In Seattle

We are at the Seattle Airport. The bus dropped us off and we have a 5 hour "layover" before our flight this afternoon. We'll get to Denver at about 7:30 this evening. Roxie & Aunt Colene will fly in to OKC tomorrow afternoon. David will pick me up and we'll all go back to reality. No more 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffets. No more cabin stewards to make our beds and clean the bathroom. No more seals, whales, or eagles. No more gentle seas rocking us to sleep. And for several months, no more layering up and adding hat and gloves because it's so cold outside.
But, as wonderful as our experience has been, we're all ready to be home. We've had a truly memorable time that has left us feeling so very blessed to have been able to share it with one another.

Thanks for you comments letting us know you were out there thinking about us. If you want to know more about our trip, just ask any one of us, get comfortable and be patient as we try to describe our great trip!

Victoria

We had a relaxing day of resting, packing and another trip to the spa yesterday. We took a double-decker bus trip through Victoria last night. It’s a beautiful city.

Birthday Pics

Trying again to post the pictures from the birthday.

Birthday Celebration

This afternoon there were Happy Birthday balloons by our door for Aunt Colene courtesy of the cruise line. At supper they brought her a pretty little cake and sang Happy Birthday to her. When we got back to the room, our room steward (Jose) brought her a bottle of wine. We went back downstairs and watched a “newly wed” type presentation with some of the guests and then went to one of the music presentations put on by the crew.
Tomorrow is a day at sea, docking in Victoria from 7:00-11:00 tomorrow night. Then sailing on in to Seattle to dock at 7:00 on Saturday morning. The plan right now is to sleep in tomorrow morning. Hope that happens!

I can't get the pic to upload tonight. I'll try again tomorrow.

Massages

We all were very happy with our massage, facial, feet and ankle massage. So happy in fact, that we’re doing it again tomorrow!

Lighthouse, Totems, and Eagles

Another fun trip this morning. Captain Bob Took us around several islands outside of Ketchikan to see the eagles, a lighthouse and the totems at Saxton Bight State Park. We lost count of how many eagles we saw, but at least 25. We saw ten nests and one had a fuzzy baby eagle holding his head out. The lighthouse was built in 1906 on a lonely island. We didn’t see as many totems as we’d expected to see from the description of the tour, but other than that, It was a very fun tour.
Ketchikan is built on a hill and some houses are up the hill with the only way to get to them by along staircase with several landings. These staircases actually have street names and it is the responsibility of the city to clear them when it snows.

Beef Stew

We were impressed with Roxie’s beef stew that she ordered for lunch. She said that it Was one of the tastiest meals that she’s had yet.