Cruise to Hawaii - January 2009

First meal - even before leaving port


Leaving the World Cruise Port of Los Angeles


Sailing away


A little afternoon snack


Early morning coffee


Arrival in Honolulu

Itouch'ing in Honolulu


Kauii sail-away.


Enjoying the pool at night


Night shot - leaving Honolulu


Saying goodbye to Kauii

Leaving Mauii - we were unable to go to shore (via tender) due to very rough seas and left early to stay ahead of an incoming storm.




We very much enjoyed our stop in Ensanada, MX


Formal dinner with Claire and Mo

The cooking staff take a bow

Heading to Seattle

We left a winter wonderland and about an hour later, this was the scenery just north of Bellingham!

Snowbound on Heritage Mountain

Believe it or not - it got worse! Those photos were taken about 5 days ago. Couldn't get off the mountain last night - police and fire department stopping all vehicles.


Back Patio

Bear in the Snow

Bear's mom sent me this photo of him playing in the deep snow - not a common occurrence on the streets of Vancouver!

Christmas 2008

Jocelyne, Paula and Josie, Stan, Sheree


Christmas Dinner

Winter Wonderland - A rare event for downtown Vancouver

Please can we get the rain back!

Our Traditional December Anniversary/Birthday Weekend

We stayed in Vancouver this year but pretended we were away, ie. shopping, fun and no cooking!

Turkey (not the bird!) Came to Port Moody

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Girls' Night at Silvana's - We had a ball and learned a few belly dancing moves!

Wonderful Evening at Dave's and Lorette's

As usual, the five-course dinner was out of this world!

Carol Ship Cruise in Vancouver Harbour

We've been talking about doing this one Christmas Season for quite a few years and finally got it together. It was a lot of fun!


Lion's Gate Bridge


Pan Pacific Hotel (the Sails), new Convention Centre and part of skyline


We were lucky to have a beautiful clear night.


Carolers throughout the ship

Make Wish Breakfast - A Yearly Event at the Pan Pacific Hotel

Here comes Santa Claus!


Choirs sang throughout the event


Breakfast for all who brought in a gift


Some people had theirs outside


The Global TV early morning show staff MC'ing the event.



The mountain of gifts piled up during the 2-hour time period!

Those Sunsets Just Keep Getting Better

What a November!

Beautiful Sunset Tonight

An Unexpected Sight!

It is a little fuzzy - but there is a big hunking owl on that branch and he was surrounded by about a dozen squawking crows. They were really bothered with him being there but they certainly didn't seem to faze him. This was mid-afternoon in the middle of Yaletown.

Fantastic Christmas Display

To put you in the mood!

Trying Out our New Toy

We had a beautiful day in Vancouver yesterday. Hard to believe we are in the middle of our usually rainy November. We took the opportunity to go around Stanley Park on our new tandem bike. We loved it!

Our 'Twice a Week' Dog Fix!

Last week, we started looking after this lovely young Golden Retriever by the name of Bear, twice a week: Tuesday and Thursday, with the occasional extra day planned at times. He is a joy and a great way to get your "dog fix"!


Bear on the balcony


Walking on the seawall


Enjoying coffee at the Urban Fair


Sporting his new raincoat!

Halloween - High Rise Style

This is what Halloween consists of for high-rise dwellers - in our case, watching from our balcony, the gremlins and goblins parade coming out of the Roundhouse Community Centre. Saves on candy!

Kenny's Memorial Bench

This past Friday, Stan, Sheree, Paula and I spent some time at Kenny's bench. This is a bench near Port Coquitlam City Hall where Kenny used to sit. We had the bench dedicated to him and the City affixed a plaque to that effect. For some of you who may not know Kenny, he was Stan's son. He disappeared last March and his remains were found in Burnaby Marine Park in late June of this year.