Coastal Adventure - Part 2
My Coastal Adventure is a round-trip Seattle, Vancouver BC, San Francisco, San Diego, LA, and back to Seattle. In my previous post, I covered Part 1 - Seattle to Vancover by rail. Here, in Part 2, go along with me from Vancouver to San Francisco aboard ship.
Vancouver, BC to San Francisco, CA
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| The Pan Pacific Hotel is in the same complex as the Vancouver Cruise Terminal known as Canada Place. Note brilliant design to look similar to a ship. |
After spending one night in the hotel, I'm up early for a cup of Canada's favorite coffee ... Tim Hortons. At Canada Place it's so easy to cross the street and enter the Waterfront Food Court where you'll find Tim Hortons, McDonalds, and many other food stands.
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| Holland America's Nieuw Amsterdam arriving at Canada Place. Boardling begins around noon. |
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| Walking around Canada Place and couldn't resist snapping this picture of the flag. |
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| We'll be aboard this ship for 5 days as she heads south to San Diego. For the ship this voyage is called a REPOSITIONING. All summer she has been carrying passengers on weekly voyages to Alaska and back to points in the Pacific Northwest. Now she'll be heading south for the winter months. |
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| This part of the Harbor is home to Harbor Air -- float plane service to nearby locations. |
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| I'm on the starboard side of the ship. This shot is taken as we depart about 4 PM. The building across the way was built for the Olympics in 2010 and was used as the Media Center. |
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| As the ship departs, so do some float planes, part of the Harbor Air fleet. |
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| Don't miss the float planes that have just taken off ahead of us. Note Lions Gate bridge ahead. |
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| Lions Gate Bridge |
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| Sunset, first day of the cruise. |
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| 2nd Day ... out for a walk on deck. You might think it rained overnight ... actually the crew washed down the deck during the night. We had great weather on the entire cruise. |
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| Shipboard activity results. 😂 |
Whoa! What's the above all about? Well, people are always asking me: What do you do on a cruise ship? My favorite thing, of course, is sitting on deck watch the ocean go by, but there there are folks always suggesting I take part in some of the organized ship activities. In this case, a lady was offering a class in artistic doodling. She provides the paper and pens and suggests we start doodling without thinking about it too much. After about 30 minutes, my result is what you see above. Ha Ha. I think it's kind of crazy, but the lady teaching the class thought it was "very interesting." And, honestly, it was fun.
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| 3rd Day ... afternoon walk on deck. On this day the Captain told us we were about 52 miles from the coast. |
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| Early morning arrival in San Francisco just before dawn. The Captain had reminded us to be ready to sail under the Golden Gate bridge. |
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| Sailing under the Golden Gate is spectacular. |
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| The bridge is undergoing a major refurbishment. |
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| Quick look back after passing under. |
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| Arrival, San Francisco, dawn October 2nd |
Comments are off until the final post of this series. Thank you for stopping by. Keep an eye out for Coastal Adventure - Part 3 - San Diego, The Surfliner, L.A., and The Coast Starlight to Seattle.
