crystal Serenity. We had not seen a Crystal ship before.
We watched from our balcony as all three ships maneuvered into their respective docks.

Then we dressed and went quickly to breakfast. We were seated with a man from New York and three people from Australia. All of the table mates had done a lot of travelling. All had been to Nova Scotia before and all spoke highly of the beauty of Cape Breton. That pleased me.

Next we headed up to our room to vacate so Randell could prepare for the new passengers who would embark in Vancouver. Sad good-byes were said.

The Elite lounge was located in Explorers. This always seems to be such a quiet peaceful placed compared to the hassle taking place in the rest of the ship.

They had coffee and juice and pastries but we did not have any. The diet has begun. I am certain that we both have gained weight during these six weeks even though we have not gotten on a scale. The fit of your clothes tells the tale without a scale.

We were concerned because Ken does not seem to be able to get reception on his cell phone. We said we would call Janet and Bob and let them know how things were progressing.

Things went very smoothly and in fact we exited the ship almost a half hour ahead of schedule.

We found our luggage and cleared customs in mere minutes. As usual there was no problem with customs. They say you can only have 2 bottles of liquor with you . We had 1 of Myers and 1 of Frangelico. We could have had a case of each because no questions were asked about liquor. We never exceed the limit because we are certain that the first time we do they will do a complete search and we will get arrested.

Ken was still unable to use his phone but one of the people at Tourist information allowed him to use their phone. Bob and Janet were already in the city and they were waiting only a few blocks away. One of the guides showed us how we could get an elevator to the street level and we did not have to drag our bags up that steep ramp.

We had no problem meeting them and getting the luggage loaded. The city was very busy with people coming and going. We wished we were going instead of coming.

The trip went smoothly with Janet catching me up on all of the news of friends and the church. Bob caught Ken up on all of the hockey news, which he really appreciated.

We were home and safely in our home before noon.
It all seems like such a dream.
It was a wonderful vacation. I guess we can't really call it a vacation, lets call it a holiday adventure.

Abramson adventures is scheduled to resume in October